- Read this UX tutorial first – Alan Wells
- Great list of rapid prototyping tools here – dan harrelson
- POP – Prototyping on paper for the iPhone
- Keynotopia – use PowerPoint/Keynote to create web/mobile apps – Cool!
- JustinMind– define web and mobile apps with interactive prototypes
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- JustinMind UserNote – get user feedback/test usability
- Lean Design – design using HTML5-editor and automatically convert it to XHTML/CSS
- Balsamiq– rapid wireframing tool. software mockups in minutes
- Napkee – export Balsamiq Mockups to HTML/CSS/JS and Adobe Flex 3 at a click of a button
- FluidU/I – mobile prototypes for IOS
- Draw.io – draw diagrams online
- Moqups – HTML5 App used to create wireframes, mockups or UI concepts
- MxGraph – client side JavaScript diagramming library
- Pencil– Firefox add-on to do GUI prototyping and simple sketching
- Lumzy – quick mockup creation and prototyping
- CSS Hat – Turn Photoshop layers into CSS3
- Mockflow – online/offline, extensible wireframing tool w/design library
- OmniGraffle – it’s been around before the web even existed
- Wirify – turn any webpage into a wireframe
- LucidChart – Cloud-based drawing tool
- InVision – UX Prototyping from jpg, .png or .gif files
- Cacoo – free online drawing tool
- Axure – Wireframing, prototypes: buil-in widgets and shapes
- HotGloo – Online Wireframing Tool
- Mocksup – Share your web site mockups
- Mockingbird – Mock it up and share web site wireframes
- Protoshare – website wireframing
- Gliffy – Online Diagraming
- Keynotopia – wireframing + high fidelity (pixel perfect) prototyping tool
- Free Wireframe templates for iPhone, iPad and Web
- Wireframing Tutorial
List of Blogging & Comments Services
List of Q&A Sites
- Stack Overflow – questions and answers for programmers
- StackExchange – expert answers to your questions
- Social Source Commons Q&A/tools for non-profit programmers
- Social Source blog– blog for non-profit programmers
- Quora – questions and answers for non-programmers
- Yahoo Answers – post questions, sometimes get answers
List of Collaboration Tools
- Dropbox – free store, sync, and, share files online.
- Tresorit – secure dropbox alternative
- Box – online file sharing
- Google Apps – free Email, Chat, Docs
- LibreOffice – free wordprocessor, spreadsheet, drawing, presentation, pdf maker and database office suite
- Skype– free voice and video communication tool
- Fuzebox – web/mobile online conferencing
- UberConference – online conference with visual icons
- Typewithme – document collaboration tool
- Google Hangouts – Googles uber Skyoe
- Evernote – remember everything
- Campfire – team collaboration
- Wikispaces – wikis for everyone
- Slideshare – share Powerpoints and docs with customers
- Join.me – free screen sharing
- Ning – Create your own social network
- Yammer – free enterprise social network
- Doodle – online group scheduling
- Freeconferencecall.com – Free conference calls – awesome!
- Speek – easy to setup conference calls, file sharing
- Syncpad – collaborative whiteboard
- Piktochart – make infographics
- TeamViewer – free remote desktop control
List of Loyalty Programs
- RewardStream – loyalty, customer referral
- 500Friends – customer loyalty program for ecommerce
- NextBee – customer referral and loyalty programs
- BigDoor – gamified loyalty and reward programs
- UrbanAirship – push marketing for mobile
List of Gamification Tools
- Bunchball – gamification for user engagement and loyalty
- Hoopla – motivate employees, increase sales productivity
- Badgeville – gamification platform
- Gigya – social plugins, gamification
List of Email Testing Services
- Litmus – email previews and email analytics
List of Transactional Email Services
- Postmark – email blast and mgmt software for web apps
- Mailgun – mail server API’s for developers
- Postcron – schedule posts on Twitter or Facebook
- Mailjet – bulk and marketing email
- SmtpProvider – bulk email
- JangoMail – marketing and transactional email
- Silverpop – transactional email
- SendGrid – email blast software
- PostageApp – API for transactional emails
List of Email Marketing / Blasting Tools
- Best email Subject-lines
- MailTester – awesome tool to validate email addresses
- MailChimp – free basic email blast software
- Sendy – blast 100x cheaper via Amazon SES
- Tout – email blast and mgmt software
- Constant Contact – email, event promotion, social campaigns
- Campaigner – email marketing suite
- Exact Target – social media and email marketing
- Mad Mimi – email blast software
- GroupVine – email marketing, community engagement, surveys
- Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) – pretty cool
- Campaign Monitor – basic email software
- Emma – basic email marketing
Mobile App Location / Ad Platform
- Placed – location based analytics for mobile apps & websites
- G6Pay – pay-per-install platform
- Burstly – mobile app monetization tools
- Yozio – campaign tracking & viral optimization for mobile apps
- Tapjoy – mobile app turnkey ad platform
- Appbackr – market, sell and distribute your apps
- Chartboost – make money with mobile games
- Playtomic – game analytics for all platforms
- Google AdMob – monitize and promote your mobile games
- Vungle – integrate video ads into your apps