The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
Book Review: A Solid Introduction to Illustrating Problems and Solutions
Summary: 4 Stars
If you don't have any idea of how pictures can help you see more dimensions of problems and explain your solutions better, this is a good book to get you started. The book's main drawback is that it doesn't discuss how to integrate stories with pictures to make for more compelling communications. You'll have to learn to do that by reading books about storytelling to supplement this one.
I consider myself to be not very good at creating pictures for either solving problems or communicating solutions. I was disappointed that the book wasn't aimed more at helping people like me who understand the principles but have trouble applying those concepts.
Book Review: The author should have followed his own advice
Summary: 3 Stars
This would have been a handy volume with some good ideas had it been halved in size. Unfortunately the author has made it hard for the reader by surrounding his points with too much verbiage. I looked forward to reading this book, but found wading through the text, which at times seems aimed at 10 year olds, very off-putting. More examples and fewer words would have resulted in a more useful book.