It’s easy to think that software developers spend all their time furiously typing code, but that’s not the case at all.
Rory Prior, developer of nifty photo gallery app Instant Gallery, recently published a little PDF booklet showing off some of the design work he has put into his software over the years. Tucked inside it – and also revealed on this blog post of his – were some pen-and-paper sketches of software idea in progress.
The blog post shows how work is progressing on Rory’s iKanji app for the iPhone. There’s some much older work (not just sketches, but also mockups and early application designs) in the booklet.
This is a rarely seen side of software development, and one that deserves a little more limelight, I think.
Do you draw your software ideas? Let us know.
Giles Turnbull is a freelance writer in England. He also writes for the Press Association and The Morning News. You can find out more at his website, and follow him on Twitter @gilest.
2 responses to “Sketches Show Software, Back-Of-Envelope Style”
I do from time to time sketch them out, but mostly mock them up in Photoshop.