to dig deeper …
includes templates, instructions,
and the basic science of this
effective method of presentation.
The assertion-evidence style of slide design for presentations applies perfectly well to blog posts. Developed by Michael Alley and advanced by Melissa “Talk Nerdy to Me” Marshall, it combines succinct sentences with rich diagrams to produce a very effective way to get your point across.
https://www.assertion-evidence.com/
The entire spirit of collecting and sharing work publicly is captured well in Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work! It’s also one of the main subjects of Doug Neill’s Learn in Public course.
Following their guidance is difficult for the part of me that does not readily admit to her perfectionism. 😉
learning tools
GoodNotes5
Learning to draw icons (like the heart) with a single stroke of the highlighter can eliminate the unpleasant dark spots where highlighter overlaps happen. But the same annoying aspect of the highlighter can become a feature when you want a gradation of color, like on the shovel.
#masterYourTools.
Your color palette can’t be restored after you change it. I lost the rosy pink in the lesson about highlighters note. 😒 If that’s going to be a problem, then you need to make notes of the actual colors, perhaps on a last page of the notebook. This is what Doug Neill includes in the personal style guide, but I suspect one’s choices might change from one document or note to another.
WordPress
Starting the post in iOS, where the image was created, was really easy. And adding an image I created on the tablet is easier than on the laptop. The Block editor seems to be easier there, or maybe I’m just getting used to it? Adding this text and tuning it all up is easier on the real computer. Lesson: drafting posts and dealing with images I create is easier on the iPad WordPress app. Editing the text and arrangement of the post is easier on the laptop within the browser. But it’s probably best to do a full Update/Refresh before switching from one to the other.
Cropping the image can be done here in WordPress, without going back to the image app. Handy.
I’d like to be able to set a border on an image, but I’m not finding it in the options for this theme. I bet I can add that somehow. But I still would like the theme I finally choose to be a bit denser than this one is, so I will wait a while to crawl into the shortcode/css swamp.
#wpWishList
I’d like these two follow-up sections that are unique to me, to dig deeper … and learning tools, to be specific block types that I could access from any blog post. For now, I can make do with just being consistent, but maybe that’s something I could do pretty easily with CSS. How does it become a block type, though?
#wpWishList
😠 Why is the caption on the main image wonky off to the right?
Doesn’t it have the same margins as the main column? It looks okay in the editor, but it renders weirdly in the browser.
This feels like a problem in this theme. And this snippy little discussion supports that idea. I’ll have to come back to that one later.
#wpThemeProblems