The Uptake Podcast: Episode 5, The Sketchnote Challenge
Published Apr 15 2020 06:00 AM 4,898 Views
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Sketchnote by Luise Freese

 

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Sketchnote by Rebecca Jackson

 

You might think, "I cannot draw" or "I don't have talent." And maybe you are right.  However, the good news is:  sketchnoting is not about art. It's not about performing as an artist or comparing yourself to famous artists like Picasso or Monet. It's not about perfection. It is about communication.  Sketchnotes help people all over the world to better remember what they heard, regardless of their drawing skills. Anna talks with two of our Tech Community's celebrated sketchnoters, Luise Freese and Rebecca Jackson - and Frank the bunny.

 

Take on our Sketchnote Challenge! Create a sketchnote (digital or on paper) about a day or a week in your life right now, and share it on Twitter with @TheUptakePod, @LuiseFreese, and @_rebeccajackson.  

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Guest Posts

See blog posts by Microsoft MVPs Rebecca Jackson and Luise Freese, which are part of the Humans of IT Guest Bloggers series in conjunction The Uptake Podcast.

Blog post by Rebecca Jackson

Blog post by Luise Freese

 

Resources

Sketchnote Challenge! Send us a sketchnote of your Day/Week-in-the-life! On Twitter, tag @TheUptakePod, Luise and Rebecca, and we'll share it!

 

Anna Chu | @_achu

Rebecca Jackson | @_rebeccajackson | MVP Profile | Site 

Luise Freese | @LuiseFreese | MVP Profile

“Scribbles have meaning” by Better Kid Care

@TheUptakePod on Twitter

Microsoft Tech Community | @MSTCommunity

Humans of IT Community

Regarding 365 | @regarding365

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

 

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6 Comments
Steel Contributor

Speaking of sketchnotes, what happened to Sketchpad in Windows 10? Whiteboard isn't exactly the best replacement and even Google separated Jamboard and Chrome Canvas. 

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Hi @pneenkoalabear Windows 10 has Snip & Sketch. @thomasmaurer has a great blog article with an overview of Microsoft Whiteboard in case you're interested in what it can do: https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2018/07/it-pros-check-out-the-microsoft-whiteboard-app/.

Steel Contributor

@Anna Chu Snip & Sketch is more like Snipping Tool (although Snipping Tool's main interface is much cleaner) and is also a replacement for Screen Sketch. I'm quite familiar with Whiteboard. You can't use it offline or without an MS account. It doesn't have a protractor or an alternate eraser mode. It doesn't have as many colours either. It's also not as quick to launch as Sketchpad. 

 

Whiteboard is interesting. I don't think it uses WinUI. The settings pane doesn't overscroll and elements in it are blurry. Whiteboard's splash screen recently became hardcoded to be blue too, just like all the other Microsoft apps that got new icons :( I get super off topic below but I'm leaving my little rant here anyway lol

 

The new icons are stupid too in that they're designed to be shapeless despite Android, iOS and Windows having shaped icons and on Windows they don't follow your accent colour but I'm expecting tiles to be gone in the next feature update. Fingers crossed we also get a Windows 7 like start menu. I actually prefer shapeless icons but Microsoft won't influence Android and iOS. In fact, even Apple and Google create shapeless icons/logos. Google Maps' new icon is shapeless and yet on Android 7 and below it has a white background! Hilarious. https://medium.com/swlh/let-s-talk-about-white-app-icons-ce2e83b9eb86 It should be up to the OEM and user to pick a background colour (recommending dark and light greys ofc) and shape, if any. Problem solved.

Bronze Contributor

What tools do they use for SketchNoting?

 

I have tried some with Concepts app on iPad. The Whiteboard tool seems very limited, unless I am missing something?

 

Thanks for the podcast/video series!

Bronze Contributor

Here are some resources on sketchnoting!

 

Concepts App:

https://concepts.app/en/sketchnoting/

 

iPad note taking with Goodnotes and Notability (not exactly sketchnoting)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0ql-yeY9u0

 

Writing neatly on an iPad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4TOy-CFBsk

 

Creating sketches based on existing diagrams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYqZ4_DKAG0

 

Hope these are helpful!

@Rob O'Keefe I use OneNote on Surface Pro to do my digital sketching. There are certainly more full featured sketching tools, but I like OneNote as I use it for all my notes and the simplicity provides benefits for sketchnoting (less is more). I also still sketchnote a lot using pen and paper, and also large scale on butchers paper or the occasional whiteboard.

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