[HN Gopher] How to teach technical concepts with cartoons
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       How to teach technical concepts with cartoons
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 118 points
       Date   : 2021-01-23 14:18 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | Wistar wrote:
       | That is a great site.
       | 
       | Many years ago, my father, a mathematician, gave me a well-worn
       | copy of the book "Thinking With a Pencil." I still have it and,
       | even though I have internalized much of it over time, I sometimes
       | still refer to it when drawing storyboards for UX scenarios.
       | 
       | I just discovered that it has been re-published:
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       | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1413805.Thinking_With_a_...
        
       | Brajeshwar wrote:
       | I usually take meeting notes, and the team uses them to refer to
       | them. A few years back, I started sketching the storyline of the
       | meeting, and people loved that.
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       | A friend suggested I read Dan Roam's books[1], and they are
       | outstanding. I recommend people to get inspired by expressing
       | their ideas with sketches. It is easier for others to understand,
       | and you learn a lot.
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       | 1. https://www.danroam.com
        
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       | rapnie wrote:
       | As a kid "Resi And Transi Banish The Mysteries Of Electronics"
       | raised my interest to take electronics as a hobby.
       | 
       | https://archive.org/details/resi-and-transi-banish-the-myste...
        
       | gdubs wrote:
       | Seconding the author's recommendation to check out "Understanding
       | Comics". [1] It's one of the most brilliant books I've ever read,
       | and should be interesting regardless of what field you're in.
       | 
       | 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding_Comics
        
         | chrisweekly wrote:
         | Yes! See also Nick Sousanis "Unflattening", it's extraordinary.
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         | http://spinweaveandcut.com/unflattening/
        
       | neom wrote:
       | Nicky Case: https://ncase.me/ - They're really great at this.
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       | Good talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCwtsK_FhUw
        
       | techlatest_net wrote:
       | To prove OP's point, Google has these great comic books [1][2] to
       | help newbies understand the basics of AI/ML. It makes it fun and
       | easy to understand the concepts compared to going through some
       | video, article or book.
       | 
       | 1: https://cloud.google.com/products/ai/ml-comic-1/ 2:
       | https://cloud.google.com/products/ai/ml-comic-2
        
       | zach_garwood wrote:
       | Her comics are really fun: https://wizardzines.com/
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       | I suddenly feeling embarrassed that I haven't paid for one yet.
        
       | MikeLumos wrote:
       | What an amazing website, thank you for sharing! I love it when
       | people put love and effort into making complicated things
       | accessible. Some of these comics explain the concepts better than
       | the rambling 40 minute lectures at my uni.
        
       | chrismorgan wrote:
       | (2017)
        
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