Presentation Software

MsPowerpoint, Apple KeyNote, etc.

how about Thin Client and HTML?

• The S5 alternative where the slideshow is a single XHTML file, and CSS/JavaScript gives you a nice look.

  • Now you just need a way to generate that XHTML from SmartAscii!

  • S5 will handle XOXO files

  • S5 is being used by Project Forum

  • Jun'2009: Chris Dent on generating it from Tiddly Web.

• May'2006: Jon Udell looks at S5 and the newer AJAX-oriented Html Slidy by Dave Raggett

• Apr'2014: RevealJs http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/

• I think the big barriers for adoption are:

  • conference organizers prefer everyone to use the same thing to avoid surprises in logistics

  • it's easier to pass around a single file (even if all your text is in a single file, any images will be separate - though I suppose you could have the images out on the net as long as your conference machine is on the net)

  • you need an editor/renderer, and most people are used to MsPowerpoint.

    • time for you XOXO types to get something released!

how about Mind Mapping?!

• though there's no super-friendly way to make such a presentation downloadable, though you can export FreeMind to collapsable XHTML... (hmm, how about XOXO? I don't think it does that yet, but maybe you could easily convert the XHTML to XOXO?)

Michael Schrage points out that we're mis-FramIng presentation as one-way communication, when it should be interaction because (a) you're hoping to get a reaction, and FeedBack is necessary to know that, and (b) often the best way to achieve that is through interaction/conversation/Collaboration.

Apr'2014: Desk Set MacOs X $20 app using Mark Down.