On Github cheneytsai / slides-prototyping-tools
@cheneytsai 04/09/14
Work at Google
Previously at Pickie
I Sometimes Do: Front-End Engineering + UX Design
no, this isn't comic sans, it's comic neue...
(www.comicneue.com)
You hear designers talk about it
There are books about it
Tools that cost $100+ dollars
Some are Hi-Fi
Some are Low-Fi
It's all the different ways you can
and
(but of course....it depends)
DON'T have 100 conference calls about just an idea
You're not going to get it right
DON'T follow the Waterfall Model
Back of the Envelope Sketch IS Your v0.1
DON'T reinvent the wheel
Innovate on the core part. Bootstrap the rest.
DON'T spend countless hours making it "pretty"
Usability is NOT aesthetics
Design, Test, Repeat
Generate new ideas Using your prototype
Leverage existing behavior
Focus on the core function
If you can draw something like this.
You have NO EXCUSE
Pen + Paper + Scissors
Cardboard
PVC Pipes
Lorem Ipsum
Use Real Copy.
It's a 1st Class Citizen.
Balsamiq
Visio
Omnigraffle
Mockingbird
Keynote / Powerpoint
Photoshop / Illustrator / Indesign
Sketch
Flash / Edge Animate / After Effects
Squarespace
Wordpress
Launchrock
Popapp
Flinto
Proto.io
Dropbox
JSBin
Codepen
JsFiddle
Bootstrap
Foundation
Yeoman
Heroku
Phonegap
Parse
Arduino
Raspberry Pi
123D Circuits
Sketchup
Freeform by LeapMotion
3dHubs
oDesk / TaskRabbit
Starbucks
SurveyMonkey
TaskRabbit (again)
Feedback Army
Amazon mturk