New multi-purpose design tool!

September 10, 2004 in Uncategorized by Matt Mecham

I’ve just discovered an amazing new tool!

It’s ideal for all your organizational and development needs. It sounds too good to be true, but it is! It is great for leaving memos to other people, great for leaving memos to yourself, great for reminders, ideal for note taking, perfect for roughing out designs and ideal for problem solving. It’s also great for basic mathematics.

“Where can I buy it?”, “How much does it cost?”, “WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD IT FROM???” I hear you cry!

You don’t need to purchase it or download it.

It’s a bit of paper and a pencil.

To my amazement, this new tool came in very handy today and I was blown away by its ease of use. Not only was it very easy to learn, it was very intiuative and one of the most portable devices I’ve seen for a long time. It came into its own today when I was stuck on a little design / code / structure problem for the CMS system I’m developing. With it’s easy learning curve, I was immediately able to pick it up and work out my problem in only a few minutes!

It was such a great experience, I just had to share it. Don’t believe me? I’ve attached PROOF on how it helped me resolve my problem in half the time and at 100% less cost than other methods I’ve used in the past.

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September 10, 2004 at 7:44 pm

Franklin

Yup, paper & pencil are some of the best tools ever created. When I’m about to code a website and/or CMS I always draw the full structure on paper and write all needed functions next to the elements. Somehow that makes it easier to solve problems at a lates stage.

September 10, 2004 at 10:40 pm

Michael

Wait till you start to use post-it notes their even better! You can even write “kick me” and stick them to peoples back.

September 10, 2004 at 10:48 pm

DanC

Ahh, I have an old one of those gadgets sitting around somewhere, I may have to dig it out one day and give it a whirl. Mine was faulty though, I think… It only came with the tablet (that stained blue when I used the pen that came with it) and no monitor, keyboard, anything! I was very disappointed.

I got it cheap though, so what can I expect!

September 11, 2004 at 4:08 am

RandyCalvert

whoa… what will technology do for us next?

September 11, 2004 at 6:13 am

camzmac

Yep, I tell all my friends that a pencil and a piece of paper work fine. But do they listen? No!

And another advantage is you can burn the paper and nobody will ever have proof of it (which is completely opposite in the electronic world)

September 11, 2004 at 11:45 am

Kilroy

Yep this is definitely important, always write everything out when building software for the web

September 11, 2004 at 6:56 pm

Phil

I now have some IPS pens to write with!

September 12, 2004 at 12:06 pm

Outlaw

Did anyone else understand what Matt just said?

September 12, 2004 at 4:03 pm

Kilroy

Send me one of those IPS pens!

September 13, 2004 at 2:24 am

akurashy

Matt you scaring me

September 13, 2004 at 12:00 pm

Anonymous

ROFL well that put a smile on my face

September 13, 2004 at 6:39 pm

chiron_wp

just wait till the next version comes out. I’ve seen the beta, it’s awsome possum

September 14, 2004 at 1:20 am

akurashy

hey i tried the pencil and paper thing!
it really great. im not making fun of matt or whatsoever but is really nice you can come with nice ideas
anyway this was my last results!