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GottaBeMobile.com forum member JasonJ is a prolific inker. He’s been at the avant-garde of InkSeine for some time now. He’s offered us lots of great feedback and has a flair for illustrating his points. For example, he’d like us to add a sizing tab to make it easier to resize the InkSeine application...

A lot of ink blogs are just a vile mess. But there are a few, like Sumocat , who really get it right. Partly it is just because his handwriting is so beautiful, but also, the interesting content is there to back it up. When ink blogging is done right, the format can be extremely engaging and offers a...

It would be criminal of me to do this 12-day series without out also confessing that, like many Tablet PC users out there, I am also a big fan of OneNote. InkSeine is not, and will never be, a replacement for it. I still remember a meeting a few years ago where my manager invited Chris Pratley to talk...

On page 186 of Bill Buxton's book Sketching User Experiences , he has a great section entitled "On Hunters, Gatherers, and Doodlers." Bill talks about how designers are "doodlers" who produce great volumes of design sketches. He also observes that designers are the modern-day...

I keep a big spreadsheet of things in InkSeine that I'd like to change, fix, or think more about. So when it comes time to work on a design sketch for some feature, I want to see everything on my list about it so I can be sure I haven't forgotten something. Here I'm using a snapshot from...

I love to use InkSeine on my Tablet PC to quickly sketch up ideas. I usually like to lean over my tablet on a desk for this, but sometimes I keep it on my lap, and I almost always sketch on my tablet in the "portrait" orientation when I'm involved with creative work. To get started on a...