Today Maggie Appleton, the course illustrator at egghead.io, discusses how she became an illustrator, researching a technical topic she plans to illustrate,  accidentally becoming a web developer, and how she turns technical concepts into digestible illustrations.

Turning Technical Concepts into Approachable Illustrated Metaphors with Maggie Appleton

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Turning Technical Concepts into Approachable Illustrated Metaphors with Maggie Appleton

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