Have you heard the term “PowerPoint poisoning“?
I have come to dread presentations especially those that involve PowerPoint: this fear has developed over the years mostly due to sitting through way too many terrible presentations. Here are several trends I have noticed in these painful presentations.
Reading the slides to the audience.
This is my number one complaint, [...]
Some of the web pages I found most interesting this week:
Mentoring Other Developers
Mentoring is something we do not see enough of in this industry especially compared to other industries e.g. tradesmen where new workers have to serve under a master tradesmen till they learn their craft. I personally find one on one sessions very valuable [...]
The web pages I’ve found most interesting this week when I’ve not been puppy herding or ill:
Open plan offices make workers sick
The results of this research is no real surprise, as putting lots of people is a room is a fairly efficient germ distribution mechanism. Yet it is another useful bit of information in the [...]
The web sites that I’ve found most interesting this week are:
Remember the Milk
In my continuing quest for a decent To-Do list application I have signed up for ‘Remember the Milk’ an online To-Do list service and so far it seems pretty decent a distinct improvement over Microsoft Outlook’s task management anyway but that is not [...]
Here are the web pages that I have found most interesting this week:
Ten Killer WordPress Hacks
I was surprised to find that this article was interesting enough that I intend to experiment with implementing some of the suggestions. This is unusual as I usually find lists of essential addons or plugins or hacks for WordPress uninspiring [...]