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What’s the Deal with all these “Slide Shows”?

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Why have all the trade news websites turned to slide shows to present information? Is it the "dumbing down" of technical informaton? Or simply a way to generate more clicks and (presumably) more advertiser dollars?

I don’t get it, and I don’t like ‘em much. (And I am saying this as I find out that the 5 Immutable Laws of Virtualization Security are presented in a slideshow on Baseline Magazine’s site.)

1 comment for “What’s the Deal with all these “Slide Shows”?”

  1. Anton Chuvakin
    January 23, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    I attribute it to widespread ADD epidemic and overall shortening of attention spans and drop in an ability to absorb information.

    Test it on yourself: if you have limited time, what would you rather read – a 30 slide PPT deck or, say, 10 page document?

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