Article Response

I thought that Ian Parker's article "Absolute Power Point" was very informative, yet highly entertaining. I learned a lot about the roots of PowerPoint, and how it all got started, as well as its evolution. I also enjoyed the numerous antecdotes about its use in the home, office, church, even laudrymat. The tone of the article was academic enough for its purpose, yet light and entertaining enough to make it fun to read. I completely agree with Parker's position on the spread of PowerPoint--although highly useful at conveying information, it has caused users to think less. Rather, information is merely summarized; there is no improvisation. I also though it was interesting how many Stanford connections there were in the article, it was fun to read about Stanfor students and professors, and their opinions about PowerPoint. Overall, a highly entertaining article to read; very well written.