It’s a risky move, but I’ve decided not to use powerpoint presentation software for next week’s talk in London.

The main reason being that unless you have all the time in the world, its tremendously hard to import internet material onto a presentation. The other reason is that the type of talk I’m doing is an oblique reference to aesthetic orientation through two particular instantces of computer science, so I thought it would be best to have the material itself, centre stage.

So I’ve spent the morning creating THIS. Just a basic, more dynamic site that will work fullscreen and actually ‘present’ what I’m talking about dynamically without having to switch between browser and presentation software.

(BTW I know there’s Prezi, but I cannot get on with it – I tried it once and it scarred me for life)

To view it, you need a browser that is HTML5 enabled (most are now) and you need to accept Java settings to view Every Icon - it’s a Java Applet from 1997, so not my fault. It’s built to use in Full Screen mode on OSX Lion 10.7.1.  (mostly in Safari and Chrome, Firefox’s is a bit ropey).

You can also scroll the bottom frame to view the keywords associated with the works. I’ve only put three keywords so far, but see what you think.