Thursday, May 15, 2003

In March I noted Edward

In March I noted Edward Tufte’s dissection of PowerPoint slides used to present information about the Space Shuttle Columbia. Tufte has now written a booklet called The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint which looks at how presenations weaken verbal and spatial reasoning.

e.p.c. posted this at 12:07 GMT on 15-May-2003 .

Off to see The Matrix:Reloaded.

Off to see The Matrix:Reloaded.

e.p.c. posted this at 16:25 GMT on 15-May-2003 .

So The Matrix: Reloaded has

So The Matrix: Reloaded has been seen now. My take: it’s ok and I’ll definitely see it again (in a theater with a better sound system though), however it felt lacking, probably because they can’t really break too much new ground and stay within the story line. A couple notes for my fellow former Bridge Street residents: I think the building with no elevator was to our Northwest (across the park), and there was a spoon after all.

e.p.c. posted this at 23:38 GMT on 15-May-2003 .

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