Services that replace paper

    A brief overview of several services, united by one goal - they can simplify life and make you forget about paper and pen in some situations.

    Jotsky


    Love sticky yellow and green pieces of paper and you cannot live without them, but at the same time you feel discomfort when they are not nearby, but are they so needed? LiveJournal thought about it for you and created Jotsky - electronic stickers. The simplicity of the interface, beauty and functionality are the main advantages of Jotsky over simple stickers.

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    For quick access to stickers, the site can be set as a background web page instead of the usual wallpaper. The result is a real desktop.

    Key features:
    • Stickers are available wherever there is internet, and not just where they are pasted :-);
    • Five colors of stickers;
    • Auto-selection of font height depending on the volume of text;
    • Three types of sorting - by date, by color and custom (where the sticker is placed, there it will be located);
    • Content Filtering
    • Create a sticker by sending SMS.

    The last advantage, in my opinion, is the most important, because ingenious thoughts do not always come at a time when there is a computer or paper at hand. In addition, the cost of communication is very democratic - less than 2.5 rubles (Beeline - 2.29, MegaFon - 2.40, MTS - 2.30)

    Vspisok


    Going on business and making a list of everything that needs to be done? Want to send your wife \ husband \ baby \ crocodile to the store to buy a bunch of products that aren’t easy to remember? Then try this service. It focuses on creating shopping lists (there may be not only products, but anything) in a simple and convenient way.

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    Key features:
    • Creation of the list itself, in fact, with the optional indication of the quantity in pieces, liters, packages, kilograms;
    • Selection of products from categorized sets + auto-tips as you write the name of the product;
    • Creation of own sets of goods for subsequent use;
    • Access to lists from everywhere where there is Internet (including from a mobile phone);
    • Ability to send the list to print, by email and sms.

    Sending SMS with a list here is also not free, but the price is low - about one and a half rubles per message. But how many amenities are obtained in return - it is much easier to open a website and write a list in two minutes and send it to you than to spend the same two minutes on transferring the necessary goods to the person who is currently on the way to the store.

    Balsamiq mockups


    This tool has already been written recently, but it is simply impossible not to include it in the paper alternative.

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    Balsamiq Mockups allows you to quickly sketch a future interface, whether it is a website or a client application window, from more than 60 different ready-made objects.

    Key features:
    • Many ready-made controls and layouts (buttons, lists, tabs, charts ...)
    • Freehand style, giving a certain originality to the sketch and similarity to drawing on paper (but offering the possibility of editing the deed, unlike paper)
    • Saving for future use \ changes and export to PNG

    Unfortunately (or fortunately?) The tool is paid, but there is a free demo version , which, in my opinion, is quite functional to use - the interfaces are not only created, but also exported to PNG and saved. The only inconvenience - a dialog box appears every five minutes stating that this is a demo version

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