[mygo]

I still create my UI’s with a sketchbook and pen / pencil. For me there’s nothing that matches it yet. Even though there are a bunch of digital product design tools nowadays, I still tend to begin with my sketchbook.

It’s fast and expressive, and always there and always on, just a single tool / interface (pen to paper), which is a huge advantage when just trying to get concepts down visually. The clincher in this decade though, is the necessity to think responsively while sketching, understanding that there are all sorts of device sizes now. Then either mock it up in a design tool later or straight code it up once I have the general concepts down. I’ve tried all sorts of things (was really disappointed when SubForm shut down, that one was kind of interesting). From concept to product, starting off with paper and pen is still the quickest route for me.