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The Sketchnote Handbook

The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking

by Mike Rohde · first published 2012

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This gorgeous, fully illustrated handbook tells the story of sketchnotes - why and how you can use them to capture your thinking visually, remember key information more clearly, and share what you've captured with others. Author Mike Rohde shows you how to incorporate sketchnoting techniques into your note-taking process - regardless of your artistic abilities - to help you better process the information that you are hearing and seeing through drawing, and to actually have fun taking notes. The Sketchnote Handbook explains and illustrates practical sketchnote techniques for taking visual

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  • freshfey · Mar 3, 2020 · Recommends

    …really interesting approach (that I wasn't able to implement yet in full form) is to take creative notes (called sketchnotes). This works well if you're a visual person. A great book on this would be The Sketchnote Handbook by Mike Rohde.

    on “Ask HN: How to Take Good Notes?” ↗
  • karmajunkie · Jan 23, 2017 · Mentions

    …along with the shorthand, but I'm curious if anybody else around here uses it. Shorthand method: https://www.amazon.com/GREGG-Shorthand-Manual-Simplified/dp/... Sketchnoting: https://www.amazon.com/Sketchnote-Handbook-illustrated-visua...

    on “Paper is the real 'killer app'” ↗

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