Inspiration at the second attempt
I think I need to work on my lateral thinking.
I spent at least two hours this afternoon using Power Point and trying to bend a graph to my will. It looked fan-frikkin-tastic, even if I say so myself. All the information present in a clear and precise manner; good, bright colours, easy to read, friendly writing, no extraneous material to detract from the slide at all. Could I animate it? Could I heck as like. A large chunk of the afternoon went by with my patience thinning even as my arteries thickened. Another half hour and I reckon I should have started popping rivets.
I was, in short, hot under the collar and getting hotter. And I hadn't even started the presentation notes to accompany it.
Then, over the water boiler, making my Xth cup of coffee (where X = a very large positive integer), I had the revelation. I put it together as a chart, see. As my boss put it: "It's all a learning experience". What I want was not a graph to be animated, but an animated graphic that looks like a graph. It doesn't need any underlying data; it's a demonstration of the principle, not an academic proof.
Another hour later I had my fancy graphic with oodle upon oodle of groovy animation plus the speaking notes.
Water heaters, eh? Is there nothing they cannot do?
I spent at least two hours this afternoon using Power Point and trying to bend a graph to my will. It looked fan-frikkin-tastic, even if I say so myself. All the information present in a clear and precise manner; good, bright colours, easy to read, friendly writing, no extraneous material to detract from the slide at all. Could I animate it? Could I heck as like. A large chunk of the afternoon went by with my patience thinning even as my arteries thickened. Another half hour and I reckon I should have started popping rivets.
I was, in short, hot under the collar and getting hotter. And I hadn't even started the presentation notes to accompany it.
Then, over the water boiler, making my Xth cup of coffee (where X = a very large positive integer), I had the revelation. I put it together as a chart, see. As my boss put it: "It's all a learning experience". What I want was not a graph to be animated, but an animated graphic that looks like a graph. It doesn't need any underlying data; it's a demonstration of the principle, not an academic proof.
Another hour later I had my fancy graphic with oodle upon oodle of groovy animation plus the speaking notes.
Water heaters, eh? Is there nothing they cannot do?