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PowerPoint: Do No Harm
by Dan Meyerwho writes at blog.mrmeyer.compresented to CMC-Northon 2008 December 5
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Dear Future Dan:
Kids confused height with SLANT height on these problems.
Do NOT blow this next time.
xoxo,
Present Dan
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When I see PowerPoint in a presentation, grips my spine and I feel a -pound weight crushing my chest.
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My Story
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My Story
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My Story
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★ Born 1982• 26 Years Old
★ 5th year teacher by way of:• Ukiah High School• UC Davis
★ Hobbies Include:• Filmmaking• Writing• Graphic Design
My Story
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★ Born 1982• 26 Years Old
★ 5th year teacher by way of:• Ukiah High School• UC Davis
★ Hobbies Include:• Filmmaking• Writing• Graphic Design
My Story
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The PowerPoint Postulate
If it’s a little bad after one day, it’s AWFUL after 180 days.
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As time increases, the probability that anyone still enjoys your clip art, sound effect, or animation approaches zero.
sCorollary tothe PowerPoint Postulate
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The sum of fourteen and twice a number is five less than nineteen times the sum of that number and one.
The sum of fourteen and twice a number is five less than nineteen times the sum of that number and one.
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Euclid
inventor of the cotton gin,cross country roller derbychampion.
Leonhard Eulermortal enemy of the puma,indigenous only to Hawaii.
Euclidinventor of the cottongin, cross countryderby champion.Leonhard Eulermortal enemy of thepuma, indigenous onlyto Hawaii.
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2. OrthocenterConstruct the altitudes.
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3. CentroidConstruct the medians.
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4. CircumcenterConstruct the perpendicular bisectors.
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“Here is just one example of the total wrongness of something I tend to be automatically sure of: everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe; the realist, most vivid and important person in existence. We rarely think about this sort of natural, basic self-centeredness because it's so socially repulsive. But it's pretty much the same for all of us. It is our default setting, hard-wired into our boards at birth. Think about it: there is no experience you have had that you are not the absolute center of. The world as you experience it is there in front of YOU or behind YOU, to the left or right of YOU, on YOUR TV or YOUR monitor. And so on. Other people's thoughts and feelings have to be communicated to you somehow, but your own are so immediate, urgent, real.
David Foster Wallace. Kenyon Commencement Speech. 2005.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SBUX
Date Starbucks Stock Price
25 - Mar - 08 $17.99
24 - Mar - 08 $17.89
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20 - Mar - 08 $17.53
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Where to add armor?Abraham Wald. http://www.jstor.org/pss/2288257
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Where to add armor?Abraham Wald. http://www.jstor.org/pss/2288257
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Lokesh Dhakar. http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/
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Lokesh Dhakar. http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/
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Lokesh Dhakar. http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/
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http://www.xkcd.com/388/
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The Office. NBC.
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How I Met Your Mother. CBS.
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PowerPoint: Do No Harm
by Dan Meyerwho writes at blog.mrmeyer.compresented to CMC-Northon 2008 December 5
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