{"id":617,"date":"2017-08-16T22:04:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T02:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.baltimore.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=617"},"modified":"2017-10-25T10:28:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T14:28:35","slug":"sketches-the-universal-language","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/session\/sketches-the-universal-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketches: The Universal Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='525' height='295' src='https:\/\/video.wordpress.com\/embed\/U4Pke0Wm?hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Slides: <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.baltimore.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/10\/Joshua-Wold-Sketches.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sketches: The Universal Language<\/a><\/p>\n<div>Sketching is a universal language anyone can speak and understand, regardless of their technical background.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>If you\u2019ve ever had to explain a technical problem to a stakeholder, developer, designer, or client, then you\u2019ve likely run into issues of miscommunication. A quick sketch can help validate that you are both on the same page, or show that you\u2019re thinking completely different thoughts. Either way, this quick visual aid will have proved its value.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>In this talk we&#8217;ll look at some quick steps to creating sketches that you can add to issue you\u2019re discussing. This doesn&#8217;t require being an artist or a designer, if you can draw a few basic shapes then you can make sketches work for you.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slides: Sketches: The Universal Language Sketching is a universal language anyone can speak and understand, regardless of their technical background. &nbsp; If you\u2019ve ever had to explain a technical problem to a stakeholder, developer, designer, or client, then you\u2019ve likely run into issues of miscommunication. A quick sketch can help validate that you are both &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/session\/sketches-the-universal-language\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sketches: The Universal Language&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14631186,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1508079600,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[478],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[386143],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-617","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-auditorium"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8zGT9-9X","session_date_time":{"date":"October 15, 2017","time":"11:00 am"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"478","slug":"joshua-wold","name":"Joshua Wold","link":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/speaker\/joshua-wold\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/617\/revisions\/1191"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/478"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/joshuawold"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baltimore.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}