Powerpoint Professionals

There were many great presentations, I was really surprised how many people came out with some impressive stuff. A couple, however, ran away with the show. My favorites were Alisa's Pompeii presentation and Max's Supreme Court slide show -- the images that they chose were excellent. Max had the best photographs, he seemed to get all of the best pictures of those Justices into one place. I have always heard a lot about the members of the Court, but have never really been able to put a name with a face. Such a representation worked well for Max, because the pictures really spoke for themselves and so he did not have to fill up the slides with text or elaborate excessively in his speech. So content wise, Max really had the "a picture is worth a thousand words" thing working for him.

I admit, I am biased, I am a history major. So I had an instant appreciation for Alisa's slide show when I found out that it was historical in nature. Along these lines, I found the content interesting and informative -- the eruption in Pompeii is a historical record the significance of which is not widely appreciated. The background image, a painting of a violent Vesuvius, was the best background in the entire series of presentations. It gave the presentation a sense of visual context for the pictures that complimented the pictures in the show, but was not overly distracting. Well done everyone!