Q&A
Jane Portman Cooks Up UI Breakfast
Jane Portman is the creator and author of UI Breakfast, a practical resource full of UX design and business lessons based on her extensive experience with both. It also...
The Most Important Skill of the Decade: Jeromy Wilson on Prototyping Techniques
"How do you know you're coding the right stuff?" That's the central question in Jeromy Wilson's recent blog post called "The Most Important Skill of the Decade". He believes...
John Bethke on Process Before Product
Our latest Champion, John Bethke of Bethke Consulting, LLC, contacted us to tell us about how he uses Balsamiq Mockups in his work. What I like about his story...
John McGarvey on Why Writers Should Wireframe Too
A recurring discussion point in the user experience community is the push for designers and developers to work together more in order to bring about the best experiences. John...
Mike Kulakov Shares His Mockups Tips and Tricks
A while ago I came across an article from our latest Champion, Mike Kulakov, called "Balsamiq 101: Wireframe quickly & effectively" and, to be honest, I was a little...
Fred Schebesta on the Risks and Rewards of Innovation
The theme of my interview with our latest Champion, Fred Schebesta, was innovation. Bold and innovative products have been the keys to success for his creative team, which is...
Sean Rosensteel on the Journey from V1 to V2
Our latest champion is Sean Rosensteel. He is the co-founder of Bravo, a web-based tool for recording customer videos for marketing campaigns. Sean reached out to us via email,...
Wayne Chen on Avoiding Common Mobile Product Mistakes
Our latest Champion is Wayne Chen. He wrote an article recently that caught my eye called "Top 10 Mobile Product Management Mistakes And How To Avoid Them (Part 1)"....
Glenn Murray on Using Wireframes for Copywriting
Our latest Champion, Glenn Murray, is not a prototypical Balsamiq user. He's a copywriter (although perhaps not a typical copywriter either). He recently wrote an article that opened my...
JR Harrell on the State of Design in 2013
JR Harrell is a Denver‐based UI/UX designer. He regularly uses Balsamiq Mockups in his design workflow. He contacted us by email and wrote: As a UI/UX designer, I have...
Rev.com Uses Mockups to Help Its Translation Services Stand Out from the Crowd
This week's Champion is Mark Chen from Rev.com. Mark wrote us one of those emails that we absolutely love to get that started with this: "We love using Balsamiq...
How GoodApril Used Balsamiq to Save Hundreds of Hours in Building Its MVP
Our newest Champion is Mitch Fox. He is the co-founder of GoodApril, a tax planning software startup. Mitch emailed us after being inspired by reading about Balsamiq Champions to...
Using Balsamiq for Information Architecture and Wireframing
Today's champion is Puya Turkiyan. He recently wrote an article on his blog called "Using Balsamiq For Information Architecture & Wireframing". He is an SEO Specialist in the Internet...