presentation is a component of project that tends to get overlooked. presentation can be a very powerful communication tool as it controls how a product can be conveyed. A good idea can be ruined by a poor presentation, whereas a poor idea can be lead with guidance from a good presentation. The only reason I know this is true is from juries in architectural education though their reactions to poor presentations can be extreme and somewhat along a Max Shtein reaction. Not that we shouldn't have those standards.
We've been keeping a Google Doc of the final report, but as of late it hasn't been updated. My original intent for the final report document was so that as a group, we wouldn't need to recover six weeks of decision making and rewrite out all of our thoughts. We do have bullet points more or less.
Google presentations have been useful, I originally created it not wanting to keep gigabytes of PDFs for presentations on my external. But ultimately, by keeping the presentations public, any other missing information can be added onto the presentation. At times, we end up finishing our prototypes before midnight, and forming a presentation is doable. But for the other cases where nights have gone late, especially for components like Arduino or other areas that I have no background in, its simply easier to come back the next day to see if anything should be reordered in the presentation.
On a side note, Google Presentation connects with YouTube so now my account is filed with SmartSurfaces: armeriazero. I've only uploaded videos which were put into the presentation but hopefully the rest will get on soon.
......happy thanksgiving. belated.
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