January 2011
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10 reasons Prezi is better than PowerPoint
The most popular presentation applications, like PowerPoint, are based on slides where you move from one page to the next. Prezi is more like a whiteboard. You have one large page where you put all your text, images, or videos and then use paths to link them together. Prezi may not be right for everyone, but you should give it a shot and here’s why:
It’s Free
Prezi has three price levels...
the bus
Miss my 1st bus this morning. Walk 2 miles to the transfer station, I’m 20 min early. Get Starbucks from across the street and almost miss my 2nd bus. Can’t have drinks on the bus; I got one sip. A lady starts complaining that men don’t give up their seats for a pregnant woman. I didn’t give up my seat, I thought she was just a fatty. Made it to class, video day. I should have just slept in.
High Traffic Area
I work at a paint store. Usually customers come in asking for something vague like “blue paint”. We carry something like 200 kinds of paints so employees have to ask a few questions to narrow it down.
We ask questions like: what are you painting, is it already painted, and is it a high traffic area like a washroom or kitchen.
One day, a fairly attractive, older lady came in and...
Candy Man Stole My Muffin
The vending machine refill man comes by my work about twice a month. Occasionally, if requested, he’ll swap out one of the snacks. Unfortunately, he doesn’t carry the muffins I get at the gas station.
The other day I thought I’d stock up on my gas station muffins to last me the rest of the week. I put my muffins by the coffee pot next to the vending machine and went to work.
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Comedy Central Has a New Logo
I just noticed that Comedy Central has a new logo.
At first glance you may notice that this logo looks awfully familiar. My first thought was that it resembled the Closed Captioning logo. But after a quick Google search it turns out I had no idea what the Closed Captioning logo looked like other than having a “C” in it.
Still, I knew the updated logo...
