The Underserved Design Community
I was reading the blog post, Analog Tools Foster Reflection, Creativity and Flow, and I started thinking why technology hasn't caught up to this thinking. I've seen this trend of "going analog" from a few blogs.
I know the Wacom tablet lets you use a pen to draw, but I imagine that's ackward to draw on a tablet and have the result show up on a seperate screen. There's the tablet PC, but (I'm guessing) most professional designers are using a Mac.
I wonder what kind of reaction there would be in the design community if Apple released a super-cheap tablet computer that was purpose built for sketching your ideas. It would run standard OSX, but the prominent app of the machine would be a "free thinking sketching" application. It would be the "Blockwriter" of designer applications.
Since I've started working on my designer service I've learned more and more that the
Graphic Designer, the Artist, is an underserved customer. These people spend so much time in front of a computer, it's insane. Why don't they have more tools? More specific tools to get their job done. If my designer service is a success (i.e. It allows me to grow Ataraxis Software in a way that I can work on more than 1 app.) the applications and services I can created for designers is endless. (Adobe, feel free to give me a call. We can work together on this. :) )
Now I just need to complete my app....
I know the Wacom tablet lets you use a pen to draw, but I imagine that's ackward to draw on a tablet and have the result show up on a seperate screen. There's the tablet PC, but (I'm guessing) most professional designers are using a Mac.
I wonder what kind of reaction there would be in the design community if Apple released a super-cheap tablet computer that was purpose built for sketching your ideas. It would run standard OSX, but the prominent app of the machine would be a "free thinking sketching" application. It would be the "Blockwriter" of designer applications.
Since I've started working on my designer service I've learned more and more that the
Graphic Designer, the Artist, is an underserved customer. These people spend so much time in front of a computer, it's insane. Why don't they have more tools? More specific tools to get their job done. If my designer service is a success (i.e. It allows me to grow Ataraxis Software in a way that I can work on more than 1 app.) the applications and services I can created for designers is endless. (Adobe, feel free to give me a call. We can work together on this. :) )
Now I just need to complete my app....
posted by Michael Sica at
8:24 PM
2 Comments:
Michael, thanks for the mention! I'm always glad to see my writings helping and inspiring other folks. :-)
I would love a Mac pad like you're describing here. I'd be curious to see if anyone can approximate pen on paper in a mass-produced machine... I suppose it is possible but we'll just have to wait and see.
BTW, if you are interested in having me check out your app for feedback, let me know. I'd love to help out.
No problem Mike, I'm really enjoying your blog.
Check out this link for a preview video of my app.
I hope to have a beta up by the end of the summer. (My day job is currently kicking my ass, so progress is not as quick as I would have liked.)
Thanks for the comment.
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