tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265058.post3961205711442819012..comments2023-10-28T23:33:56.980+11:00Comments on Sydney Oracle Lab: Is it just meSydOraclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08828771074492585943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265058.post-54424678419248813532011-07-25T23:13:07.849+10:002011-07-25T23:13:07.849+10:00Nods head... Yes, I've recently been working f...Nods head... Yes, I've recently been working for a client where it was part of the culture to put anything you wanted to bring to the attention of the managers into a set of PowerPoint slides rather than a word document. I figured they liked to be able to have discrete chunks of simplified information rather than a flowing document that covered the topic in more depth. Part of me could see the sense of it in simplifying and compartmentalising the information and part of me felt like I was being made to produce baby-food documentation - simple and easy to digest.<br /><br />By the way, if on the course the tutor at any point puts forward the mantra of "tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, and then tell them what you told them" please beat them to death with the projector. I get so very tired of sitting through presentations that are the same material just being run through three times, twice with not enough detail to be of any use. It's a terrible way to present - I would much rather read a word document.... :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265058.post-2562380232413711112011-07-25T19:59:21.582+10:002011-07-25T19:59:21.582+10:00You are going to love this...
I used to work for ...You are going to love this...<br /><br />I used to work for a company where the standard documentation tool was Powerpoint. Yes, Powerpoint, not Word!<br /><br />I asked why and I never received a reasonable answer. Amazing...<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Tim...<br /><br />PS. Your comments don't accept Powerpoint submissions. How do I make them imclude custom animations? :)Tim...https://www.blogger.com/profile/17721555946005999179noreply@blogger.com