Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks 18 mins presentation. warning: the speaker is a lady so you'll have to minimize or scroll down often when the speaker is in focus.
perhaps video emailing will become popular so we can hear and see each other. but, perhaps some people like the security of hiding behind a screen and remaining somewhat anonymous.
very good article. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0515/p13s01-stct.html apart from the relevance of the article to e-mail and forums [which all of us can identify with], some ideas that have been mentioned are also true with respect to traditional learning of islamic sciences versus book-learning. --- data from the article is slightly modified to justify my case:book-learning lacks cues like facial expression and tone of voice [emphasis and downplay.] that makes it difficult for recipients to decode meaning well. --- therefore, the interpretation of RasulAllah's Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam speech by the saHabah is not the same as reading the same from Bukhari EVEN THOUGH it has been reported with fidelity. Allah ta'ala knows best.