There are downsides to Haiku Deck and Giant Thinkwell is working on fixing some of them.

WSJ: Presentations in Poetic Motion

Haiku Deck was really useful in the committee presentation, where I had no photos of my own to draw from.

WSJ: Presentations in Poetic Motion

The company also plans to add presenter notes to Haiku Deck.

WSJ: Presentations in Poetic Motion

Haiku Deck suggested a huge list of images related to the keyword "UVA, " and I typed "night" into the search box to get more specific images.

WSJ: Presentations in Poetic Motion

And with a Haiku Deck account, I could make my slide show public, private or restricted, meaning only people who got the shared URL could see it.

WSJ: Presentations in Poetic Motion

If you want to make a presentation that's enjoyable to look at and complemented with images you might not have, Haiku Deck is a smart app that makes beautiful slide shows in no time and makes your iPad a more productive tool.

WSJ: Presentations in Poetic Motion

But even when I used Haiku Deck to make a deck of my trip to Charlottesville, the app's smart suggestions of photos that might go with keywords in my slides were entertaining to look at and I used several photos from Creative Commons to supplement images I didn't have.

WSJ: Presentations in Poetic Motion