From: "John W. Long" <ng@...>
Date: 2005-09-16T20:14:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Get to the Point: Ruby and Rails Presentation Slides

Bil Kleb wrote:
> John W. Long wrote:
>> Bil Kleb wrote:
>>>  From Tufte's "The Smallest Effective Difference"
>>> chapter in /Visual Explanations/, I would tone
>>> down the syntax highlighting contrasts by an
>>> order of magnitude.
>>
>> I've never read this book.
> 
> If you're in the U.S., I highly recommend making every
> effort to get yourself to one of Tufte's short courses,
> 
>  http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses
> 
> (You'll get a copy of his books as part of the course
> fee.)
> 
>  > Can you explain the reasoning behind what you
>  > suggest in a little more detail?
> 
> Many some quotations from that chapter, will help?

Very interesting. Thanks.

--
John