Tools
The best tools in the ideation stage are the most simple ones: pen and paper. At this stage, brain should be focused on finding a solution and not on any tool or visualization method, so it is straight "thinking + drawing" process and not "thinking / trying to find some illustration / trying to find some icon / fighting with proper path curvature / struggling with a color combination, etc".
Obviously, this is the best approach for some complex tasks when there is no clear framework in mind yet. When I know how to represent some new feature or modification, I work with wireframing and prototyping tools.
It’s an obvious choice nowadays—design, prototype, and collaborate, all in one tool.
Recently, I’ve also been exploring new-generation tools like V0 and Bolt. We'll see where they go. On one hand, it’s much easier now to create a prototype; on the other hand, it can limit your thinking by focusing too much on what the tool generates.
For example, it might generate cards where a table would work better, but it’s hard to consider that alternative when your mind is already focused on the working prototype.
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