Maybe I'm crazy about being a proto-facist about file sizes (which is why I love ubiquitous text files) but, because I just downloaded 50 tech tips, I wonder how often we study the payload of communication media.
For example, how often do we mull over the take aways from a written document? Maybe more importantly, how do we quantify that takeaway when the payload is knowledge?
What I do know, is that when we pull things down from the pipes and tubes of the internets, it tends to end up somewhere. And because it ends up somewhere, we need to be more mindful of file sizes.
For example, if I send my staff to pull down 50 tech tips and 25% respond, that would mean 77.7 MB of duplicated storage (25% of 60 is 15. 15 x 5.55555 - 5.55555 of non-dupe). Wow, too early for Californians to do math.
In the comments, how do folks address duplicate items and file size reduction? Yes, I mean apart from finger wagging!
I'm also pondering putting the powerpoints up on Slideshare.net.
In terms of the question you're posing - that would allow the presentations to be broadcast without people having to download them. The catch with our ppts is that sometimes the presenter's notes are more important than the slides, and I don't think slideshare can display them...