Archive for March, 2006



Until I heard about Axure last week I didn’t know about any tools out there for creating prototypes. But in the last week, I’ve learn the names of two others. The list I’m keeping currently includes:

irise.com
Axure.com
Serena Composer

How did I miss all these before? Please leave a comment if you think there are others that should […]

Freeware color-picker for Windows

For years I used an old version of Tiger Color’s application Color Impact to grab colors from the screen (like the eyedropper in Fireworks or Photoshop). But a few years ago they increased the price to $40, which IMHO is way too much to pay for a feature that should have already been included in […]

If anyone has used Axure for prototyping, I’d be interested in hearing about your experience. I’m particularly interested in the ability to use a library of templates (like protokit) as a base.

James Robertson and my co-worker Jeff Potts have a great discussion running on the problems with workflow in content management applications.
Workflows can be infinitely flexible when they are modeled the way work is really done. What’s needed is a model that more accurately reflects how people naturally work.
I think linear workflows are inherently flawed […]