Archives / Year: 2008
1.5 Weekly Release: What’s New This Week
I am starting to batch updates and releasing once a week (Sunday morning, Italian time). I used to "fix it an release it" but now that the product is...
By Peldi
New Release: Balsamiq Mockups 1.5
I am extremely pleased to announce the immediate availability of Balsamiq Mockups version 1.5. This is a FREE upgrade for all Mockups versions. Download links: Mockups for Desktop, for...
By Peldi
Mockups 1.5 Is on the Way, It’s Screencasting Time!
Hi there, just a quick update. I have been heads down coding and bug-fixing in order to get Mockups 1.5 out the door. I feel extremely close, hopefully I'll...
By Peldi
Why I love Atlassian, an Inspirational Video
Hi there. Atlassian once again manages to impress me and make me proud to be affiliated with them. This is one of the best recruiting tools I have ever...
By Peldi
Looking for Good Flex Developers to Recommend
I constantly get asked if I know any good Flex developers, and I am tired of answering "I wish!" 🙂 So if you do Flex development, please fill in...
By Peldi
Man Writes Software, Blogs About it, Makes $100k in 5 Months
“We love this story. Back in July we wrote about the inspiring experience of Peldi Guilizzoni, a lone software developer who'd built a web design mock-up tool called Balsamiq...
By Peldi
Hit $100,000 in Revenue, Time to Start Looking Up
I feel a bit sheepish posting this since I don't want to come across as bragging, but a promise is a promise, so here it goes... I just recently...
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Introducing Mariah, Balsamiq's Better Half
Hi there. I am very pleased to introduce to you my wife and best friend Mariah. She has been the hand behind all of the UI controls in Balsamiq...
By Peldi
Show #4: Microsoft's BizSpark, Balsalmiq Studios
My interview on the Startup Success podcast.
By Peldi
AtlasCamp, Podcast, Linked Mockups, Yay!
Hi there. It was a long day yesterday, with Lufthansa reminding me about how bad airplane food can be. 🙁 It's good to be back in the Bay Area,...
By Peldi
Off to AtlasCamp!
Hi there. Just a quick note to tell you that I'll be at AtlasCamp, Atlassian's first developer conference, from tomorrow (thu Nov 6th) until Monday night (Nov 10th). I...
By Peldi
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...
By Peldi
10 Inspirational “How I Did It” 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."
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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...
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My Thoughts on Software Piracy
Are you worried about pirates stealing your software? Don't be! Read all about our approach here.
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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...
By Peldi
"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,...
By Peldi
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...
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Personal: What’s 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...
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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...
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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:...
By Peldi
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...
By Peldi
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,...
By Peldi
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...
By Peldi
8 Desktop Applications I Couldn't Live Without
I should really be doing something else right now, but I wanted to get this out. I think it'd be fair to say that I use "the cloud" and...
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Little Updates Here and There
Hi there, sorry for not blogging for a while (a whole 10 days!), but I've been pretty busy with both Balsamiq work and life in general: after 3 months...
By Peldi
Mockups for JIRA: Now Shipping!
I am thrilled to announce the immediate availability of Balsamiq Mockups for JIRA, the latest version of Balsamiq Mockups. You can download it, test it and if you wish,...
By Peldi
Another Small Improvement: Selection in Menu and Tree
Hey there, the title pretty much says it all, but here's a picture too: 🙂 I also fixed a bug with Mockups not showing up on startup when you...
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New File Extension: BMML
After getting a nod from my superstar customers, I have changed the default file extension used by Balsamiq Mockups for Desktop from XML to BMML. It stands for Balsamiq...
By Peldi
New Icons!
You asked for them, you got them! Sorry this took a little while. We (i.e. my lovely wife, the hand behind all of Mockups' icons and UI controlsI) also...
By Peldi
Export Your Mockups from the Command Line!
Hi there, I just added a new feature to Balsamiq Mockups for Desktop, which I hope will help you integrate it in your workflow even more. In short, you...
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Mockups for JIRA: Getting Close!
As you can see, Balsamiq Mockups for JIRA is pretty close to becoming a reality. The build is approaching beta-quality: if you'd like to help me test it, email...
By Peldi
Faster Faster Faster!
The faster you are able to create your UI mockups, the happier I am. In the last few days I made some improvements which should help you get your...
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Lessons Learned in Font Licensing
Hi there. If you have been following Balsamiq Mockups, you'll know that a number of potential customers have been turned off by my choice of "Comic Sans MS" as...
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InspireUX and Mockups: Get Inspired!
I am extremely excited to announce a new little feature of Balsamiq Mockups: Clicking on the menu will simply open a new browser page to www.inspireUX.com. If you don't...
By Peldi
$$ Tag for Twitter Ads? I Want to Pay For Twitter!
I love Twitter and can't remember life before it. It's a whole new channel of communication, with its own dynamics and conventions. I like how it fits nicely between...
By Peldi
Recommended Mockups for Desktop Upgrade
Today I finally had some time to dedicate to bug fixing and performance tuning. Here's a summary, roughly in order of importance the big one: in some instances, Mockups...
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New Feature: Merge Mockups
More than a new feature it's a change to the existing "Import Mockup" feature. Starting now, importing a mockup will no longer clear the current mockup. No UI changes,...
By Peldi
Balsamiq Mockups Makes Big Impression on Hacker Community
“Since its launch a few short months ago Balsamiq mockups has taken the hacker community by storm. Why? This is one of those rags to riches stories that inspire...
By Peldi
Startup Marketing Advice from Balsamiq Studio
In August 2008 Balsamiq was starting to gain traction in the marketplace, just 2 months after launch. People asked me how I got noticed, so I wrote a blog...
By Peldi
Time to Kiss Comic Sans MS Goodbye
Ok so people hate Comic Sans MS, I get it now. So let's get rid of it. Adam Alexander was kind enough to provide me with a list of...
By Peldi