06th Sep 2002

‘Click to Add Title’ Round Three: Truth & Beauty

I’m way behind in reporting on it, but you’re probably not hip to it anyway (unless I’ve made a regular of you), but Round 3 took place earlier this summer in Michael Sippey and Leslie Harpold’s “Click to Add Title” PowerPoint user competition. I have to say, I’d go with the tie they awarded themselves. Frankly, they were both good but they could have been even better.

I wish they had collaborated on this one and used more multimedia. Both motiffs are quite similar already, although Leslie takes a narrower view of beauty focusing mainly on works of art, while Michael finds beauty in the Constitution, Moby Dick and Elvis Presley, but unfortunately he limits himself to text. The beauty of Elvis was in his delivery, his singing and performance, but not in his lyrics that were quoted. PowerPoint has sound and video — why hold back?

Worth the five-minute diversion in any event.


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