Really, really bad slide presentations

We have all endured these. Have a look at comedian Don McMillan’s take on slide presentations. (Thanks to Sue Pelletier for this.)

• Read this blog entry entitled Short scientific talks for dummies, from Respectful Insolence, who also wrote A field guide to biomedical meeting creatures, part 2: Poster time! Hilarious!
• And if you still haven’t had enough, read PowerPoint Is Evil: Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely, by Edward Tufte, Wired Magazine, September 2003

10 Simple Rules (for research scientists) Collection (PLoS)

  From Philip E. Bourne, Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Computational Biology, here is a collection of editorials intended to provide a quick, concentrated guide for mastering some of the professional challenges research scientists face in their careers. All PLoS (Public Library of Science) journals are Open Access journals. This page updated December 10, 2007.

• Erren TC, Cullen P, Erren M, Bourne PE (2007) Ten Simple Rules for Doing Your Best Research, According to Hamming. PLoS Comput Biol 3(10): e21
• u J, Bourne PE (2007) Ten Simple Rules for Graduate Students. PLoS Comput Biol 3(11): e229
• Erren TC, Bourne PE.  Ten simple rules for a good poster presentation. PLoS Comput Biol. 2007 May 25;3(5):e102.  Related Articles in PubMed
  See also A field guide to biomedical meeting creatures, part 2: Poster time! Hilarious!
• Bourne PE. Ten simple rules for making good oral presentations. PLoS Comput Biol. 2007 Apr 27;3(4):e77.  Related Articles in PubMed
• Vicens Q, Bourne PE. Ten simple rules for a successful collaboration. PLoS Comput Biol. 2007 Mar 30;3(3):e44.  Related Articles in PubMed
• Bourne PE, Friedberg I. Ten simple rules for selecting a postdoctoral position. PLoS Comput Biol. 2006 Nov 24;2(11):e121.  Related Articles in PubMed
• Bourne PE, Korngreen A. Ten simple rules for reviewers. PLoS Comput Biol. 2006 Sep 29;2(9):e110.  Related Articles in PubMed
• Bourne PE, Chalupa LM. Ten simple rules for getting grants. PLoS Comput Biol. 2006 Feb;2(2):e12.  Related Articles in PubMed
• Bourne PE.  Ten simple rules for getting published. PLoS Comput Biol. 2005 Oct;1(5):e57. Related Articles in PubMed