doodle tuesday

I have been using Moleskines for many years, and I only recently came across a new reusable notebook that might change my note-taking habits. The jury is still out, but so far I am really liking what I see.

If are not familiar with reusable notebooks, they work like magic! The 30 seconds summary is:

1. Write on the notebook with an erasable pen. Pilot makes a large array of models under the name “Pilot FriXon.”
2. Take a picture of your notes with your phone and a special app. The page is cleaned, straightened and sent to your favorite cloud note archiving system (Evernote, OneNote, Dropbox, e-mail, etc…)
3. Take a damp cloth and wipe the page clean.
4. Repeat, forever.

Of course, my doodles are starting to appear in the new notebook.

So, here it is! This Tuesday’s doodle is the first one that I created using a , a , and my iPhone X that I used to take a picture of the image. ... 

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Since many of my readers asked for it, this Tuesday’s piece is another variation of the Cornucopia “doodle,” and it is going to be the last of the series.  I generated it using a variation of my Cornucopia Art processing code. I hope you like it

Starting next Tuesday, I’ll probably resume my usual paper and ink scribbles, or perhaps I’ll start publishing some of my photography. What do you think? Please, let me know in the comments.

What’s next?

During the past couple of weeks, I have been super-busy organizing and leading a Software Architecture Summit. The Summit is over, it was great, but writing time was limited. The good news is that I have a ton of exciting topics to discuss, and can’t wait to get back on my usual writing schedule. ... 

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I am taking some time off during the holidays. My post schedule is going to be highly unusual. It will all go back to normal after January 8th.

I worked on today’s Doodle Tuesday during a few data-centric meetings where I was discussing Big Data solutions and the use of specific metrics. My mind was preoccupied with the idea of core data, meta-data and how to store both as layers of the same concept. If you observe it, you might see this preoccupation reflected in the doodle.

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My doodles acquire archetypical shapes over time. Some forms recur, others morph into new ones and, sometimes, entirely new ones come out of nowhere, born from a primordial soup of thoughts and connections. Today’s Doodle Tuesday combines the archetype of a scroll – recurring in some of my older doodles – a cornucopia and a tangle of three-dimensional shapes. It also has some elements of objects giving birth to other forms, which is another recurring theme.

It was made with my faithful and on a . ... 

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