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Comment by aaronbasssett | Hacker News Reader

Sketch, Keynote, Paw

I'm a developer, but I also talk at community groups and conferences. I know there are alternatives (Inkscape, Impress, Postman) but they're all missing one or more features I use frequently, or are just not as polished.

That being said I'll probably make the change to Linux for my many development machine at some point and keep an Air or something lightweight as a conference/presentation machine.

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Please don't take this the wrong way but the most important thing in a presentation should not be the graphical aspect of the slides, it should be the content, specifically how you can communicate with the audience with what you're saying verbally.

I have seen awesome talks and it didn't matter if the slides were not pretty.

I recommend you to take a presentation training from domain experts (mainly physchologists) and you'll understand how wrong you are.

Experts that think ever meeting needs a PowerPoint? No thanks.

A Google doc outline and some demo is enough for most dev presos.

Well, like you know how to tell your problem to computers, those experts know how to tell your problem to human beings. And higher you are in your career, more you have to speak non-tech people that pays your salary and needs to be convinced about your next idea.

Yes but effective communication is NOT about visuals or font choice. An idea presented clearly and concisely is key.

That assumes one's goal is to go into soul sucking middle management at a large tech company. For many of us, that is not our goal.

Visual presentation plays a big role in a .. well.. _presentation_.

Yeah, I can see how those three are more polished. I guess I just don't use them... I was blissfully unaware of them, as the alternatives are good enough...

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