Mauro xLontrax Toselli
@xlontrax.bsky.social
CTO, Sketchnoter, Author of "The xLontrax Theory of Sketchnote" and "100 + 1 Drawing Ideas for Sketchnoters and Doodlers".
My newsletter: Keep the Creative Juices Flowing https://maurotoselli.substack.com
My newsletter: Keep the Creative Juices Flowing https://maurotoselli.substack.com
It is not because I'm at a wine tasting in a fantastic farm close to my home.
AI will never EVER be able to make wine.
Period
AI will never EVER be able to make wine.
Period
September 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It is not because I'm at a wine tasting in a fantastic farm close to my home.
AI will never EVER be able to make wine.
Period
AI will never EVER be able to make wine.
Period
Cooking the wheat glue for the second layer of the T-Rex skull.
This time I’m making it thicker because I need it to work as filler and add volume.
#wheatpasteart #wheatglue #cardboardart #recycling
This time I’m making it thicker because I need it to work as filler and add volume.
#wheatpasteart #wheatglue #cardboardart #recycling
September 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Cooking the wheat glue for the second layer of the T-Rex skull.
This time I’m making it thicker because I need it to work as filler and add volume.
#wheatpasteart #wheatglue #cardboardart #recycling
This time I’m making it thicker because I need it to work as filler and add volume.
#wheatpasteart #wheatglue #cardboardart #recycling
First layer of paper is done.
Every single piece is recycled from scraps and waste.
As I'm using wheat glue it is now very wet and I need it to dry out before applying more layers.
#trex #cardboard #papercraft #recycling
Every single piece is recycled from scraps and waste.
As I'm using wheat glue it is now very wet and I need it to dry out before applying more layers.
#trex #cardboard #papercraft #recycling
September 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
First layer of paper is done.
Every single piece is recycled from scraps and waste.
As I'm using wheat glue it is now very wet and I need it to dry out before applying more layers.
#trex #cardboard #papercraft #recycling
Every single piece is recycled from scraps and waste.
As I'm using wheat glue it is now very wet and I need it to dry out before applying more layers.
#trex #cardboard #papercraft #recycling
September 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
My last newsletter was about having a personal website in the AI age
As I closed by saying: "I'm actively working and testing how to get noticed in the right way by AI Search bots on my website."
Here the result:
substack.com/@maurotoselli/no...
This is the original post:
substack.com/@maurotos
As I closed by saying: "I'm actively working and testing how to get noticed in the right way by AI Search bots on my website."
Here the result:
substack.com/@maurotoselli/no...
This is the original post:
substack.com/@maurotos
Mauro Toselli (@maurotoselli)
I closed the last post saying: “I’m actively working and testing how to get noticed in the right way by AI Search bots on my website.” .
This is the result of the experiment: I went from “zero presence” to first page in Google Search results and being included in Google AI Overview.
substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
My last newsletter was about having a personal website in the AI age
As I closed by saying: "I'm actively working and testing how to get noticed in the right way by AI Search bots on my website."
Here the result:
substack.com/@maurotoselli/no...
This is the original post:
substack.com/@maurotos
As I closed by saying: "I'm actively working and testing how to get noticed in the right way by AI Search bots on my website."
Here the result:
substack.com/@maurotoselli/no...
This is the original post:
substack.com/@maurotos
I stopped at the usual gas station for a coffee and I saw this beautiful, girl trying to fuel her car.
When she came into the bar to ask for help, she was so nice and gracious.
if you wonder, she didn't fueled.
She just went in the car and left.
Amazing!
#problemsolving #clueless #sketchnotes
When she came into the bar to ask for help, she was so nice and gracious.
if you wonder, she didn't fueled.
She just went in the car and left.
Amazing!
#problemsolving #clueless #sketchnotes
September 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I stopped at the usual gas station for a coffee and I saw this beautiful, girl trying to fuel her car.
When she came into the bar to ask for help, she was so nice and gracious.
if you wonder, she didn't fueled.
She just went in the car and left.
Amazing!
#problemsolving #clueless #sketchnotes
When she came into the bar to ask for help, she was so nice and gracious.
if you wonder, she didn't fueled.
She just went in the car and left.
Amazing!
#problemsolving #clueless #sketchnotes
Damn! I forgot I'm a certified shiatsu practitioner and I can help my cat
I started studying the meridians according to Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine how I used to do at shiatsu school: hand drawing the map of the points with relevant details for locations
#shiatsu #acupressure #cats
I started studying the meridians according to Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine how I used to do at shiatsu school: hand drawing the map of the points with relevant details for locations
#shiatsu #acupressure #cats
August 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Damn! I forgot I'm a certified shiatsu practitioner and I can help my cat
I started studying the meridians according to Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine how I used to do at shiatsu school: hand drawing the map of the points with relevant details for locations
#shiatsu #acupressure #cats
I started studying the meridians according to Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine how I used to do at shiatsu school: hand drawing the map of the points with relevant details for locations
#shiatsu #acupressure #cats
I finally polished and re-published the class
Mastering Body Expressions for Sketchnoters
It's completely FREE, you don't even need to login, anything, just jump in and have fun.
www.maurotoselli.com/masterin...
#sketchnotes #stickfigures #bodyexpressio#sketchnotes
Mastering Body Expressions for Sketchnoters
It's completely FREE, you don't even need to login, anything, just jump in and have fun.
www.maurotoselli.com/masterin...
#sketchnotes #stickfigures #bodyexpressio#sketchnotes
August 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I finally polished and re-published the class
Mastering Body Expressions for Sketchnoters
It's completely FREE, you don't even need to login, anything, just jump in and have fun.
www.maurotoselli.com/masterin...
#sketchnotes #stickfigures #bodyexpressio#sketchnotes
Mastering Body Expressions for Sketchnoters
It's completely FREE, you don't even need to login, anything, just jump in and have fun.
www.maurotoselli.com/masterin...
#sketchnotes #stickfigures #bodyexpressio#sketchnotes
Internet Entomology
I did this more than 10 years ago.
Pretty sure today it needs to be extended but it still has some values, I think.
#sketchnotes #internetculture #enthomology
I did this more than 10 years ago.
Pretty sure today it needs to be extended but it still has some values, I think.
#sketchnotes #internetculture #enthomology
August 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Internet Entomology
I did this more than 10 years ago.
Pretty sure today it needs to be extended but it still has some values, I think.
#sketchnotes #internetculture #enthomology
I did this more than 10 years ago.
Pretty sure today it needs to be extended but it still has some values, I think.
#sketchnotes #internetculture #enthomology
I'm refreshing the materials for an upcoming Visual Problem Solving workshop. This one explains why I use sketchnoting as the main visual tool.
Any feedback is more than welcome.
#sketchnotes #problemsolving #visualproblemsolving
Any feedback is more than welcome.
#sketchnotes #problemsolving #visualproblemsolving
August 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I'm refreshing the materials for an upcoming Visual Problem Solving workshop. This one explains why I use sketchnoting as the main visual tool.
Any feedback is more than welcome.
#sketchnotes #problemsolving #visualproblemsolving
Any feedback is more than welcome.
#sketchnotes #problemsolving #visualproblemsolving
Update on GattoGatto.
Went to the Vet.
Blood analysis: a viral infection in the upper respiratory tract and a mild problem with intestines
He is under medication.
He is himself, sleeping eating, popping and walking on my iPad while I'm sketchnoting 😂
#cats #catsvirus #veterinary
Went to the Vet.
Blood analysis: a viral infection in the upper respiratory tract and a mild problem with intestines
He is under medication.
He is himself, sleeping eating, popping and walking on my iPad while I'm sketchnoting 😂
#cats #catsvirus #veterinary
August 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Update on GattoGatto.
Went to the Vet.
Blood analysis: a viral infection in the upper respiratory tract and a mild problem with intestines
He is under medication.
He is himself, sleeping eating, popping and walking on my iPad while I'm sketchnoting 😂
#cats #catsvirus #veterinary
Went to the Vet.
Blood analysis: a viral infection in the upper respiratory tract and a mild problem with intestines
He is under medication.
He is himself, sleeping eating, popping and walking on my iPad while I'm sketchnoting 😂
#cats #catsvirus #veterinary
I'm kind of worried. It's already 3 days that GattoGatto's third eyelids are consistently visible in both eyes.
I already called the Vet who told me not to worry and "wait and see".
Well, I'm worried.
Any suggestion is welcome.
#cats #cathealth
I already called the Vet who told me not to worry and "wait and see".
Well, I'm worried.
Any suggestion is welcome.
#cats #cathealth
August 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I'm kind of worried. It's already 3 days that GattoGatto's third eyelids are consistently visible in both eyes.
I already called the Vet who told me not to worry and "wait and see".
Well, I'm worried.
Any suggestion is welcome.
#cats #cathealth
I already called the Vet who told me not to worry and "wait and see".
Well, I'm worried.
Any suggestion is welcome.
#cats #cathealth
August edition of the Keep the Creative Juices Flowing newsletter is out and is about Cooking!
open.substack.com/pub/mauroto...
#cooking #sketchnotes #sketchipe
open.substack.com/pub/mauroto...
#cooking #sketchnotes #sketchipe
August 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
August edition of the Keep the Creative Juices Flowing newsletter is out and is about Cooking!
open.substack.com/pub/mauroto...
#cooking #sketchnotes #sketchipe
open.substack.com/pub/mauroto...
#cooking #sketchnotes #sketchipe
It's now few weeks that some ads about becoming a "certified" ikigai coach are pestering me.
This is a kind of tirade.
If you are interested in trying to understand what ikigai REALLY is I suggest to search for contents from Ken Mogi and Yukari Mitsuhashi (try YouTube first)
#ikigai #enough
This is a kind of tirade.
If you are interested in trying to understand what ikigai REALLY is I suggest to search for contents from Ken Mogi and Yukari Mitsuhashi (try YouTube first)
#ikigai #enough
June 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
It's probably the age but this time I'm in no rush at all. I don't care if I take 2 hours rather than 1 to arrive at the destination.
Every step is a gift.
And I take my time to finally try all those iPhone camera tricks.
#nofilter #iphonephotography #dolomites
Every step is a gift.
And I take my time to finally try all those iPhone camera tricks.
#nofilter #iphonephotography #dolomites
June 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It's probably the age but this time I'm in no rush at all. I don't care if I take 2 hours rather than 1 to arrive at the destination.
Every step is a gift.
And I take my time to finally try all those iPhone camera tricks.
#nofilter #iphonephotography #dolomites
Every step is a gift.
And I take my time to finally try all those iPhone camera tricks.
#nofilter #iphonephotography #dolomites
Fragments of Days in the Life of xLontrax
I was working on a metaphor about putting "extra efforts" for a presentation at work.
This is kind of a byproduct.
#storytelling #cartoon #webtoon #adayinmylife
I was working on a metaphor about putting "extra efforts" for a presentation at work.
This is kind of a byproduct.
#storytelling #cartoon #webtoon #adayinmylife
June 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Fragments of Days in the Life of xLontrax
I was working on a metaphor about putting "extra efforts" for a presentation at work.
This is kind of a byproduct.
#storytelling #cartoon #webtoon #adayinmylife
I was working on a metaphor about putting "extra efforts" for a presentation at work.
This is kind of a byproduct.
#storytelling #cartoon #webtoon #adayinmylife
I was aware of the concept of verum factum by the Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico, even though I wasn't deeply familiar with it.
Then, few days ago, my feedreader (yes, I still rely on RSS 😊) found this:
https://ia.net/topics/makers-knowledge
I had to draw a reminder on the blackboard in m
Then, few days ago, my feedreader (yes, I still rely on RSS 😊) found this:
https://ia.net/topics/makers-knowledge
I had to draw a reminder on the blackboard in m
May 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I was aware of the concept of verum factum by the Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico, even though I wasn't deeply familiar with it.
Then, few days ago, my feedreader (yes, I still rely on RSS 😊) found this:
https://ia.net/topics/makers-knowledge
I had to draw a reminder on the blackboard in m
Then, few days ago, my feedreader (yes, I still rely on RSS 😊) found this:
https://ia.net/topics/makers-knowledge
I had to draw a reminder on the blackboard in m
These are Agave plants that live just behind the Gas Station cafe I stop in the morning on my way to work.
Agave is perennial and flowers every 25-30 years.
And it's happening! And nobody seems to notice it.
#agave #flowers #onceinalifetime
Agave is perennial and flowers every 25-30 years.
And it's happening! And nobody seems to notice it.
#agave #flowers #onceinalifetime
May 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
These are Agave plants that live just behind the Gas Station cafe I stop in the morning on my way to work.
Agave is perennial and flowers every 25-30 years.
And it's happening! And nobody seems to notice it.
#agave #flowers #onceinalifetime
Agave is perennial and flowers every 25-30 years.
And it's happening! And nobody seems to notice it.
#agave #flowers #onceinalifetime
Every single time I see this I can't stop laughing.
It's supposed to say "do not cut the queue"
#iconography #potetopotato #semantics #semiotics
It's supposed to say "do not cut the queue"
#iconography #potetopotato #semantics #semiotics
May 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Every single time I see this I can't stop laughing.
It's supposed to say "do not cut the queue"
#iconography #potetopotato #semantics #semiotics
It's supposed to say "do not cut the queue"
#iconography #potetopotato #semantics #semiotics
April 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Jus a few days ago I had my first ever Nashi pear.
Fantastic!
Besides eating as fruit there are so many things I want to try with them.
First, I put them in a salad (amazing) but I can't wait to use them in other dishes.
#sketchnotes #sketchipe #nashipear #discovery
Fantastic!
Besides eating as fruit there are so many things I want to try with them.
First, I put them in a salad (amazing) but I can't wait to use them in other dishes.
#sketchnotes #sketchipe #nashipear #discovery
April 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Jus a few days ago I had my first ever Nashi pear.
Fantastic!
Besides eating as fruit there are so many things I want to try with them.
First, I put them in a salad (amazing) but I can't wait to use them in other dishes.
#sketchnotes #sketchipe #nashipear #discovery
Fantastic!
Besides eating as fruit there are so many things I want to try with them.
First, I put them in a salad (amazing) but I can't wait to use them in other dishes.
#sketchnotes #sketchipe #nashipear #discovery
I'm running a workshop about AI and stuff for some high schoolers and when we went on the usual conversation about cheating or not I came up with this.
#ai #fairuse #betruetoyou #actresponsibly
#ai #fairuse #betruetoyou #actresponsibly
March 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I'm running a workshop about AI and stuff for some high schoolers and when we went on the usual conversation about cheating or not I came up with this.
#ai #fairuse #betruetoyou #actresponsibly
#ai #fairuse #betruetoyou #actresponsibly
To work on an idea for a newsletter issue I need a notebook and a kind of storage for scraps and other things.
I made this. Everything is recycled. Storage, junk notebook and regular notebook all in one.
#notebook #junknotebook #recycle #reuse #repurpose #mottainai
I made this. Everything is recycled. Storage, junk notebook and regular notebook all in one.
#notebook #junknotebook #recycle #reuse #repurpose #mottainai
February 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
To work on an idea for a newsletter issue I need a notebook and a kind of storage for scraps and other things.
I made this. Everything is recycled. Storage, junk notebook and regular notebook all in one.
#notebook #junknotebook #recycle #reuse #repurpose #mottainai
I made this. Everything is recycled. Storage, junk notebook and regular notebook all in one.
#notebook #junknotebook #recycle #reuse #repurpose #mottainai
I finally completed the Flipboard Magazine with all Keep the Creative Juices Flowing newsletter 2023 issues
Dozens of #sketchnotes in there
Enjoy
Dozens of #sketchnotes in there
Enjoy
January 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I finally completed the Flipboard Magazine with all Keep the Creative Juices Flowing newsletter 2023 issues
Dozens of #sketchnotes in there
Enjoy
Dozens of #sketchnotes in there
Enjoy