From time to time I like to switch up the tools I use to prototype things. It’s not that one tool is better than the other. It’s more that changing tools seems to keep me from falling into too much of a familiar rut.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, for the same task, I will use 2D software tools, or 3D tools. Sometimes I will use commercial software, and other times my own home-grown code base.<\/p>\n
And then at other times I will just pick up a number two pencil and a piece of blank paper and start sketching.<\/p>\n
I think it’s not the particular tool that matters, but the greater awareness that comes from not taking your tools for granted. Ironically, it turns out that keeping yourself a little off balance can be good for your productivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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