# [[2022-11-05 Visual Thinking Workshop - Orientation]] Course:: [[Visual Thinking Workshop]] ## Summary > [!abstract] Summary > Some tools you might want to use for the visual thinking workshop are Amazon Kindle, Obsidian, and Readwise. In addition, we'll be using Obsidian Excalidraw, Zsolt's plugin, to actually create the visual notes. ## Log <iframe src="https://excalidraw.com/#room=bc85a4c0cad02b6d4a95,H6xjr5OK6uUJI7CqPuRshQ" style="width:800px;height:500px;resize:both;overflow:auto;border:1px;border-style:inset"/><br><a href="https://excalidraw.com/#room=bc85a4c0cad02b6d4a95,H6xjr5OK6uUJI7CqPuRshQ">Link to room</a> - Ryan Mannion - 3D artist - Has used Excalidraw and Obsidian but is eager to use it - Toby - Switzerland - Also can't draw, like me! - Was inspired by Zsolt showing that he can take existing things in his drawings - Transformation of ecosystem towards sustainability - Thomas Lockney - Software engineer - Diagramming - Vytas - Lives in Luxembourg - Software Engineer - Loves the Book on a Page thing - Not so much about being visual but taking things from a book. - Charlie - New to Discord - Lives in North California - semi-retired lawyer - Bill - recently retired university professor: East Asian religions, Cognitive Science (embodied cognition, cognition and religion, cognition and morality) - Ohcommon - Visual designer - Ukraine - Very much into visual thinking - Jeremy - Melbourne, Australia! - Visual is critical for him in understanding complex ideas. - Not a drawer - Zsolt - The book is Emergence! Zsolt's system is based on Tiago's Progressive Summarization method. Objectives: - Create a Book on a Page summary of a book using workflow derived from Tiago's Progressive Sumarization - Capture key insights and actionable advice in simple visual representations - Add insights to Zettelkasten - Demonstrate how BoaP workflow is a general one that you can adapt for other purposes This is going to be work! Don't expect otherwise. Dedicate one day per week. Tools! - Readwise - Strange New Worlds - Obsidian - Excalidraw Excalidraw - Zsolt has a library of icons that he reuses. - He uses Flaticon and [The Noun Project](https://thenounproject.com/) - [Paletton](https://paletton.com/) for creating different palettes Set up: - Decide on a palette - Create a library of icons - Come up with naming conventions for icons - Create a template that already has a standard size ## Next Actions