Coming soon? Well, this surely is disappointing for a non-iPad-owner. Why does an app for this exist for my iPhone to purchase if it's not fully-functional yet? Can someone in software development explain this one to me? Please?
Now, let's hit the Deck . . .
I used Deck to create a presentation. Considering I did this all on my almost-outdated iPhone 4, I thought it turned out pretty well -- I was able to type my points, add pictures, add charts, and I thought it looked pretty good and that I could proudly show it off here on my blog. Until I tried uploading it to SlideShare. After one failed attempt, I tried again five more times, using both the PowerPoint and PDF formats, and was unsuccessful in getting the presentation uploaded. Also, each time I went into my presentation after shutting down Deck, the photos I had selected for certain points were deleted, so I had to reinsert them each time. Super frustrating.
This is probably a great idea and a great app when it works, especially for busy professionals on the go who need to make and give and update presentations, but I found it to be especially frustrating in its non-working mode.
Sigh. On to the next thing . . .
Now, let's hit the Deck . . .
I used Deck to create a presentation. Considering I did this all on my almost-outdated iPhone 4, I thought it turned out pretty well -- I was able to type my points, add pictures, add charts, and I thought it looked pretty good and that I could proudly show it off here on my blog. Until I tried uploading it to SlideShare. After one failed attempt, I tried again five more times, using both the PowerPoint and PDF formats, and was unsuccessful in getting the presentation uploaded. Also, each time I went into my presentation after shutting down Deck, the photos I had selected for certain points were deleted, so I had to reinsert them each time. Super frustrating.
This is probably a great idea and a great app when it works, especially for busy professionals on the go who need to make and give and update presentations, but I found it to be especially frustrating in its non-working mode.
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| Seeing this allegedly-uploading-to-SlideShare screen was getting really old, really fast. |
I'm sorry to hear that your experience with these presentation apps was so frustrating. I hope that Haiku Deck will be available for your device soon; maybe that one will upload better than the other one! Great job keeping up with the Things, I enjoy reading these posts.
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Thanks for the feedback, Anita. I've been enjoying trying out these apps and thinking of how they might be of use to me, to my colleagues, and to my patrons.
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