Deep blue sea

Adobe Ideas, my absolute favorite sketch app on iPad, released some new features within the app. the color theme picker was one that was in there at the very beginning but was removed later on.  I am really glad its back, loved that feature. Creating color swatches from pictures or painting works for me. You [...]

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IPad Sketch, trying out new brushes in the Adobe Idea app. Works great, happy with the changes. Also a chance to try my new Maglus stylus.. sturdier than my Bamboo. Not sure if it will replace it, love the magnetic part.

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Life at the castle

I’ve been on a short and well deserved break last week, took the boyfriend and kids out to a castle in the beautiful French ‘Pays de Loire’ . Chateau de la Roche Hue was our destination, within range of the cities of Saumur and Angers. In the end we did’nt do much sightseeing. Swimming, reading, [...]

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My Tumblr

I’ve been using Instagram for a while now.. little things I see turned into something memorable. Recently I rediscovered my Tumblr. There I collect my doodles and drawings, as well as a view of the day #todaysview into a visual story of my life.

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Some sunny days..

The moon over a beautiful sunny and very Dutch snowskape, the icey ‘polder’ whilst skating on a ‘sloot’

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Saturday evening moleskine doodle; in front of the fireplace

Just a doodle while enjoying the fire, red wine and a fine saturday evening at home. Sometimes that’s all I need.

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Skiing in Tigne, moleskin doodle

Waiting out the blizzard in front of the fireplace in Tigne, France. Had some excellent days of skiing just before.

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Sketching in front of the fireplace; iPad doodle

Saturday afternoon, rainy, almost dark. Fire burning in the fireplace, wine, all my favorite pens and my moleskine. Still felt like doing a fast doodle on my iPad. Here it is.

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Late night iPad doodle

With my iPad on the couch, just before I decide to go to bed. I love that time, silent house, nothing but my thoughts, the best time to think and doodle.

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iCloud; Apple and the walled garden

This week’s iPad doodle; #Apple #iCloud #walled garden. A beautiful garden that is, but one that is hard to leave once you’re in.

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TNW2013; an interview with the official graphic facilitator

Posted by Esther Gons On May - 7 - 2013
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The Next Web, the European WebTech event on innovation, startups and the future of web. I have been sketchnoting at the last 5 or 6 years now, displaying the visuals full screen during breaks and interludes. I love the vibe, I love the visuals on the big screen, its a perfect fit. Here is an interview at this years TNW;

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The Next Web conference; a visual overview in sketchnotes

Posted by Esther Gons On April - 29 - 2013
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The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, an annual event of world proportions. Tech, innovation, start ups, investors and a lot of networking and beer. This slideshare is a handpicked overview of the presentations that I visually summarized live at the event.

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Lessons given at Rockstart

Posted by Esther Gons On April - 23 - 2013

I am a mentor at Rockstart, have been for a while now. I love working with the enthusiastic startup teams. Apart from helping them with visual thinking and strategy, I am mainly a mentor in lean, giving sessions and workshops on Customer development. Here is a video compilation from one of these sessions.

What’s down there?

Posted by Esther Gons On January - 25 - 2013

New Year, new design

Posted by Esther Gons On December - 31 - 2012
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I’ve put my Tumblr in a new jacket for 2013. It is where I share my personal pictures and thoughts. I took the time to write a personal new years post as well.

Wishing you al a courageous 2013.

 

Leweb

It was that time of year again and my 4th visit to LeWeb Paris, the biggest tech conference in Europe where people in the scene from all over the world meet and talk, new products and services are introduced and people get ready for a new year in webtech. This year’s overall theme was “the internet of things”.

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Education and the visual brain

In my ever lasting hunger to explore the web on possibilities  of how to change education and the importance of visuals and visual thinking in our modern society. One that is changing rapidly, every generation more adapted to our digital innovations than the former, while education is lagging behind. I came across a 2005 whitepaper that is stating exactly what I think is so true

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The quest for the one true data wizard; a visual experiment

Posted by Esther Gons On October - 14 - 2012
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I was thinking about Big Data and the quest that a lot of companies seem to have for that one Data wizard that will be the answer to all of their Data questions. And though I am not convinced of one data wizard or analist or specialist being the answer, I wasn’t getting my head around what should be the answer either.

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No more hierarchy, we need networks to thrive on

Posted by Esther Gons On October - 10 - 2012
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Since hierarchy in both companies and especially for entrepreneurs is becoming something of the past, networks and communities are more and more important to spark innovation and creativity. Inclusiveness is something we need to focus on to welcome and keep people in the network since we need people helping and supporting eachother to excell in what we do best. This video visualization highlights some of the things that are important to a thriving startup community.

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Lean Canvas visualized; insight in the flows of startup Snowciety

Posted by Esther Gons On October - 3 - 2012
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For the guys from Snowciety I visualized their ‘Lean Canvas’ (a concept by leancanvas.com) that will give them insight in their businessmodel. Though they had filled out the regular canvas, it misses the flow and connections that help create insight and overview into the model. I created this entirely visual/model based on the canvas that makes them ‘see’ .

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