83: Ideas Over Art, with Mike Rohde

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83: Ideas Over Art, with Mike Rohde

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Oct 1, 2019

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Author and Designer Mike Rohde joins us to discuss the practice and process of sketchnoting. We talk about choosing the right tools, the benefits and drawbacks of analog vs. digital, and why sketchnoting is for everyone - even if you don't think of yourself an artist.

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Oct 1, 2019

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83: Ideas Over Art, with Mike Rohde

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