“Surprise, puzzlement, struggle, excitement, anticipation, and dawning certainty – those are the matter of intelligent thought. As virtues, they stand by themselves – even if they do not, on some specific occasion, lead to the right answer. In the long run, they are what count.” – Eleanor Duckworth Source: The Having of Wonderful Ideas: And… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Handwriting Quotes to Build Typography Skills
If you are looking for a way to build your handwritten typography skills, I have a project for you. Step 1: Find a Source of Quotes that you Like Where to look: all of those underlined books on your wall; the highlighted sections of text on your Kindle or iPad; that bookmarked link to your… Continue Reading
Taking Movie Sketchnotes to Build Foreign Language Skills
For a while now I have wanted to apply sketchnoting to the process of language development. I got the chance to do just that last weekend when I watched a couple of Spanish-language movies with a sketchbook and pen in front of me. The images below show some of the quick sketches that I did… Continue Reading
Drawing Delicious Drinks
When I wake up in the morning, I drink coffee. By the afternoon, I’m ready for a nice cold beer. Then it’s time to hydrate with lots of water. With dinner I’ll have a glass (maybe two) of wine. I’ll end the day with another cup of coffee (probably decaf). Portland, Oregon is a great… Continue Reading
Sketchnotes from Portland State University’s Rural-Urban Connections Seminar on Conservation
After listening to an engaging talk about entrepreneurship at Portland State University’s School of Business Administration, I hopped over to the Native American Student and Community Center for a seminar on rural-urban connections. The topic of last night’s talk: conservation. Melanie Parker of Northwest Connections and Nils Christofferson of Wallowa Resources discussed their experiences working… Continue Reading
Sketchnotes from Scott Kveton’s Talk with Portland State University’s Entrepreneurship Club
Scott Kveton, the CEO and co-founder of Portland-based Urban Airship, gave a talk to Portland State University’s Entrepreneurship Club earlier this evening. I attended the public lecture with two objectives in mind: 1) learn what Kveton has to say about entrepreneurship; and 2) see if my sketching skills are up to the task of live… Continue Reading
Real-Time Radiolab Graphic Recording: The Choices We Make
How much control do we have over the choices we make? That was a central question asked in a 2008 Radiolab episode. While revisiting that episode this week, I captured some of the ideas in the real-time graphic recording seen above (you can click on the image to view a larger version). Of particular interest… Continue Reading
The Unconcealing of Insightful Ideas: Sketched Concepts from Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine
I just finished sketching out some of the ideas from the third chapter of Jonah Lehrer‘s book Imagine: How Creativity Works: In the previous chapter Lehrer discusses the circumstances surrounding spontaneous sparks of insight. This chapter focuses on the deliberate search for insightful ideas. Though moments of insight are often the most exciting part of… Continue Reading
Visually Connecting Ideas: A Set of Arrows to Use While Sketchnoting
For last week’s Visual Vocabulary I focused on a crucial element in graphic recording: the arrow. Within any visual display of information, arrows guide our eyes from one idea to the next. When used effectively, they can do much more than that. Rather than just showing that one idea is connected to another, arrows can… Continue Reading
