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For light work, my smaller Wacom Bamboo tablet is portable and works well in a pinch. I have an old Wacom 12' Cintiq which comes in handy for illustration work, though it's not the most portable of drawing tablets.

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Styli for the iPad include Stylus Sock Pro which feels like a pencil on screen, and the Pencil from 53 and Adonit Jot Script Stylus neither of which I've fully tested yet, but will this year.

It will get upgraded to a new iPad Air or Retina Mini this year so I can start using bluetooth styli, gain speed and save some weight. My ancient iPad 2 and smart cover is also a great workhorse that I use for reading, RSS, watching movies and TV shows, writing with a an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and Origami Workstation, some drawing and other tasks.

I'm also a fan of podcasts and audiobooks for driving to and from the office and during more mundane design production tasks. I do lots of photography with the iPhone, manage my Twitter feeds and reading RSS feeds. On the road I don't typically bring a mouse unless I'm doing design or illustration work.įor phone, my iPhone 4S was just upgraded to an iPhone 5S, which is a great device. In both locations I use an Apple Magic Mouse and Apple extended keyboard. I'm really liking the lightness and speed of the Air, since I carry to to the office and work in cafes. I've just switched from a 13' MacBook Pro, which has served me well since 2010. Primary machine is a 2012 13' MacBook Air, with a 23' Samsung monitor at the office, and at my home office, an ancient 20' CinemaDisplay from 2005 that just won't die. I'm busy and never bored!įollow me on Twitter at or visit my personal site,, my Sketchnote Workshop site or my community sketchnote showcase. It's great to have a varied work schedule, and projects to work on. I'm also starting to offer sketchnote workshops, with one in Atlanta this February, and another in the works for Milwaukee. I also have my own firm, Rohdesign Studios, where for the remaining 30-50% of the time, I focus on writing books and creating illustrations (for REWORK, REMOTE and The $100 Startup, creating typefaces and providing sketchnoting services to event organizers. I'm a UI/UX designer at Gomoll Research + Design in Milwaukee 50-70% of my time, where we focus on user-centered design and research, which means we spend lots of time learning how users actually work with software to help inform and improve our design solutions. I'm now working on a sequel, The Sketchnote Workbook for summer 2014, to teach more uses and activities for sketchnotes. My first book, The Sketchnote Handbook, was released November 2012, and has done very well. I'm Mike Rohde, and I'm a designer, illustrator and author.

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