Could we be nearing the end of 'death by PowerPoint?' (Could PowerPoint itself be dying?)

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Here's a lame story by way of intro: last fall, when I was in my first semester of graduate school, I really wanted a gig at Microsoft. (News flash: I did not get one.) I heard that a recruiter from Microsoft was coming to speak to my early-morning Monday class, and I also knew the professo…