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Slide design: No bullet points

October 6, 2009 /

Lifehacker writes about Take your PowerPoint slides Beyond Bullet Points where it says that Bullet points on a screen make information harder to understand, not easier.

In PowerPoint slide design – the basics Olivia Mitchell focuses on design tips for the Assertion-Evidence format. At the top of the slide is a simple sentence which expresses the message of the slide, the assertion. The rest of the slide supports that assertion. There are more tips in PowerPoint slide design – adding elegance and in The Top 7 PowerPoint slide designs.

PowerPoint Design in 2009: Six most recommended tips is a great post and I totally agree with this statement:

The slides should be simple, clear and easy to understand.

The third tip One idea per slide is a great one, it goes well with the Assertion-Evidence format mentioned above.

Read more:
Here’s a quick way to make over a bullet-point slide
New evidence that bullet-points don’t work
How to persuade other people to ditch the bullets

Tools of my trade

October 5, 2009 /

I came across a beautiful photo on Flickr, Tools of my trade.. It’s all rights reserved so you have to go there to see it. The text for that photo says:

Not a museum shot just an old fashioned bloke with a love for old fashioned tools.

Creative Business Valuation

September 27, 2009 /

37Signals posts a press release stating that 37SIGNALS VALUATION TOPS $100 BILLION AFTER BOLD VC INVESTMENT. The press release starts like this:

37signals is now a $100 billion dollar company, according to a group of investors who have agreed to purchase 0.000000001% of the company in exchange for $1.

Founder Jason Fried describes one way – quite commonly used by startups – to increase the value of a company:

In order to increase the value of the company, 37signals has decided to stop generating revenues. “When it comes to valuation, making money is a real obstacle. Our profitability has been a real drag on our valuation,” said Mr. Fried. “Once you have profits, it’s impossible to just make stuff up. That’s why we’re switching to a ‘freeconomics’ model. We’ll give away everything for free and let the market speculate about how much money we could make if we wanted to make money. That way, the sky’s the limit!”

I love this post, creative and inspiring. First comment says ‘shoulda waited to post this on April 1st’ but the impact is higher now.

To see what 37Signals really stand for, go to Simple small business software, collaboration, CRM: 37signals. They have interesting software solutions that I intend to look at.

Marketing with an attitude

September 24, 2009 /

I came across this on Twitter, shit creek consulting. Hugh MacLeod writes that ‘The name of their company implies they have a lot of attitude. They wanted a cartoon that conveyed this.’ And they got it, check the link above.

Shitcreek Consulting has a nice looking homepage that explains their business concept. They sum it up as:

This is Shitcreek Consulting… the guys you call when you find yourself up Shitcreek without… well, a paddle.

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