Tufte's new book

NPR : Edward Tufte, Offering 'Beautiful Evidence'

Edward Tufte has recently released his new book Beautiful Evidence which is filled with hundreds of illustrations from the worlds of art and science.

Tufte is someone you either love or hate. Your decision will probably hang on whether you're a minimalist who use slides as just a visual aid or you genuflect towards the Powerpoint presentation as a god-like communication device.

I'm in the first camp.

Powerpoint eats more time than anything I know. Reporters who wrote stories on how people screw off at work looking at Youtube should do a comparative analysis on how much flipping time we spend building a slide full of animations just to get someone's attention.

Tufte shows really great design is timeless.

If you get the chance, spend a day with this man. He knows his stuff.