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Today I just launched my wife’s site after working on it on and off for months. Isabelle is a very talented artist-painter and this project has been a labour of love for us :) The design is minimalist and the layout is very sparse. I wanted to put the emphasis on her artwork where it…

Dan Harrelson from Adaptive Path has written a very interesting blog post titled Rapid Prototyping Tools and what makes good prototypes. My long time favorite Adobe Fireworks is mentionned along with Axure RP Pro  (which is a newer tool in my arsenal) but also several others including online tools like Balsamiq Mockups . What is most interesting to me in…

The new version 5.5 of Axure RP Pro has been released a couple days ago after being in public beta for a few months. It’s a very significant upgrade in terms of new features and is free for existing customers with a current license. Noteworthy features include the ability to load and create external widget…

I am a bit late with the 2008 yearly reviews but this one will be shorter than last year’s . As 2008 has been a very big year for me I wanted to blog about it for posterity and this post will focus on basically 2 things. I’ll probably post more about specific discoveries (software,…

The upcoming 5.5 version of Axure RP Pro has been made public and is available for download. For anyone who’s been interested by Axure and wanted to try it, now is a great time to do so. The beta is rock solid and, if I understand the following blog post on Axure’s site correctly, it…

As I mentioned in my recent ” My Top 10 Web Design Tools ” post, I have started using Axure RP Pro for creating highly interactive prototypes, wireframes, site maps , flow charts and specifications. It is a fantastic application with a lot of depth that can create very complex prototypes. Axure also has a…

Today, MindJet has released two new products: MindManager 8 for Windows and MindManager Web . I’ve blogged about MindManager before as it is one of the main tools in my creative arsenal. If you haven’t tried MindManager before or have been curious about it, now is the best time to try it and dive into…

There is a meme popping on Twitter and the blogosphere where some Web professionals are wondering if it is a good thing to listen to music while working or not. I had been reflecting on that very thing recently so this comes at a timely moment for me. Of course, to a point this comes…