15. “It’s dangerous because it can create
the illusion of understanding and the
illusion of control.
Some problems in the world
are not bullet-izable.”
Brig. General H.R. McMaster, US Marine Corps
“We have met the enemy and he is PowerPoint”
New York Times, April 26, 2010
22. Scientific Test: Time-to-productivity
The Set-up: You are talking to a colleague in the hall after a meeting,
and want to show them a slide from the meeting.
Macbook Pro running Lion iPad 2
• From Start to showing • From Start to showing
someone a slide (paused someone a slide (including
for typing-in password) passcode lock)
• 3 minutes, 14 seconds • 7 seconds
23. Scientific Test: Time to productivity
The Set-up: You are talking to a colleague in the hall after a meeting,
and want to show them a slide from the meeting.
Macbook Pro running Lion iPad 2
• From Start to showing • From Start to showing
someone a slide (paused someone a slide (including
for typing-in password) passcode lock)
• 3 minutes, 14 seconds • 7 seconds
25. 10 Reasons Computers Crash
Hardware Conflict
Bad RAM
BIOS Settings
Hard Disk Fragmentation
Video Card
Viruses
Printers
Bad Software Installation
Overheating
Power Supply Problems
26. 10 Reasons Computers Crash
Hardware Conflict
Bad RAM
✔
BIOS Settings
Hard Disk Fragmentation
Video Card
Viruses
Printers
Bad Software Installation
Overheating
Power Supply Problems
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29. “A decline in tool use would seem to
betoken a shift in our mode of inhabiting the
world: more passive and more dependent.
And indeed, there are fewer occasions for
the kind of spiritedness that is called forth
when we take things in hand for ourselves,
whether to fix them or to make them.”
Matthew Crawford
Shop Class as Soulcraft
Penguin