On a blog about "professional presentation design" -- yes, there is such a thing -- Garr Reynolds posts about Duarte Design, the outfit that helped Al Gore design his now-famous climate-science slideshow. It includes a short interview with Nancy Duarte, the co-founder. Quite interesting.
Even better, the post led me to "Unseen Al Gore Campaign Video" (part one; part two), which consists of footage director Spike Jonze shot just before the 2000 campaign started in earnest. I can't recommend the videos highly enough -- they're fascinating. They show Gore at home, flirting with his wife, getting razzed by his daughters, joking about the campaign ... it's the first thing I've seen that really shows him as he is: a middle-aged family man who cares about public service. I wish they could have gotten circulated more widely in 2000. Check them out.
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Icelander Posted 5:23 am
05 Jun 2006
Holy Cow
I started writing "where was this man in 2000," but then I realized that he was there the whole time. The media got into the rut of "he's stiff and boring" and didn't get out of it.
The more I learn about Gore, the more I think that he's the type of guy I'd follow to the ends of the earth. He's intelligent, idealistic and charismatic, but also very grounded and committed to his family and making things better for everybody.
However, I'm afraid that, like his daughter says in the video, he's not compatible with contemporary politics. And that's fine. I trust him to be where he can do the most good.
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