Comments on: PowerPoint is 2.0-fied with SlideShare http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/05/slideshare/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/05/slideshare/comment-page-1/#comment-11501 Alan Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:58:08 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/05/powerpoint-is-20-fied-with-slideshare/#comment-11501 Dave- I can see at least 2 paths to consider-- (1) You have a polished PPT with all the whistles, bells, and snazzy transitions. Now, you are SOL with slideshare, and might need to re-edit original content (2) You create new stuff knowing slideshare's limits I'd say its way too early to form a concrete opinion. Slideshare just came out of beta, and I would not be surprised to see new features and functionality appear. For me, I am not thatr invested since I do almost nothing in PPT ;-) Dave-

I can see at least 2 paths to consider–

(1) You have a polished PPT with all the whistles, bells, and snazzy transitions. Now, you are SOL with slideshare, and might need to re-edit original content

(2) You create new stuff knowing slideshare’s limits

I’d say its way too early to form a concrete opinion. Slideshare just came out of beta, and I would not be surprised to see new features and functionality appear.

For me, I am not thatr invested since I do almost nothing in PPT ;-)

]]> By: Dave Lee http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/05/slideshare/comment-page-1/#comment-11481 Dave Lee Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:55:24 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/05/powerpoint-is-20-fied-with-slideshare/#comment-11481 Hey Alan: Just wanted to ping you back on this topic. Slideshare seems very interesting on many levels. I like the fact that they grab the text from the slides and make it searchable, the ease of use of the interface is great and the ability to comment on peoples presentations is the height of web 2.0 coolness. but what happened to concern about content, especially for learning tools. Unless you strip out any animations, transitions or motion graphics, your presentation will look like crap when it's transferred to flash by slideshare. And forget about audio and video. So were back to doing powerpoint with just text and images. bullet points being our "power tool." I wouldn't be complaining so strongly if I didn't know that it could be better. I worked with a company last spring who was capturing the RGB output of powerpoint slides which could be captured in a flash movie, if desired and loaded to a website for viewing. Granted, hyperlinks are still MIA in this scenario, but at least you get more of the rich format of a presentation. Is text to be the dominant form of content in this day and age? Dave Hey Alan:
Just wanted to ping you back on this topic. Slideshare seems very interesting on many levels. I like the fact that they grab the text from the slides and make it searchable, the ease of use of the interface is great and the ability to comment on peoples presentations is the height of web 2.0 coolness.

but what happened to concern about content, especially for learning tools. Unless you strip out any animations, transitions or motion graphics, your presentation will look like crap when it’s transferred to flash by slideshare. And forget about audio and video. So were back to doing powerpoint with just text and images. bullet points being our “power tool.”

I wouldn’t be complaining so strongly if I didn’t know that it could be better. I worked with a company last spring who was capturing the RGB output of powerpoint slides which could be captured in a flash movie, if desired and loaded to a website for viewing. Granted, hyperlinks are still MIA in this scenario, but at least you get more of the rich format of a presentation.

Is text to be the dominant form of content in this day and age?

Dave

]]> By: prof_chuck’s blog » Presentations anyone? PPT + You Tube = excellent backup. http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/05/slideshare/comment-page-1/#comment-10783 prof_chuck’s blog » Presentations anyone? PPT + You Tube = excellent backup. Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:50:57 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/05/powerpoint-is-20-fied-with-slideshare/#comment-10783 [...] So there is a lot of discussion about a new presentation tool called slideshare. Check it out and the commentary on CogDogBlog and TechCrunch. [...] [...] So there is a lot of discussion about a new presentation tool called slideshare. Check it out and the commentary on CogDogBlog and TechCrunch. [...]

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