Comments on: 2008 in 4 Slides

By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » My Annual Report Contest II, Second Place: Frieder Knauss

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:21:40 +0000

[...] appreciation by Sam Shah: I ranked Mr. K at the absolute top of my list because his slides, simple and minimalist, speak [...]

By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » My Annual Report Contest II: Final Entries

dy/dan » Blog Archive » My Annual Report Contest II: Final Entries — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:36:17 +0000

[...] from the DSM IV. No aspersions on Dan or Mr. Feltron, but I’m not into that. Alby Reid Sam Shah I’m slightly disappointed with this set of slides I made because they don’t tell a story. My [...]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:17:33 +0000

A. Mercer Fair point. The matting does make more sense given the larger picture.

At work only the top half of the first picture and one of the actual slides loaded for me. I kept staring at the deer and just wondering what it was.

By: A. Mercer

A. Mercer — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:27:41 +0000

Okay, missed the “cover slide” with the deer (reading at work where it was blocked).

Ring me up as pro-antler. The cheesy matting is now making more sense. Context is everything.

By: A. Mercer

A. Mercer — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:59:50 +0000

I like the treemap the best even though I don’t like the border/matting on the slide. Informationally, that one spoke to me the most. The Google Map was cool too. That last bar map is really nice and clean. Not as crazy about the unaligned bar points in slide one. It’s not fitting with the rest of the chart, but I’ve done MUCH more questionable things aesthetically in my preso, so that a matter of taste (which I may be lacking).

By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » My Annual Report 2008

dy/dan » Blog Archive » My Annual Report 2008 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:04:30 +0000

[...] have entries from Collette Cassinelli, Simon Job, Fred Knauss, Alice Mercer, and Sam Shah (did I miss a trackback?) with five days remaining in competition1. I finished my own (out of [...]

By: samjshah

samjshah — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:06:48 +0000

@Simon: I actually use it to remember where I’ve been and what I’ve liked/disliked about those places. I have the worst memory ever.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:28:21 +0000

I’m impressed that you’ve plotted all those places you’ve been to in Google Maps.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:13:53 +0000

Alas for the story. I’m going to pretend that it’s a reminder of your fall hunting trip. (But honestly, I’m not sure I’ve seen a head mounted on a papered wall. Or a painted one. They go in the wood rooms. Think of Gaston’s bar in Beauty and the Beast. Strange designers, you city people.)

Still, overall you’ve done more than I’m likely to. I’m with Kate. Not sure whether I’ll get this done this year or not. We’ll see what next weekend’s like. Or if I get a snow-day in the next week ;-)

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:48:58 +0000

I had the same question as Sarah (“Deer head….?”)

I think you did a great job. I can’t even muster the psychic energy to even think about starting this project now. Plus, this year was just not that interesting. Maybe next year.