bp showed me S5 today, a tool that Eric Meyer has been working on that allows you to do presentations in a Web browser that feel very much like a Powerpoint presentation. bp knew about a presentation I had done awhile back using MovableType as the presentation tool and suggested that a meeting of the two (MovableType + S5) might be in order using MT's category archive templates.
The old idea (just MovableType): * each blog entry is a slide * each presentation is tied to a category * links at the top of each slide advance you from one slide to the next
The new idea (MovableType + S5): * each blog entry is a slide * each presentation is tied to a category * each slide is formatted using CSS to look like an actual presentation slide * you can use the arrow keys to advance between slides * there are alternate presentation formats for printing, handouts, etc...
I coded it up and it was remarkably simple. The category archive template is straightforward (much cleaner than most MT templates), and you can see the results over on my presentations blog.
It's still a work in progress. I have to work out issues like commenting, RSS feeds, and some layout issues, but for the general functionality is there. For extra goodness you can throw in Markdown to make it easier to do bullets and font sizes.
I'm in a hurry right now, so I'll post more details on it later, but for now, feel free to leave comments/questions/suggestions.
