๐ฃ #VisualizeIT: The Series
Welcome to workshop #3 in this event series organized by Microsoft Reactor, Azure Advocates and the Lets Sketch Tech community.
Read this post๐๐ฝ to learn more about the series goals and schedule - then join us and add visual storytelling to your tech tool-belt for 2021!
Speaker Cards Artwork: by Kaitlin Gu
๐จ "From Tech Docs to Tech Talks"
Workshop #4 happens Jan 9, 2020 at 1pm EST. It is free and online - register here to get the event link and other resources post-event.
Workshop Abstract:
In this 2-hour session, Denise will take participants through a series of different lessons, each focusing on a different skillset for creating engaging, whimsical doodles about technical subject matter. All you need is pen and paper! No previous drawing experience required, and all lessons are 100% kid-friendly!
๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ป Speaker: Denise Yu
Denise works as a Senior Software Engineer at GitHub, where she builds tools to facilitate productive, healthy collaboration within open source communities. Her superpower is visualizing every technical concept in terms of cat cartoons: deniseyu.io/art
Agenda:
โข People & Expressions [25m]
โข Letters & Banners [25m]
โข 10m break
โข Anthropomorphism [25m]
โข Lo-fi Metaphors + practice [35m]
- Find her on Twitter
- Explore her site for art and resources
- Follow #sketchthedocs and #visualizeit on dev.to
๐น Post Event: Recording & Reactions
Missed the talk? Check out the recording here:
Here are a few reactions from attendees!
The LetsSketchTech Community
If you liked this series, follow @letssketchtech on Twitter and right here on dev.to.
This is continuation of a series of free online virtual event series organized by the Microsoft Reactor team in collaboration with Azure Advocates and the Lets Sketch Tech community.
Top comments (2)
twitter.com/letsketchtech seems to be broken?
OMG I saw this at the right time
I have been practicing my doodling skills for a week now so as to start sharing my ideas in a much better way
Followed!! ๐ฅ