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What are those most annoying problems you experience while working on presentations?

22nd September 2013

My answer to What are those most annoying problems you experience while working on presentations? on Quora

Keynote crashing and losing all of my work.

Not having somewhere private to rehearse the talk out loud.

Being slowed down by spotty hotel WiFi.

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