dive into mark

• Starts off as a joke.
• Ends up as a requirement.
• In between, there’s PowerPoint.

That’s all I know.

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Six comments here (latest comments)

1. Isn’t ironic as all hell that Powerpoint is used to illustrate a bad idea.

   — chornbe 

2. double irony points if it gets “stored” in sharepoint…

   — algorythm 

3. Netscape Blink tag being example #1.

   — engtech 

4. Somebody get this kid an agent and start booking him at tech conferences!

   — Dan 

5. I dunno. My two favorite examples of ’started off as a joke’ don’t have #2 or #3, so this isn’t particularly universal: The Church of Scientology and Consumating.com.

   — Michael R. Bernstein 

6. …and during the presentation, the laser pointer doesn’t work.

   — Morrick 

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