Presentation Zen compares presentations by Bill Gates and Steve Jobs [presentationzen.blogs.com]

My point in comparing Jobs and Gates is not to poke fun but to learn.

In this nicely written piece, the author does this well. The negative effects of powerpoint on our presentations are well discussed elsewhere (such as in Tufte on Powerpoint), but applying the concepts of Zen to public presentation hits a true note.

Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means.
-- Dr. Koichi Kawana

Presentation Zen also has an earlier post discussing the negative sides to Bill Gate's presentations in Bill Gates and visual complexity.

Which reminds me that this site is in desperate need of a Zen-like overhaul. Maybe it's time to put Ascii-Art back into the 80s :)