Absolute Powerpoint
Can a software package edit our thoughts
by Ian Parker
Before there were presentations, there were conversations, which were a little like presentations but used fewer bullet points, and no one had to dim the lights. A woman we can call Sarah Wyndham, a defense-industry consultant living in Alexandria, Virginia, recently began to feel that her two daughters weren't listening when she asked them to clean their bedrooms and do their chores. So, one morning, she sat down at her computer, opened Microsoft's PowerPoint program, and typed:

• Family Matters
  
• An approach for positive change to the
  
• Wyndham family team
  

I'm sure I blogged this before, but it's still great.