Powerpoint Psychology

I've read, heard and seen many good presentation and article on methodologies in making excellent presentations using PowerPoint or Keynote. I just read this blog post which does a really good job summarizing most of what I've heard and adds some insight into common pitfalls and rational in the creation of a presentation.

There is one thing I should add that I heard in a presentation on creating good presentations. Create your presentation with everything you want in it and then replace as much text as possible with a picture, illustration or single words.
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Anagrams

Here is another really cool item I received in the e-mail. I'd sure hate to play the author at Scrabble.

DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

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Nature's Thermometer

Ever been out camping and wonder what is the temperature. Well, never wonder again . . . at least if you can count, add and listen to crickets chirp. Basically, count the the number of chirps in 13 seconds, add 40 to it and you'll have a really good approximation of the outdoor temp. Kinda cool.

Source: Natural Clocks: Cricket chirps
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iCal Events

One thing I really like about OS X is iCal. However, it is one thing I also really dislike. It takes much to long to open, especially considering my new computer, when I just want to check one event. Well, now I like iCal much more since all I have to do is look at iCal Events -- a nice Dashboard Widget I just discovered. Take a look at it, I'm sure you'll like it as much as I do.
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