Agreeing with Brian on this one.
I can't for the life of me find a video that I've seen about 3 years ago
that focuses on this very topic.
I have converted a whole company into following the Sketchpad religion.
Often times JAD and WAR sessions are captured on a whiteboard with pics
taken after. I've seen 3 companies do this (because whiteboard printers are
so expensive). In several occasions, the flash got in the way of the pic
(because of the whiteboard reflection) and information was lost.
Enter the Sketchpad.
After making the decision to use a sketchpad, one of the first thoughts that
came to mind was "Why didn't I think of this in the first place?"
In one meeting, while trying to explain a concept on paper, the pen was
snatched out of my hand from the marketing coordinator with the statement
"Here let me show you something". Pretty soon, everyone around the table was
hunched over while drawing or pointing to the pad.
Within the same week, 4 of the 6 people who were in that meeting now had the
exact same pad I had.
I don't see any problems with converting information from a sketchpad to the
screen. As IAs, GUIs and Designers, that's our job- to capture information
as effectively as possible and produce it in the best way possible.
Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure, Visio, PPT, Word, Omni, Mindmanager,
whatever, none of these softwares will capture information as speedily and
effectively as the good ol pen and paper.
Try dragging in your laptop and visualizing everything on the screen in a
WAR room session- doesn't happen.
Also notice how many times a URL is shot across the table. Someone may say
something like "Well soandso.com has a good example of this"- And people
begin to scramble for a pen and paper to write it down.
A sketchpad:
1. Can be photocopied and passed around.
2. Is light and readily available to use.
3. Allows others to jump in on the process speedily
4. Makes you look 'Old School'.
5. Allows you to capture 'wild' thoughts immediately ('Buy flowers for the
wife and pick up milk")
6. Captures real-time thought processes whle allowing others to follow along
7. Adds an additional 99 years to your lifespan and stops heart burn.All in all, there are pros and cons to both (A page in the sketchpad can be misplace whereas caputered info on a computer is permanent...well almost permanent.) When the dust settles, you can NEVER go wrong with using a sketchpad as a habitual practice in gathering information and producing low fidelity visuals for the purposes of translation. Brett Lutchman Web Slinger. On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Brian Pirie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > While you can always do sketch style wireframes on the computer, it > can be even more freeing to do them with pencil and paper. Even when > sketching, the computer can still create the mindset that you need to > make everything "perfect", so that you end up focussing your > attention on the presentation, rather than what really matters about > the idea you're exploring. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=32905 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Brett Lutchman Web Slinger. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
