Sketchnotes book - visual notes of 100 talks

thanks for the nice feedback for my book. If you want to learn a bit more about sketchnotes as a technique for capturing talks, there is a lecture I gave a while ago and a ton of references to learn more here: http://evalottalamm.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/sketchnoting-ta...

The longing I feel is the ability to create sketchnotes without detracting from the learning and listening experience.

The main pre-requisite seems to be the ability to sketch (i.e. quickly draw) the ideas that you're hearing in a real-time flow. I can do the latter (i.e. synthesize and absorb the talk with bright visuals in my imagination), but putting them down on paper is the daunting task.

Is this the type of art that's only within the grasp of gifted artists? I'd be happy even if I could quickly and accurately sketch rage comics or simpler xkcd stick figures, but alas even those require an inordinate amount of time.

This visual view of talks reminds me of RSA Animate

http://www.youtube.com/user/theRSAorg

Amazing work. Also good job by Sahil in helping his customers make money :) (just saw the checkout experience and the name of the OP).

Added to my wish list.

If you want to see some of Eva-Lotta's sketchnotes for other talks go check out her flickr stream. Lots of great stuff http://www.flickr.com/photos/evalottchen/

I find it ironic that a site selling a book about UX/UI/Usability talks would have 100% of the copy written in majuscule. The site hurts to read.

It must have been fun to draw this stuff while learning at the same time. Clever idea.