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links for 2008-12-10

  • "You wouldn't buy our shitty cars. So we'll be taking your money anyway"
    Satirical advert about the impending bailout of the three largest American automobile manufacturers
    (tags: images politics)
  • The three laws of great graphs – Seth Godin
    I've got a big presentation coming up this Friday and am elbow-deep in Powerpoint. In this post Seth Godin proposes three rules for Powerpoint presentations – tell just one story, don't use bar charts and make use of motion.
    (tags: visualisation tips presentation)
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