Microblog Archive

#Sketchnotes from a great Cocoaheads presentation by @davedelong on creating magic in our apps

📖 The Silmarillion

By J. R. R. Tolkien

📖 🎧 The Martian

By Andy Weir

📖 🎧 The War of Art

By Steven Pressfield

Just finished training another family member on YNAB. Pretty soon we’ll be good enough to be official @YNAB instructors! 💵

📖 🛏 Anne of the Island

By L. M. Montgomery

📖 🎧 Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By Walter Isaacson

📖 🎧 Love & Respect

By Emerson Eggerichs

📖 👨🏻‍💻 Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

By Greg McKeown

📖 Crucial Conversations

By Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler

Just lovin’ my Star Wars character color palette shirt from my good friend @stotion, designed by @mlbeynon

#Sketchnotes from a momentous occasion when Russell M. Nelson was announced as the prophet of the world and president of the @ldschurch.

I had a special night taking my daughters to hear Al Carraway speak on finding faith and naturally, I captured #sketchnotes of the event.

📖 🛏 Anne of Avonlea

By L. M. Montgomery

📖 Artemis

By Andy Weir

📖 Dust

By Hugh Howey

Finally have everything ready for the kids’ Christmas. Such a magical time with little ones! 🎄❄️✨

📖 🎧 Hero: Becoming the Strong Father Your Children Need

By Meg Meeker, MD

📖 🎧 Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

By Alfred Lansing

📖 Shift

By Hugh Howey

📖 🛏 Anne of Green Gables

By L. M. Montgomery

Enjoyed a lovely holiday with family today. Hope everyone had a chance to reflect on gratitude. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

📖 Wool

By Hugh Howey

My wife and I had a chance to listen to a great talk about relationships and value, and I took #sketchnotes.

Final micro.blog photo challenge entry for day seven: shadow

Day six of the micro.blog photo challenge: seasonal

Day five of micro.blog photo challenge: liquid

Day four of the micro.blog photo challenge: up close

Taking the day off with six kids running around is so different than you expect a sick day to go. You start thinking, “Maybe I should just go into work.” Of course, it’s nothing compared to trying to take a sick day as a mom…

Day three of the micro.blog photo challenge: on the move

📖 Leverage Point

By Gerald N. Lund

Day two of the micro.blog photo challenge: tasty

Entry for micro.blog photo challenge day one: squares

Been playing with Working Copy to make it easier to post to my GitHub Pages blog from my iPad and iPhone. Excited about how simple it is!

Beautiful fall full moon

I have large hands and have gotten used to the Plus-sized phones, but the iPhone X is the perfect size. And Face ID really is everything it’s cracked up to be!

Getting pretty excited about my delivery tomorrow… I was delightfully surprised when my ship date got bumped up from Nov 10-17 to then be scheduled for launch day. 📱🎉

📖 The Walking Drum

By Louis L’amour

📖 Origin

By Dan Brown

📖 Children of the Fleet (Fleet School)

By Orson Scott Card

📖 🎧 As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride

By Cary Elwes

📖 The Chemist

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 The Lonesome Gods

By Louis L’amour

📖 🛏 Candide

By Voltaire

📖 The Freedom Factor

By Gerald N. Lund

Synopsis #sketchnotes from Sunday afternoon session of #LDSConf

Synopsis #sketchnotes from Sunday Morning session of #LDSConf

Synopsis #sketchnotes of the Priesthood session at #LDSConf

Synopsis #sketchnotes from Saturday afternoon session of Oct 17 #LDSConf

We become like God not by beating ourselves up, but by continuing to try. #Sketchnotes from Jeffrey R. Holland in Oct 17 #LDSConf

We must all join together in our pilgrimage back to our real home. #Sketchnotes from Dieter F. Uchtdorf in Oct 17 #LDSConf

📖 Last of the Breed

By Louis L’amour

We just diligent work to combat language loss of our true mother tongue: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. #Sketchnotes from Valeri V. Cordón at Apr 17 #LDSConf

📖 🛏 Moonwalking with Einstein

By Joshua Foer

We must stand up inside and be all in to make it. #Sketchnotes from Gary B. Sabin at Apr 17 #LDSConf

📖 Education of a Wandering Man

By Louis L’amour

📖 The Alliance

By Gerald N. Lund

We need to keep singing the songs of eternity, and to help those who can’t yet. #Sketchnotes from Jeffrey R. Holland in Apr 17 #LDSConf

We are all called to be full-time disciples of Jesus Christ. #Sketchnotes from Robert D. Hales at Apr 17 #LDSConf

We need to come to know the Savior better to have His power in our lives. #Sketchnotes from Russell M. Nelson in Apr 17 #LDSConf

📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

By J. K. Rowling

We can and must continue to grow in light continually. #Sketchnotes from Mark A. Bragg at Apr 17 #LDSConf

True faith in Christ allows us to press forward, no matter what happens. #Sketchnotes from Ulisses Soares in Apr 17 #LDSConf

Christ continues to love no matter what we do. And we should too. #Sketchnotes from Dale G. Renlund at Apr 17 #LDSConf

Our loving Father has a glorious plan for all of us based on the pillars of eternity. #Sketchnotes from Weatherford T. Clayton at Apr 17 #LDSConf

We all receive God’s care package, and can be part of it for others. #Sketchnotes from M. Joseph Brough at Apr 17 #LDSConf

The gathering of God’s family is happening, and we need to be part of it. #Sketchnotes from Henry B. Eyring at #LDSConf

The Lord will give us His peace, and that will make all the difference. #Sketchnotes from Henry B. Eyring at #LDSConf

The Lord needs more certain women today. #Sketchnotes from Linda K. Burton at #LDSConf

📖 The Princess Bride

By William Goldman

📖 Enchantment

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Janitors Book 5: Heroes of the Dustbin

By Tyler Whitesides

📖 The Host

By Stephenie Meyer

We have everything we need to develop the beauty of holiness. #Sketchnotes from Carol F. McConkie at #LDSConf

Finally getting back into sketchnoting general conference.

Trust in the Lord and lean not. #Sketchnotes from Bonnie H. Cordon in Apr 2017 #LDSConf

📖 The Chemist 👩‍🔬

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Breaking Dawn

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Eclipse

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Real Friends

By Shannon Hale

📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

By J. K. Rowling

📖 New Moon

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 🛏 Deep Work

By Cal Newport

📖 Twilight

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Midnight Sun (excerpt)

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Life and Death

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

By J. K. Rowling

📖 Changer

By Matt Gemmell

📖 🛏 David and Goliath

By Malcolm Gladwell

📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

By J. K. Rowling

📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

By J. K. Rowling

📖 🛏 The Screwtape Letters (with Screwtape Proposes a Toast)

By C. S. Lewis

📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

By J. K. Rowling

📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

By J. K. Rowling

📖 🎧 Mere Christianity

By C. S. Lewis

📖 🛏 Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler

By Mark Riebling

📖 🎧 The Four Loves

By C.S. Lewis

Stand with church leaders and find light and safety in a darkening world. #Sketchnotes from Ronald A. Rasband in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

To avoid a sense of entitlement, we need to draw closer to the Savior. #Sketchnotes from Dale G. Renlund in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

Now, more than ever, we need to be “armed with righteousness.” #Sketchnotes from Henry B. Eyring in the Mar 2017 First Presidency Message

📖 🎧 Jesus the Christ

By James E. Talmage

We need to learn humility, and ideally to humble ourselves without being compelled. #Sketchnotes from Steven E. Snow in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

Forgiveness is a gift that we need to give as well as receive. #Sketchnotes from Kevin R. Duncan in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

The pioneers left us a great heritage of faith and sacrifice. #Sketchnotes from Chap. 4 in Pres. Hinckley’s #LDSTeachings manual

Special for Valentine’s Day, I did #sketchnotes of one of my favorite #LDSConf talks on love by John H. Groberg in Oct 2004

Tried a dark theme with this morning’s study: repeat #sketchnotes from Jeffrey R. Holland’s powerful message on home teaching in Oct 16 #LDSConf

Let the Lord make more of your life than you can alone through Priesthood keys. #Sketchnotes from Gary E. Stevenson in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

3rd installment of the #LDSTeachings series. #Sketchnotes from Chapter 3 of Teaching of President Hinckley: Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of Optimism.

It is so important that we really know that we are children of God. #Sketchnotes from Donald L. Hallstrom in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

#Sketchnotes from this month’s First Presidency message by Thomas S. Monson: “Love one another”

How to help our children increase their spiritual capacity. #Sketchnotes from Mary R. Durham in Apr 2016 #LDSConf.

Pray during conference (or any church meeting) together with those participating and be uplifted and edified. #Sketchnotes from Henry B. Eyring in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

3 memories and 3 commitments to help us grow closer to the Savior. #Sketchnotes from Henry B. Eyring in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

Prayerfully reach out and serve refugees living in your area—a message more important than ever right now. #Sketchnotes from Linda K. Burton in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

📖 A Man Called Ove

By Fredrik Backman

Build the kingdom of God by nurturing. #Sketchnotes from Neill F. Marriott in Apr 2016 #LDSConf

Decided to go back and do #sketchnotes for Apr 2016 #LDSConf. First up: Cheryl A. Esplin in the Women’s Session: He Asks Us to Be His Hands

Repeat #sketchnotes of Henry B. Eyring’s “That He May Become Strong Also” from Oct 2016 #LDSConf in preparation for our lesson Sunday.

I’ve been thinking about callings lately and how to do better, and so did #sketchnotes of one of my favorite #LDSConf talks: Rise to Your Call by Henry B. Eyring in Oct 2002.

After a great lesson from our home teacher Sunday, I felt like doing #sketchnotes of this month’s First Presidency message from Dieter F. Uchtdorf: Aiming at the Center.

#Sketchnotes from a classic talk that was referenced in Stake Conference last night: Good, Better, Best from Dallin H. Oaks in #LDSConf Oct 2007

Final rescue study for the week. #Sketchnotes from Chi Hong (Sam) Wong in Oct 2014 #LDSConf: Rescue in Unity.

Our Stake Conference leadership meeting this weekend will focus on rescuing, so I’ve been studying that this week. Here are my #sketchnotes from Mervyn B. Arnold in Apr 2016 #LDSConf—To the Rescue: We Can Do It.

#Sketchnotes from a throwback #ldsconf classic: To the Rescue by Thomas S. Monson

Such a great view on my way in to work. Headed from one @devmtn location to another. 🏔🚈🏔

Continuing the #LDSTeachings series with #sketchnotes from Chapter 1: The Restoration of the Gospel—The Dawning of a Brighter Day.

Small church-themed #drawing from a relaxing Sunday afternoon with the kids.

Starting a new series for this year: #LDSTeachings.

First #sketchnotes post is out of order for tomorrow’s lesson: An ensign to the nations, a light to the world.

I love how J Dawgs knows and owns their brand 🤣

Speak and think kindly—of yourselves and others.

#Sketchnotes from a classic by Jeffrey R. Holland I felt inspired to teach from in my elders quorum for the new year.

Focus on your family and become a leader and true disciple of Jesus Christ. #Sketchnotes from Pres & Sis Nelson at #LDSDevo

Wow, what a game! 🏈 Huge congrats to Clemson for winning the #NationalChampionship for the first time in over 30 years.

Having a great time explaining my crazy Workflow->GitHub Pages stuff to my team at Tanner Labs.

Got to baptize my oldest son on Saturday. We are blessed to have so much family support. What a great experience!

I set up Workflow to publish to my GitHub pages blog from my 📱/iPad the last couple days. Excited to have it working! 🎉

Set up a Slack team this morning for my Elders Quorum presidency and drew an icon for us to use.

📖 🛏 All Things Wise and Wonderful

By James Herriot

#inktober day 31: Friend.

One of the most important nights of the year to have someone you trust with you. 🎃

📖 Tuesdays with Morrie

By Mitch Albom

#inktober day 30: Wreck.

“This was clean when I left two minutes ago!”

#inktober day 29: Surprise.

Boo! 👻

#inktober day 28: Burn.

Breakfast in bed from the kids is such a mixed blessing…

#inktober day 27: Creepy.

All brothers know how to inspire fear.

#inktober day 26: Box.

Surprise! 🎉

#inktober day 25: Tired.

How on earth do those tiny legs move so fast?

#inktober day 24: Dozen.

Once you get past four or so, it stops mattering how many there are.

#inktober day 23: Slow.

Often the best things in life just take time.

#inktober day 22: Little.

Everyone needs a friend who thinks the world of you.

#inktober day 21: Big.

“So big!”

#inktober day 20: Squeeze.

Somehow this always comes as a surprise to the kids.

#inktober day 19: Flight.

Even the magic of your first flight doesn’t stop you missing home.

#inktober day 18: Escape.

Getting dressed: the daily ritual that transforms a parent into a warden.

#inktober day 17: Battle.

Just don’t ask how I drew this with no reference.

#inktober day 16: Wet.

That moment when you realize the first activity of the day requires a change of clothes.

#inktober day 15: Relax.

Saturday afternoon college football. Or so I’ve heard.

#inktober day 14: Tree.

The best playgrounds are natural.

#inktober day 13: Scared.

“Dad, can’t I take you anywhere!?”

#inktober day 12: Worried.

Being a parent is hazardous to your health.

#inktober day 11: Transport.

Sometimes a box on wheels is the best way to get stuff around.

📖 🛏 All Things Bright and Beautiful

By James Herriot

#inktober day 10: Jump.

Earn your wings!

#inktober day 9: Broken.

Records and dreams.

#inktober day 8: Rock.

Back and forth and back and forth.

#inktober day 7: Lost.

What do you do when you find yourself in the jungle?

#inktober day 6: Hidden.

Three small friends enjoying the cafe.

#inktober day 5: Sad.

Some days, even the rain is not enough.

#inktober day 4: Hungry

Sometimes only a bowl of cereal can satisfy.

#inktober day 3: Collect.

Collect all the things!

#inktober day 2: Noisy.

Watching #ldsconf as a family is wonderful, but not always quiet.

Fast.

#inktober day 1

Fantastic reminder from Cafe Patachou:

“A human created the problem, a human can fix it.”

📖 Shadows in Flight

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Shadow of the Giant

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Shadow Puppets

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Shadow of the Hegemon

By Orson Scott Card

📖 The Swarm

By Orson Scott Card

📖 🛏 All Creatures Great and Small

By James Herriot

📖 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Play by J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany

📖 Ender’s Shadow

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Ender in Exile

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Ender’s Game

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Changer

By Matt Gemmell

📖 Leverage Point

By Gerald N. Lund

📖 Life and Death

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 🛏 The Boys in the Boat

By Daniel James Brown

📖 Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen

📖 The Sculptor

By Scott McCloud

📖 Shift

By Hugh Howey

📖 The Sculptor

By Scott McCloud

📖 🛏 John Adams

By David McCullough

📖 Wool

By Hugh Howey

📖 Tactics of Mistake

By Gordon R. Dickson

📖 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

By Alan Dean Foster

📖 Stardust

By Neil Gaiman

📖 The Martian

By Andy Weir

📖 What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Questions

By Randall Munroe

📖 The Host

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Breaking Dawn

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Eclipse

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 New Moon

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Twilight

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Midnight Sun (excerpt)

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Life and Death

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 The Elusive Pimpernel

By Emma Orczy

📖 The Scarlet Pimpernel

By Emma Orczy

📖 The Count of Monte Cristo

By Alexandre Dumas

📖 🛏 Dust

By Hugh Howey

📖 Rules of Betrayal

By Christopher Reich

📖 Rules of Vengeance

By Christopher Reich

📖 Rules of Deception

By Christopher Reich

📖 Starclimber

By Kenneth Oppel

📖 Skybreaker

By Kenneth Oppel

📖 🛏 Shift

By Hugh Howey

📖 Son (Book 4 of the Giver Quartet)

By Lois Lowry

📖 Messenger (Book 3 of the Giver Quartet)

By Lois Lowry

📖 Gathering Blue (Book 2 of the Giver Quartet)

By Lois Lowry

📖 🛏 Wool

By Hugh Howey

📖 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

By J. K. Rowling

📖 The Freedom Factor

By Gerald N. Lund

📖 🛏 Unbroken

By Laura Hillenbrand

📖 Alliance

By Gerald N. Lund

📖 Breaking Dawn

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Eclipse

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 New Moon

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Twilight

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 Insurgent

By Veronica Roth

📖 Divergent

By Veronica Roth

📖 The Host

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 🛏 To The Rescue: The Biography of Thomas S. Monson

By Heidi S. Swinton

📖 Janitors Book 4: Strike of the Sweepers

By Tyler Whitesides

📖 🛏 1984

By George Orwell

📖 Allegiant

By Veronica Roth

📖 Insurgent

By Veronica Roth

📖 Divergent

By Veronica Roth

📖 Four Divergent Stories

By Veronica Roth

📖 The Lost Symbol

By Dan Brown

📖 Children of the Mind

By Orson Scott Card

📖 🛏 Frederica

By Georgette Heyer

📖 Xenocide

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Speaker for the Dead

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Ender in Exile

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Shadows in Flight

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Shadow of the Giant

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Shadow Puppets

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Shadow of the Hegemon

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Ender’s Shadow

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Ender’s Game

By Orson Scott Card

📖 First Meetings in Ender’s Universe

By Orson Scott Card

📖 Earth Awakens

By Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnson

📖 The Princess Bride

By William Goldman

📖 Creativity, Inc.

By Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace

📖 🛏 The Complete Sherlock Holmes

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

📖 Timeline

By Michael Crichton

📖 🛏 The Chronicles of Narnia

By C. S. Lewis

📖 Twilight Series

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 🛏 Harry Potter Series

By J. K. Rowling

📖 The Hunger Games Series

By Suzanne Collins

📖 Twilight Series

By Stephenie Meyer

📖 🛏 The Hobbit

By J. R. R. Tolkein