Other important writing tools include: the steel pen nib, the stylus, the brush, the pen.

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Before Mockups people used pen and paper, whiteboards, Visio, generic drawing tools or specialized wireframing tools.

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The combination of the cloud and identity can create a lot of context for simple tools, whether they be hardware, like a pen, or software, like an app.

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There are many programs and tools available to help you do this (ranging from Mint.com to the old fashioned pen, paper, and excel method that I use).

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