The 5 Cardinal Sins of Presenting
according to Jerry Weissman, author of Presenting to Win, The Art of Telling Your Story (Prentice-Hall 2003)

• no clear point
• no audience benefit (WIIFY)
• no clear flow
• too detailed
• too long

WIIFY = What's In It For You

Eye contact is important. Look at each person's eyes throughout the presentation.
No more than four words per bullet point.
The presentation needs to have a flow to it.
There needs to be a point to the presentation.
Practice the presentation as much as possible (i.e. while driving, brushing teeth, in front of anyone who will listen)

Source: "Presentation Lessons from Comedians" by Bob Colwell, Computer, IEEE Computer Society, September 2005

I'm an IT Manager/Developer and my platform of choice is Mac OS X. I'm using an iMac G4 with a 17" widescreen. Widescreen is the way to go for any computer. At work, I use a Dell Optiplex. One of the cool things for me is that I can use a Remote Desktop Client to connect from my Mac through a VPN connection to my company's WAN and use my deskstop PC at work.

My Mac is the coolest computer I have ever used. It may not be the fastest, but it can do so many things that other computers can't. I'm really looking forward to next year with the Mactel computers start rolling out.

My friend Keith sent me this link: Open Source Software for Mac OS X

Can't believe it is already October 2005. Oh well....

My brother-in-law drove down to Slidell today. He called about 9 PM to say he left Baton Rouge at about 6:00 PM and was still not in Slidell. He said traffic is horrible. I guess it is still too early to go back. It is going to take forever to get that area back to normal.

Also heard that very few of the residents of St. Bernard had flood insurance. Unfreakin' believable!!!! How can banks provide mortgages for homes and businesses that are BELOW SEA LEVEL and not REQUIRE flood insurance!