If Abraham Lincoln Were Communicating Today …
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June/July 2003
Volume54Issue3
Peter Norvig, director of search quality at Google, knows the virtues of computer technology if anyone does, but he has also sat through too many PowerPoint presentations. Eventually, he says, “I imagined what Abe Lincoln might have done if he had used PowerPoint rather than the power of oratory at Gettysburg.” It was easier than he expected. PowerPoint’s AutoContent Wizard software set up a template and even titled four of the slides. “I thought Pd have to spend some time choosing bad fonts and garish color schemes, but the Wizard did it all for me.”
The result is available on his Web site, at