Quotes: Simplistic and crisp pictures

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Jeff Jonas writes, “As a general principle, the deeper the think, the more simplistic and crisp the concepts must be presented. Don’t be afraid of bloating your presentation with pictures: pictures trump text 1000:1.”

He describes how Dick Hardt of Sxip Identity gives an incredible 15-minute PowerPoint Presentation with hundreds of slides, available online. The combination of images, printed and spoken words is the most influential presentation I’ve seen in a long time:

It’s similar to the short cartoon where Matt Parker and Trey Stone illustrate Alan Watts philosophizing on the music of life. (Thanks to Zohar for the link.)

Click to view video on YouTube:

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