Suddenly it seems like everybody is using Beamer to format their LaTeX slides.
I hate Beamer. I hate Beamer for the same reason that I hate PowerPoint, which it is trying so hard to emulate: fancy formatting options do not equal a good presentation. In fact I think fancy formatting detracts from a good presentation, as the mode of delivery is not more important than the content.
The best talk I ever saw had simple figures on empty slides. It was a great talk because the picture was a simple representation of what the speaker was saying -- there was not even any text on the slide to detract from the message. That's the model of technical speaking that for which we should be striving.
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