PowerPoint -> opml convertor
OPML Workstation Home
looks interesting - a way to convert PowerPoint to OPML.
Interesting, because most of the thinking and intellectual output in companies I've dealt with is exclusively locked in PowerPoint. People think, create and share ideas in this hideous program, but sharing is via email.
And people in orgs are collaborating, they're sending ppt's back and forth - editing eachother words, fleshing out ideas and building joint visions.
So, if you want to get people to share outlines, and get opml in as a file format into these eplaces, a ppt -> opml convertor is a smart opening salvo...
The Outliner in PowerPoint is nonexistant, so maybe this will introduce other tools into the thinking workplace. It'll take a lot to wean people off ppt addiction.
Plus PPT is notoriously inflexible as a shared format - far better to get it into searchable text.
And it's interesting that the site is setup by Jim Moore, he of the $100mil RSS Fund.
Hmmm, Hust saw the post on Jim Moore's blog...interesting, he seems to be focused on the shareability of opml as a format and therefore the need to get ppt -> opml:
"My own rationale is that OPML can be a used as a universal knowledge format. OPML features outines in an open format that can be indexed, searched, shared, combined, and written and read with free tools."
So opml becomes the de-facto, structured information sharing format? Makes a lot of sense.
(Via Dave Winer.)
