[IxDA Discuss] Back to Basics

[sajid saiyed]

Interesting thread.
This makes me think about another related issue.

Its related to people who use the computer more often then paper/pencil.

When such a person wants to go back to the good old paper/pencil
sketching, how easy or difficult it is for him/her to change the way
of thinking when the medium changes.

One aspect is speed. While we are working with computer, we think
fast, actions don't take so much time. Whereas, working with pen/paper
requires certain amount of time to put your thoughts on paper.

Similarly there could be more things.

Just wanted to know if anyone has any feedback on this or details
about studies done in this area or anything interesting to share on
this aspect.

-- sajid


On 3/24/07, Brett Williams <neobrett at mailforce.net> wrote:
> I use both . . . my good ol' trusty Mac, as well as "old-school" pen
> and paper. In fact, I created a template that I use to quickly get
> those ideas out of my head and onto the paper. It has a browser
> skeleton, with shell navigation, and homemade grid lines . . . I keep
> a stash of these printed sheets handy in my desk, in my briefcase and
> at home . . . you never know when that light bulb will go off!
>
> Also, in response to previous thread . . . I prefer mechanical
> pencils too. :-)
>
> bw
>
> Brett Williams
> "Perfectly Middle-Brained"
>
> On Mar 23, 2007, at 3:17 PM, Mark Schraad wrote:
>
> > You just made my friday! I get very tired of the tools/software
> > conversation disrupting my design productivity. Paper and pen is my
> > preference. It contributes to an iterations and "no fears", make
> > the mistake now mentality. I like the committment of a non erasable
> > medium.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On Friday, March 23, 2007, at 02:15PM, "Nasir Barday"
> > <nasir at userlicious.com> wrote:
> >> I got frustrated with Visio the other day, so I wandered around the
> >> office looking for pencils. Lo and behold, there was a stack of
> >> unsharpened #2's and an electric sharpener right next to it! I
> >> sharpened a few (the last I did that was 7th grade, I think ...) and
> >> set to work with a stack of typing paper.
> >>
> >> Who knew that re-discovering ye old pencil-and-paper would be so
> >> refreshing? Now I don't have to waste creative "sparks" on coaxing
> >> Visio to give me what I want. Of course, I'm re-drawing it all in
> >> Visio to make it look "sharp', but I'd rather wrangle with Visio when
> >> I'm reproducing something rather than creating it.
> >>
> >> Anyway, thought I'd share the happiness. Hope the IA Summit is going
> >> well to those of you attending.
> >>
> >> - Nasir
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