RIA Weekly

With Coté stuck in the tail end of polishing up a new stump speech, we discuss the magic of creating the deck and the history of PowerPoint, based on a recently published article. After slides talk and some contemplation of using Rick and Morty references in (supposedly) professional talks, we discuss how impossible keeping everyone happy with product management decisions as a product gets older. We close out talking about the recent OpenStack Summit and Mirantis. This week’s exegesis OpenStack User Survey, probably. # Fuckin’ with PowerPoint, or, “these slides will compile, no matter what” David Byrne loves PowerPoint (http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/03/08_byrne.shtml). History of PowerPoint (https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/cyberspace/the-improbable-origins-of-powerpoint), best $14m acquisition ever! Dive even deeper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhhAdlNtfiQ)! Is Rick and Morty (https://twitter.com/cote/status/928370494537117696) safe for slides? # 280 Characters of Bullshit(?) Pr