Excellent prototyping intro

I've just come across an excellent article on prototyping at Smashing Magazine. Combining principles with solid examples and an overview of tools available, it's probably the best overview piece I've read.

Prototyping and UX challenges with agile development

An excellent series of articles by Ritch Macefield in which he discusses challenges faced by agile teams looking to efficiently build user centred design processes into their work and makes the case for more sophisticated prototyping software.

Axure mistakes to avoid

Axure's a great tool for prototyping, communicating and testing potential user experiences. Here, Webcredible's Alexander Baxevanis highlights 5 beginners' mistakes. 5 mistakes people make using Axure

Free prototyping breakfast session at User Vision, Edinburgh - 15 March

Edinburgh usability company User Vision are running a free breakfast session on rapid prototyping on 15th March 2012.

Justinmind prototype tool free trial

I've just come across Justinmind, a prototyping tool that at first glance looks similar to Axure. If this doesn't mean much to you, it's a way to prototype with a fairly simple drag-and-drop interface.

Axure resources - free downloads

Axure is a great prototyping tool used by a large community of usability professionals. Some have created stencils and widgets that can be downloaded and used for free.

Free Axure design patterns - Roslyn Zolandor (www.wiliam.com.au)

Axure Design Pattern Library - Loren Baxter (www.acleandesign.com)

Axure widget libraries (www.axure.com)

Prototyping with Axure

This week I've been on a course on Axure - a piece of software I've played with in the past but not used in earnest.

I was amazed at how quickly I could knock up prototypes for a range of search interfaces we've been comparing.

I've been using Visio for a good while now, but am definitely an Axure convert.

Axure - "...for rapidly creating wireframes, prototypes and specifications for applications and web sites."
AX Trainers - Axure training delivered by usability professionals