The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris.

An open mind but not an empty head.

Design cannot rescue failed content.

PowerPoint is like being trapped in the style of early Egyptian flatland cartoons rather than using the more effective tools of Renaissance visual representation.

Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure.

Clutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design...fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out of the map.

There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design.