Inktober has been a tone of fun. I took part last year and used analog tools. This year I went for all digital on the iPad Pro with Procreate. I don’t consider myself the best artist but I have fun and that’s what creating should be all about…
It’s been a while, I know. There’s been a lot on and a lot of distractions. In truth I haven’t really applied the “learn, create, share” concept too well recently. But that’s life. Here are some things I’ve liked recently. The Sketchnote Ideabook — the sketchbook
Last week I got sick. Even now I don’t know exactly what it was. I debated sending my newsletter a few days later, but decided to just rest. Perhaps my body was sending a signal that I should rest. When I was a teacher, I’d be on “holiday”
I got a new paper notebook this week. It’s to replace my last notebook (a Rhodia Web notebook) which is almost full. Over the last few weeks, I’ve had clear examples of the benefits of keeping a commonplace book. * I quickly found some useful notes related to work.
About a year ago, someone, I don’t remember who, challenged me. This person asked what connected all the things that motivate me. I thought for a while and listed the things that not only motivate me now, but also motivated me in the past. I came up with this
It hasn’t been an easy time at work recently. A culture of blame and fear had been sweeping through the company. Where we used to ask for each other’s help, advice, and critique we were now guarding our work, defending ideas, and criticizing each other (not even the
A few weeks back I wrote “I’m starting to think that developing my listening skills may be one of the most transformative actions I can take.” I’ve been thinking about that a lot. I’ve been looking for more about listening and putting lessons into practice as best
I didn’t publish a long article this week. Not one more than tweet length (excluding work). It’s been a long time since that was last true. There’s nothing wrong with that. I’ve been working on some articles and creating other content (it’samazingwhatyoucandowithaplectrum). Even more importantly,
My theme word for this week was “Play”. It was a call to relax, to try new things and be a bit more creative. It worked. I spent more time with my wife and made some fun images despite having a few busy, stressful projects. Maybe I could have been
I hope you don’t mind me moving the newsletter over to Revue. I saw Greg Morris using Revue and got jealous. The ability to quickly add links from different sources was really appealing to me. I’m not sure how this experiment will turn out but I’m kind