This week, I found the most helpful reading to be the white paper example that we discussed in class. Right off the bat, you immediately get a sense of whether or not you are going to like the paper. Just the overall look and design of the paper give you a sense of how well put together it is. Similar to eating, if it does not look good, odds are you are not going to like it. While the Global Warming White Paper does not have a title page, however there probably is one that just didn’t make it into the online version, you get the feeling that a lot of time was put into its creation.

However, after the first page it all goes down hill. Looking at this paper made me realize that the page needs to be filled up. The setup for this paper looks like two columns, but there is only text in the right hand column. It is a good idea to pull highlights out into the left hand column, but for the most part it is just white space and makes the paper look unfinished.

Finally, I also found the presentations on bad PowerPoint presentations to be helpful. The only problem that I ran into was that the second presentation, BadPresentations.ppt, did not work all the way through. An error would occur and PowerPoint would shut down. For the most part, the information presented was common sense. Before this presentation, however, I never thought to put an outline slide at the beginning of the presentation. I would always just dive right into the topic and not give an overview.