Presentations

Saw this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/lokeuei/archive/2007/01/18/presentation-tips-for-the-young-and-old.aspx


Reminded me of a post I saw somewhere about a list of old tips for presentations. It was a Microsoft internal list that wasn't widely distributed (but shoudl be). It had advice on colours, fonts, etc. as well as techniques for slides.

Can't find that (bother) but have got references to these:
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1677772,00.html
http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2006/08/21/top-10-best-presentations-ever/
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getworkdone/presentations.mspx

Super Villain

Not so sure about this



Your results:
You are The Joker

The Joker 79% Mr. Freeze 67% Venom 64% Dark Phoenix 62% Riddler 61% Dr. Doom 57% Green Goblin 57% Lex Luthor 56% Apocalypse 54% Juggernaut 53% Magneto 44% Kingpin 39% Mystique 37% Two-Face 37% Poison Ivy 33% Catwoman 31%

The Clown Prince of Crime. You are a brilliant mastermind but are criminally insane. You love to joke around while accomplishing the task at hand.

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Super Hero

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man 95% Hulk 80% Supergirl 78% Superman 75% The Flash 75% Robin 70% Green Lantern 55% Iron Man 50% Wonder Woman 43% Batman 40% Catwoman 25%

You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.

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ego boost

Hi again Matt,

Right, I've been through all the CVs I've had for this one, I now have a
shortlist of ten CVs and you're still top of the list! Therefore, I'd
like to speak with you first! Please give me a call on XXXXX XXXXXX.
This evening would be great, if not then tomorrow.

Best Regards,



>-----Original Message-----
>From: XXXXX XXXXXXX
>Sent: 02 January 2007 14:47
>To: 'Matt Lacey'
>Subject: RE: XXXXXXXXX
>
>Dear Matt,
>
>Perfect. Seems almost too good to be true - you're the very epitome of
>the classic profile of the perfect candidate for this company (right
>down to the football! They have a company football night once a week!)
>and the kind of company you are seeking is an exact match to this one.
>We'll be in touch to progress this.

K I S S

Ray Ozzie, who joined Microsoft last year to address problems with release delays and patching, wrote, "Complexity kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges and it causes end-user and administrator frustration."

"You’d think that twice as much code would make your software only twice as complex. But actually, each time you increase the amount of code, your software grows exponentially more complicated. Each minor addition, each change, each interdependency, and each preference has a cascading effect. Keep adding code recklessly and, before you know it, you’ll have created the dreaded Big Ball of Mud." - 37Signals 'Getting Real'