AltMBA Grids and Gestures
I have been doing Seth Godin’s altMBA for the last four weeks. I have also been using Nick Sousanis’s Grids & Gestures exercise to keep a visual journal of that time.
Briefly, the exercise is:
- Carve up a page in some grid-esque fashion (I’ve been using grid-like things I’ve found in my house)
- Inhabit these spaces you’ve drawn on the page with lines, marks, or gestures that represent your day
- The marks you make and spaces you leave blank should be intentional. They should all mean something.
- Do not draw things
- When you’re done, take a photo and tweet it with the #gridsgestures hashtag
Here are my grids for the past four weeks, in chronological order:
Have decided to use @Nsousanis #gridsgestures to chronicle my 4 weeks of doing the @alt_MBA. This is day one pic.twitter.com/CkLpwXkeeX
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 18, 2016
Last thing for today. My #gridsgestures for day 2 of the @alt_MBA (grid inspiration: my fireplace) pic.twitter.com/V487qiQrzO
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 19, 2016
Today's #gridsgestures Grid inspiration: my radiator pic.twitter.com/wg1lMwphG0
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 20, 2016
My #gridsgestures grid for day 4 of the @alt_MBA is inspired by my mouse pad. Quite a hectic end to the day! pic.twitter.com/fc3YTWjYNL
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 21, 2016
Today's grid brought to you by boring squares. #gridsgestures for @alt_MBA day 5 pic.twitter.com/ShHwl6XtJR
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 22, 2016
Mixing it up with my #gridsgestures today with a landscape layout. What can I say? Weekend's the time to go wild pic.twitter.com/rJkMqgIiYJ
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 23, 2016
End of week 1 of the @alt_MBA! Today's #gridsgestures uses the Can-If map from A Beautiful Constraint for the grid pic.twitter.com/Y7hCwc8Tti
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 24, 2016
Bit late with my @alt_MBA day 8 #gridsgestures but here you go. Grid inspiration: my floorboards pic.twitter.com/rxYJV9vFgj
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 26, 2016
Gonna need to start looking for grid-like things outside my study soon #gridsgestures @alt_MBA day 9 pic.twitter.com/OffSrhlK1Z
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 26, 2016
#gridsgestures for Apr 27. Grid inspiration: random stuff on my dining table pic.twitter.com/SQXivAT6pP
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 28, 2016
Today's #gridsgestures (what's that? Check out https://t.co/ciUYrP5Dnv or ask @Nsousanis ) It's day 11 of @alt_MBA pic.twitter.com/OjoyD2D394
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 28, 2016
Grid: coal bunker. #gridsgestures @alt_MBA day 12 pic.twitter.com/iGWHq811Iz
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) April 29, 2016
Belated #gridsgestures for yesterday. Grid: shelves in my living room pic.twitter.com/PpqCgh68lk
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 1, 2016
#gridsgestures for May 1 pic.twitter.com/ySe2wX73C1
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 2, 2016
I seriously am running out of grid-like things in my house. #gridsgestures for @alt_MBA half-way point pic.twitter.com/AW3zvdWIJg
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 2, 2016
Delighted to have found a source of infinite new grids for #gridsgestures And so close to home too pic.twitter.com/r96V6PUjJd
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 4, 2016
Either yesterday was quite minimalistic or my short-term memory's going #gridsgestures pic.twitter.com/aSflyUqJK3
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 5, 2016
#gridsgestures for May 5. Weird that I was more reluctant to cross ⚪️ frames than ⬜️ ones. Did it anyways pic.twitter.com/TgCSMy43md
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 6, 2016
May 6 #gridsgestures grid is this cat bus pic.twitter.com/Ud1ktiafga
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 7, 2016
Have really gotta stop posting my #gridsgestures a day late. pic.twitter.com/tfd0rPnnuV
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 8, 2016
Going meta with my #gridsgestures grids taken from Chris Ware's Building Stories pic.twitter.com/kceEtaeHSf
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 8, 2016
#gridsgestures, May 9 @alt_MBA day 22 pic.twitter.com/6KtfEXkufh
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 10, 2016
Probably first time I could see such a clear progression in my day from #gridsgestures pic.twitter.com/sraMX5emEH
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 11, 2016
#gridsgestures for Weds May 11. What this is all about: https://t.co/ztI6sPUFSV pic.twitter.com/egwTIlugzT
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 12, 2016
Today's grids were the notes for this 3-min video I made for the @alt_MBA #gridsgestures https://t.co/M6dtfw6Mxi pic.twitter.com/fCkeTe40ek
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 13, 2016
This was a weird grid to do. #gridsgestures pic.twitter.com/JbjPRbzGlr
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 14, 2016
Last weekend of the @alt_MBA. Can't believe four weeks have gone by so quickly. #gridsgestures pic.twitter.com/tEex94YeVO
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 15, 2016
Sunday, May 15 #gridsgestures pic.twitter.com/3rn4u2s2Wn
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 16, 2016
Forgot to post this earlier. Penultimate #gridsgestures @alt_MBA entry. Full collection here https://t.co/2GxuTc57Ls pic.twitter.com/7BeY36jTDh
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 17, 2016
End of @alt_MBA but the start of many exciting new projects. Thank you @Nsousanis for teaching me #gridsgestures pic.twitter.com/h5EoyZXvZD
— Robin Kwong (@RobinKwong) May 18, 2016
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