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My Favourite Design Tool

by Kristopher Tate | 21 October 2006 | General | 11 Comments

Pentel PG507 & PG509Pentel PG507 & PG509 Hosted on Zooomr

Lots of people ask me what my favourite tool is when building websites and my reply is always “Pencil & Paper.” To me, there’s just something about the nature of paper and the degrees of creativity that a pencil can merit. Sure, here at Zooomr we have software that helps us track features and issues, but lots of work still goes through my trusty Japanese import Pentel Graphlet buddies.

The sad thing is that I had to replace my PG509 today because I lost it after almost 11 months of service! It will be missed.

So, what kind of design tools excite you guys?

-Kristopher

11 Comments

  1. Kyle Smyth said on 21 Oct 2006 at 7:36 pm:

    where did you get those pencils?

  2. Kyle Smyth said on 21 Oct 2006 at 7:37 pm:

    i mean is there anywhere online to order them?

  3. Kristopher Tate said on 21 Oct 2006 at 7:39 pm:

    There’s a Japanese store near my place that imports them for me — You could try online stores, though.

    -Kristopher

  4. gareth thomas said on 22 Oct 2006 at 4:34 am:

    The Post-it note.

  5. Kristopher Tate said on 22 Oct 2006 at 12:45 pm:

    Gareth, how do you use the post-its specifically?

  6. Taavi said on 22 Oct 2006 at 1:56 pm:

    I use A4 paper sheets as mousepads, on which I usually mark down everything I need with one of the 65 extremely cheap pens I bought from a discount. If the sheet gets filled I just turn the other side or take a new one :)

    Currently I can see some song lyrics, foreign words, calculations, drawings and designs of some names. Also these patterns I unintentionally make when i’m on the phone or thinking.

  7. yanz said on 22 Oct 2006 at 4:14 pm:

    I got three of ‘em, PG503,505 & 509 too! It has brown, black and yellow head.
    However I have not used them recently. I use the cheap ball-point pen, such as Bic. U-uum. Why?
    Probably I think it’s due to preferring its unerasablity & uncorrectablity.

  8. Kyle Smyth said on 22 Oct 2006 at 5:54 pm:

    anyone know any online stores with these slick pencils on em?

  9. Kristopher Tate said on 22 Oct 2006 at 9:02 pm:

    Taavi, that’s pretty awesome — do you use optical mice, though? If so, how does that work-out?

    Yanz-san, very cool that you also have some. How does the 505 handle? I don’t know what I would do without these tools.

    -Kristopher

  10. Taavi said on 23 Oct 2006 at 2:18 pm:

    Of course optical, and absolutely no problem. Runs really smooth and jerklessly. I’ve got a cheap microsoft mouse here (and now). But when I roll off the sheet onto the table, that’s where the problems start ;)

  11. stabani said on 25 Oct 2006 at 1:26 am:

    paper and pen. trusty as ever. whatever i can find usually. No need for expensive stuff here :-D

    and unintentional doodle everywhere…

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