Mike is joined by Aussie Ben Crothers, who is the author of Presto Sketching and a design strategist at Atlassian Software. Ben and Mike discuss Ben’s book, the process of getting published, How sketchnoting is changing, plus tools and tips.
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RUNNING ORDER

Intro
Who Ben is and his origin story
The beauty of co-design
Teaching (and the struggle with YouTube)
The origins of Ben’s Book and writing on the train
How Sketchnoting is growing
Sketchnoting in education
Robots stealing Jobs
Instagram Sqaures
The value of pointless activities (and Steve Jobs)
Tools
3 Tips

LINKS

Ben’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bencrothers
Ben’s Website - http://bencrothers.com/
Presto Sketching Twitter - https://twitter.com/prestosketching
Presto Sketching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/prestosketching/
Presto Sketching Website - http://prestosketching.com/index.html
Atlasian - https://www.atlassian.com
Presto Sketching book - https://www.amazon.com/Presto-Sketching-Drawing-Brilliant-Thinking/
Co-design - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_design
Agile method - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
Jeff Patton - https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/4727
O’Reilly media - https://www.oreilly.com/
An example of Instagram squares - https://www.instagram.com/p/BlguxSYgE9h/?taken-by=prestosketching
Draw Me a Kraken - https://www.instagram.com/p/BewEjexHYS2/?taken-by=prestosketching
Mike’s Cards - https://www.instagram.com/p/Be9om5-FCmU/?taken-by=rohdesign

TOOLS

Whiteboard
MUJI Store - http://www.muji.com/
MUJI Markers - http://www.muji.us/store/stationery/pen-pencils/other-pens.html
Square notebooks from Tiger/Flying Tiger - https://flyingtiger.com
Copic markers - https://www.copicmarker.com/
Neuland Markers - https://us.neuland.com
iPad Pro 12.9 - https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro
Procreate - https://procreate.art/
Microsoft Office Lens Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officelens&hl=en
Microsoft Office Lens iOS - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/office-lens/id975925059?mt=8

TIPS

Don’t be afraid to copy
Draw something you enjoy!
Set yourself challenges

CREDITS

Producer: Jon Schiedermayer
Show Notes: Chris Wilson

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PAST PODCAST SEASON LINKS

Season 1 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se1
Season 2 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se2
Season 3 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se3
Season 4 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se4