This is a really important point, nicely expressed...

2009-11-27T08:29:02.341Z

This is a really important point, nicely expressed. I think the major difficulty people have is actually getting to the essence of what they want to say. Focusing on bullet points (seven or less) prevents them having to think about what the real message in their presentation is. If they have that thought first: "what am I trying to say in this 20/30/40 minutes?" then I think they usually end up with a better result. Unfortunately, that is often a hard question to answer, so many people just don't bother asking it.

Nice post. I think a lot of the efforts towards re...

2009-09-29T17:42:20.501+01:00

Nice post. I think a lot of the efforts towards redesigning ppt presentations (e.g. Presentation Zen or Slidology) are aimed at this -- making it so the viewer can't NOT get the main point, if they are paying any attention at all.

I've been trying for a while to figure out if there was an equivalent to subitizing for text/reading, so thanks for the term "span of apprehension". I think it has really useful implications for interface design, also.

Btw, there are great examples of subitization here: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/inside-the-animal-mind/overview/2081/ (Sadly, not available online)

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This is a really important point, nicely expressed...

Nice post. I think a lot of the efforts towards re...