{"id":25,"date":"2016-04-03T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-07-20T10:31:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T10:31:06","slug":"ok-hands-up-who-didnt-fall-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/ok-hands-up-who-didnt-fall-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Ok, hands up who DIDN&#8217;T fall for it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The last blogpost was written and published 2 days ago. On the 1st of the month. On the 1st day in April&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I know some folk view me as some sort of leader in presentation thought (for which I thank you) but I do hope you regard what is written with your own insights and wisdom and question the thoughts without blindly accepting them.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To review and clarify yesterday&#8217;s blogpost, slide design does change with time but not the psychological principles behind what makes an effective slide. &#8220;Retro&#8221;, &#8220;hipster&#8221; or whatever d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">esign used should capture attention and provide function from form.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Slides don&#8217;t need titles. 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