At 11:33 AM 3/24/04, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
vijay gill <vgill@vijaygill.com> writes:
Powerpoints have a hard time matching the depth of a refereed journal submission, because with the powerpoint, soundbites tend to take precedence over content.
Attention to sidebar on page 192 of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report entitled "Engineering by Viewgraphs":
http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/caib/PDFS/VOL1/PART02.PDF
---Rob
Wow. The Columbia disaster caused (in part) by PowerPoint!? :-] Worth checking out. It's on page 191, isn't it? I took a class in information presentation by the fellow quoted, Dr. Edward Tufte. It was excellent. Regarding the original question about journals, I have found the Internet Protocol Journal to be helpful. Yes, it is published by Cisco, but it has an academic approach and the editorial board is all non-Cisco and includes luminaries such as Vint Cerf. A frequent contributor is Geoff Huston, whom I admire a lot. Don't confuse the Internet Protocol Journal with Packet magazine, also from Cisco. Packet is definitely marketing driven, whereas IPJ is more research-oriented. More on IPJ here: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/759/ I'd be interesting in hearing what you all think of IPJ. _______________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer www.priscilla.com When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey. -- Kipling.