Why do we use pen and paper to sketch software mockups?  Here is the problem, if you create your mockup in Illustrator or Photoshop then we start to expect them to look professional.  The point of a mockup is to illustrate the layout and allow us to focus on user experience, not design.  So we get analog and use pen and paper, or perhaps a white board and dry erase markers.  All of that is only because you haven’t used Balsamiq Mockups yet.

Balsamiq Mockups is application that allows you to quickly develop wireframes and mockups that look and feel like sketches, it is a fantastic tool.  Mockups is an Adobe AIR based application, as such is runs on most major OS’s (Mac, Windows, Linux).  At the next Adogo meeting I will be doing a overview / presentation of what Mockups has to offer.  As an added bonus I will be giving away a free license to one lucky attendee via Balsamiq Studios.  See you there.

Jason Madsen