- Drawing
- Typography
- Layouts
- Creating your very first sketchnote
Procreate announcement is currently live. I think they’re introducing a new (replacement?) app. While I wouldn’t want to pay a subscription, I’d pay a subscription for procreate to keep it running.
“The problem with a theocracy is everyone wants to be Theo” - James Dunn
Me: I’m a minimalist and live simply so I don’t spend money on pointless things. Now, excuse me while I look at buying another pair of headphones.
I hate how strange it feels when I can actually say “It’s not been busy at all.” It feels like I have to say things are busy, and normally it’s true.
It’s ready!
For a couple of months, I’ve been working on and off on a series of free email courses to help people improve elements of their sketchnoting.
Now they’re all ready for people to try. You can sign up here.
I’m working in a cafe for the first time in ages as I wait for my train to pickup my family. It’s a great change.
I’m trying to set up a focus mode/shortcut etc that would block certain applications while I’m in that mode (i.e. safari). I think the closest thing I can do is set downtime but I’d have to adjust its settings each day to make it apply. Are there any other options? (I’m not running the Apple betas)
You know what’s worse than only writing about writing (and other ouroboric activity)? Only writing about how bad writing about writing is.
I can be guilty of this (and in fact this post is an example of it!) so I’m committing to changing.
My company is looking to update their social media icons from Twitter to X-twitter. But the logo we can download isn’t the same as the one on the site.
A friendly reminder inspired by an email in my inbox.
When you turn your hobby into a hustle, you’ll probably lose what made it a great hobby in the first place. Not always, but probably.
Scheduled a new sketchy ideas newsletter for this afternoon (with a new section highlighting things from around the web).
The dad-mobile has arrived. A used Citreon C4 Grand Picasso. Tomorrow she gets her first real test with a trip to the in-laws.
I got an Amazon voucher from work for my birthday and spent it all on books. Can you see the common trend?
One of the greatest ironies in life: by trying to make a message less passive aggressive, you can end up making it more so.
Goal: seek to be better, not right.
I see the opposite in a colleague and it annoys me. That means there’s a good chance I’m just as guilty of this issue if not more.
I forgot how tiring baby’s are. But now I have a baby and two bigger kids who demand energy even when the baby is asleep. Thankfully, all three are having a siesta and I’ve never been more grateful.
There’s this strange thing I’ve noticed with a few individuals in the work place: they try to claim your ideas.
If you share a unique insight or idea they say “yes,” and then rephrase exactly what you said offering nothing extra. I really wonder why they bother, especially when they either show their ignorance in what they say.
Personally, I’d praise the person making the suggestion, perhaps agree that I had heard that (without restating the information) or discuss how to implement. I really don’t get the need to repeat the same thing.
My 2 year old son is waking up early again and asking for various cartoons/youtube videos. My current solutions are a sticker books (work quite well) and today: Wreck This Journal. We had great fun messing it up.
My school had a computer lab full of the original iMacs. I hated them! It was such a pain to move files between them and my PC at home. Plus the one mouse button really confused me. It put me off Apple for years.
But oh boy did they look and feel nice.
Finished reading: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel 📚