Tools from yesterday’s discussion

Alexis from FOLD here—thanks for the great discussion yesterday!

Here are some of the tools and resources mentioned during my presentation:

  • Storify
  • Genius
  • Embeddable Context Cards by Vox
  • Sketch (alternative to Adobe Illustrator, also allows you to create interactive prototypes. $99, but cheaper with a student discount)
  • Balsamiq (another prototyping tool, draws interface elements in a “sketchy” style, which can be really useful for getting honest early-stage feedback)
  • Meteor.js (Javascript framework we used to build FOLD)

If you’d like to give FOLD a try for one of your assignments this semester, head over to fold.cm to make an account. You can log in with e-mail or with Twitter (signing up with Twitter allows you to embed tweets in your stories).

We’ll be releasing lots of new features over the next month. Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback! You can reach me at alexis [at] fold.cm, or on Twitter: @alexishope / @readFOLD.