Archives / Month: October 2008
Balsamiq Mockups: Deliberately Not Slick
"The drawing style is deliberately sloppy: rough lines, semi-handwritten text, even the ability to add scratch-out lines over part of an interface that you want to cross out. This...
10 Inspirational โHow I Did Itโ Stories
"This is the story of how a young coder from Italy, who was until fairly recently working at Adobe, quit his job to launch Balsamiq."
Looking for Mockups 1.5 Testers
Hi there, I am approaching release quality for Mockups 1.5, and am looking for volunteers to test the pre-release version. If you are interested, simply go to the Next...
My Thoughts on Software Piracy
Are you worried about pirates stealing your software? Don't be! Read all about our approach here.
Some Excellent ISV Advice from Jason Fried
This is so wild...watch the video below...I could have given the exact same talk! OK, probably a lot less eloquently, but I am amazed at how closely what Jason...
"Minor Edit" Support in Mockups for Confluence
Spurred by a customer's email, I have made the following enhancement to Mockups for Confluence today. The problem is that when people create and edit UI mockups in Confluence,...
One More Way to Get Mockups for Desktop for FREE
Hi there, I have done this with a few people already and it's worked out so well that I have decided to make it a policy: starting today... If...
Personal: Whatโs Your Story? Why Start Balsamiq?
The following is a story that I told many people already, but didn't think was interesting enough to put on my blog until a certain Tamales Princess I know...
Balsamiq Mockups Page on Facebook
Hi there, just a quick note to let you know that I just created a Balsamiq page on Facebook. Become a fan and meet other people who like Mockups...
New Product: Mockups for JIRA Personal
I know I know, it might not be the smartest thing to release a new product every day, but I'm too excited to sit on this one. The news:...
New Product: Balsamiq Mockups for XWiki
Hi there. Less than a month since shipping Mockups for JIRA, I have some more exciting news to share. In case you didn't know, XWiki (xwiki.org) is both a...
A small enhancement: Background Transparency
Hey there. Just a quick post to show a new little enhancement I just added. You can now set the transparency level of the background color for the Tree,...
500 Customers!
I just sold a license to my 500th customer! That's a much bigger number that I expected to reach in such a short time (it's been less than 3...