It was a busy month getting ready for the trip. =) Lots of drawing, though!

Blog posts

• Learning
  • Mapping what I’m learning
  • Experience report/invitation: Pick my brain through Google Helpouts
  • Thinking about how to get better at asking questions
  • Finding the right balance between thinking, learning, doing, and reviewing
  • How I review my notes
• Drawing
  • How I organize and publish my sketches
  • Handwriting
  • It’s okay to draw simple visual notes
  • Sketchnote: Visual Thinkers Toronto – Mapping
• Tech
  • Emacs Org Mode Customization Survey
  • Current state of my backups
  • My new Google Hangouts On Air checklist, plus upcoming Nov 29 Q&A on learning
  • How to cheat when animating sketches
  • Emacs Chat: Magnar Sveen (Emacs Rocks)
• Life
  • High energy and low energy activities
  • Making the most of Standard Time as the days grow shorter
  • Decluttering and reimagining the house
  • Simplifying my event commitments; tips for people looking for event sketchnotes
• Connecting
  • Google Helpouts update: Building the community
  • Google Helpouts update: Helping people learn, thinking about business strategies
  • Google Helpouts Update: People like it, so how do we scale this up?
• Reviews
  • Weekly review: Week ending November 1, 2013
  • Weekly review: Week ending November 8, 2013
  • Weekly review: Week ending November 15, 2013
  • Weekly review: Week ending November 22, 2013
  • Weekly review: Week ending November 29, 2013
  • Monthly review: October 2013

Sketches

1. 2013-11-01 How can I keep my learning focused on action #learning #action
2. 2013-11-01 How can you use mapping to learn more effectively #mapping #learning #organization #tip
3. 2013-11-01 Weekly review #weekly
4. 2013-11-02 Creating way more value #business #sharing
5. 2013-11-02 Google Helpouts Experience Report #helpouts
6. 2013-11-03 My new Google Hangouts workflow #tech
7. 2013-11-04 Growing my visual vocabulary #drawing
8. 2013-11-04 Reimagining the house #life
9. 2013-11-04 Revising my mornings #life
10. 2013-11-05 Additional Helpout observations #helpouts
11. 2013-11-05 How does Google Helpout fit in with my goals #helpouts
12. 2013-11-05 Standard Time - Winter Time #life
13. 2013-11-05 What are some of my limiting beliefs #life
14. 2013-11-05 What do I want to learn on the go #my-learning #mobile
15. 2013-11-06 Helping students with study skills #helpouts #learning
16. 2013-11-06 How do I want to respond to requests for sketchnoting #business #experiment
17. 2013-11-06 Keeping track of what you want to do #productivity #tip
18. 2013-11-06 Make the most of lecture classes #learning #tip
19. 2013-11-06 Teaching people with vague questions
20. 2013-11-07 Google Helpouts - sold out #helpouts
21. 2013-11-07 House style #life
22. 2013-11-07 Imagining ideal days #life
23. 2013-11-07 It's okay to talk to yourself #learning
24. 2013-11-07 Sketches from Beyond Words #doodles
25. 2013-11-07 Sketches from Beyond Words, continued #doodles
26. 2013-11-07 What would a virtual sketchnoting agency look like #business #sketchnoting #idea
27. 2013-11-07 Why do I do consulting #experiment
28. 2013-11-08 How to cheat when animating sketches #drawing #animation
29. 2013-11-08 How to deal with distractions
30. 2013-11-08 How to feel great about your daily to-do list #productivity
31. 2013-11-08 How would I scale up helping people learn more effectively #sharing
32. 2013-11-08 Making the most of interruptible time #learning #tip
33. 2013-11-08 Manage your energy when learning a lot in one day #learning #tip
34. 2013-11-08 More garden plans for 2014 #plans #gardening
35. 2013-11-08 Note-taking tips for meeting minutes #notetaking #meeting #learning #tip
36. 2013-11-08 Structure your notes for easy review #notetaking #organization #learning #tip
37. 2013-11-08 Weekly review #weekly #scratch
38. 2013-11-08 What would make me feel comfortable with charging for a Helpout #helpouts #business
39. 2013-11-09 If I built this up as a business, what would it be like #business
40. 2013-11-09 More limiting beliefs #life
41. 2013-11-09 Thinking about the Awesome Foundation Toronto and sketchnoting
42. 2013-11-09 What difference do I want to make #plans
43. 2013-11-09 What will I change after I reach net worth goal 2 #plans
44. 2013-11-09 What would bigger be like #plans
45. 2013-11-10 Building those conversations #connecting #sharing
46. 2013-11-10 How can people ask me good questions #learning
47. 2013-11-10 How do I feel about interacting with people #connecting
48. 2013-11-10 What would I like my tribe to be like, and who do I want to grow into for them #connecting #sharing
49. 2013-11-11 How can you make the most of your event sketches #client-education #sketchnoting
50. 2013-11-11 How to enrich your training with visual summaries #client-education #sketchnoting
51. 2013-11-11 How to look for sketchnoters and graphic recorders #client-education #sketchnoting
52. 2013-11-11 How to think about a book while reading it #reading #learning #notetaking #tip
53. 2013-11-11 Make your paper notes more searchable (low-tech and hi-tech tips) #learning #tip #organization #notetaking
54. 2013-11-11 The Art of Asking - or, How to Ask and Get What You Want - Sarah Peck #sketchnote
55. 2013-11-11 What kind of visual records do you want for your event #client-education #sketchnoting
56. 2013-11-12 Awesome Foundation Toronto part 2 #awesomefoundto #decision
57. 2013-11-12 Get started with Ledger #tip #tech #finance
58. 2013-11-12 Get started with bulk cooking #cooking #tip #life
59. 2013-11-12 How can I make a people katamari #connecting
60. 2013-11-12 Introvert hibernation mode #connecting
61. 2013-11-12 Learn how to talk with developers #delegation
62. 2013-11-12 Learn programming faster #learning
63. 2013-11-12 People-drawing practice #doodles
64. 2013-11-12 Who are in my tribe - what kinds of people do I click with #connecting
65. 2013-11-13 How can I learn Plover Steno #my-learning
66. 2013-11-13 What do I get out of drawing #drawing
67. 2013-11-14 Getting started with mind-mapping #learning #notetaking
68. 2013-11-14 How can you get started with visual note-taking #learning #notetaking
69. 2013-11-14 Integrating paper and digital notes #learning #notetaking #organization
70. 2013-11-14 Introvert tip - Plan your follow-ups so that you can guide the conversation #connecting
71. 2013-11-14 Making room in my life for more fitness and strength #life
72. 2013-11-14 What do I focus on when drawing visual notes #drawing
73. 2013-11-15 Helpout Hints Hangout - page 1 #helpouts
74. 2013-11-15 Helpout Hints Hangout - page 2 #helpouts
75. 2013-11-15 Helpout Provider Tip - Ask for that 5-star review #helpouts
76. 2013-11-15 How to digitize your notes - How to get your notes into your computer #learning #organization
77. 2013-11-15 Thinking about how I can manage my images more effectively #organization #drawing
78. 2013-11-16 How Google Helpouts fit into my current master plan #helpouts
79. 2013-11-16 What am I specifically interested in learning from Helpouts #helpouts
80. 2013-11-17 Current projects and discretionary focus #plans
81. 2013-11-17 Google Helpouts and action focus #helpouts
82. 2013-11-17 My current strategy for building awesomeness #plans
83. 2013-11-17 Should I sell to people more - If so, how would you like that #business
84. 2013-11-17 Thinking about podcast success #podcasting
85. 2013-11-17 Trip plans #travel
86. 2013-11-18 Documenting and delegating your work #delegation
87. 2013-11-18 Helping your child study #learning
88. 2013-11-18 How do I feel about parents asking me if I can help their kids study #business #helpouts
89. 2013-11-18 How do rich media channels fit into the way I share #sharing #podcasting
90. 2013-11-18 Imagining Helpouts futures #helpouts
91. 2013-11-18 What would my ideal e-mail subscription be like #tech #design
92. 2013-11-20 Exploring the idea of advice #sharing
93. 2013-11-20 How do you find the time to do it all #productivity
94. 2013-11-20 More thoughts on drawing for others #drawing #business
95. 2013-11-20 What would you have done differently - What did you learn and how will you do better #learning
96. 2013-11-21 Geek notes - automating bulk web stuff with iMacros #automation #tech
97. 2013-11-21 Google Helpouts Business Strategies #helpouts #business
98. 2013-11-21 I've decided to stop caring about pen colour #drawing
99. 2013-11-21 Not always meta #learning
100. 2013-11-21 Tracking personal finance #finance
101. 2013-11-21 What would I change if I forced myself to delegate or outsource 10 percent #delegation
102. 2013-11-21 Why did I start this experiment with semi-retirement #experiment
103. 2013-11-22 Career conversations - Alex #conversation #entrepreneurship
104. 2013-11-22 Freedoms #life
105. 2013-11-22 Helpers Helpout - Free and Paid #sketchnote #helpouts
106. 2013-11-22 Learn from online role models #learning
107. 2013-11-22 More thoughts on reaching people #sharing
108. 2013-11-22 Selling your services as a student #business #entrepreneurship
109. 2013-11-24 Katamari Forever #game #life
110. 2013-11-25 How can I make my sketches easier for others to view during a Helpers Help Out show #tech #helpouts
111. 2013-11-25 Mapping what you're learning #learning #organization #mapping
112. 2013-11-25 Organizing Evernote #evernote #learning #organization
113. 2013-11-25 Thinking about tweaking my blog design #tech #blogging #design
114. 2013-11-25 What are the ways I add value - How can I replace myself #delegation #business
115. 2013-11-26 Plans for 2014 #plans
116. 2013-11-26 Sketchnote - Visual Thinkers Toronto - Mapping #sketchnote #visualtoronto
117. 2013-11-27 How can I accelerate my learning #learning
118. 2013-11-27 Trust and assistants #delegation
119. 2013-11-28 Share the opportunities, create jobs #delegation
120. 2013-11-29 BrainDoodles lesson 1 and 2 #doodles
121. 2013-11-29 BrainDoodles lesson 3 and lesson 4 #doodles
122. 2013-11-29 Building conversational connections on Twitter #connecting #social-media
123. 2013-11-29 Fridays for podcasts #podcasting #tech
124. 2013-11-29 Helpers Help Out 02 - Post-production notes #helpouts #podcasting #tech
125. 2013-11-29 Helpers Helpout 02 - Communicating with Clients Before and After Helpouts #sketchnote #helpouts
126. 2013-11-29 Learning together #learning