Archives / Year: 2020
Balsamiq Sponsorships & Raffle Update for December 2020
We have a new raffle to share with you this month. Enter to win a free ticket to IxDA’s Interaction 21: Design in Perilous Times!
By Amanda
Dev Update for December 2020
The latest features and updates for Balsamiq Wireframes as we close out 2020.
By Brendan
UX/UI Links of November 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from November 2020, including articles about mobile product detail pages, design for complex applications, and more!
By Leon
Balsamiq Sponsorships Update for November 2020
The Debug 2020 Summit, brought to you by the Lesbians Who Tech team, kicks off next week. Find out how queer techies and allies can attend for free!
By Amanda
UX/UI Links of October 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from October 2020, including articles about on-off controls, design first principles, and pancakes!
By Leon
Balsamiq Sponsorships Update for October 2020
Join us at the DesignOps Summit to learn how to expertly use wireframes to develop your team’s communication.
By Amanda
UX/UI Links of September 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from September 2020, including articles about task analysis, e-commerce app patterns, and novel UX techniques.
By Leon
Balsamiq Sponsorships Update for September 2020
We’re honored to work with socially conscious events such as Just Design, a designathon for social change happening this month!
By Amanda
UX/UI Links of August 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from August 2020, including articles about app top bars, learning from Google, and writing great error messages.
By Leon
The 7 wonders of wireframes
“We have settled on a tool called Balsamiq for producing finished wireframes. The reason we like Balsamiq is that it is amazingly quick to produce a wireframe, but also...
By Peldi
Balsamiq Sponsorships Update for August 2020
Our Education Lead will be speaking at a couple of upcoming events! Read on for additional information and other quality tech conferences you can attend.
By Amanda
UX/UI Links of July 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from July 2020, including articles about designing for search, involving nondesigners, and using narrative techniques.
By Leon
Peldi Guilizzoni: Continuous Learning as a Company’s DNA
My interview on the arc() podcast.
By Peldi
CUSB Sponsorship Update: Support Women’s Ultimate
CUSB had to adapt to remote training and invest energy to keep the community united. Here is what they’ve done before and during the quarantine.
By Laura
Balsamiq Wireframes for Desktop 4.1 - Future Proofing
Balsamiq Wireframes 4.1 is ready to go. Find out about auto-updates, font changes, and spell check in our release post. We squashed 300+ bugs, and we're not slowing down!
By Brendan
Balsamiq Sponsorships Update for July 2020
We’re back with more upcoming virtual events which you can safely attend from the comfort of your own home.
By Amanda
Remote Working — Natalie Nagele & Peldi Guilizzoni
My interview for Business of Software 2020.
By Peldi
How We Planned a Virtual Retreat During the Covid-19 Crisis
Like many other companies, we had to change plans for our annual company retreat. Here are the challenges we faced and the solutions we adopted for 2020.
By Natalie
UX/UI Links of June 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from June 2020, including articles about mobile onboarding, card design, Society-Centered Design, and more.
By Leon
By Peldi
Balsamiq Dev Update for June 19 2020
Image Links and Balsamiq Wireframes on Linux are just the start of the waterfall of features coming this year.
By Brendan
Don’t Build It, Fake It First – Prototyping for Mobile Apps
“The basic premise behind this wireframing tool is to keep the mock-ups 'intentionally rough and low fidelity', to encourage as much feedback as possible.”
By Peldi
Balsamiq Sponsorships Update for June 2020
This month we reflect on the importance of supporting each other.
By Amanda
UX/UI Links of May 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from May 2020, including articles about designing for experts, mobile design, and improving your design process.
By Leon
Balsamiq Sponsorships Update for May 2020
Check out our newest education initiative, Balsamiq Wireframing Academy, and learn how you can deliver products your customers will love!
By Amanda
UX/UI Links of April 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from April 2020, including articles about pragmatic design, designing for crisis, positive friction, and more.
By Leon
UX/UI Links of March 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from March 2020, including articles about designer-developer collaboration, journey maps, seeking feedback, and more.
By Leon
Victories & Tragedies: The 3 Year Journey Building Balsamiq Cloud
My talk at Microconf 2019.
By Peldi
Remaining Untouched By Competitors with Peldi @ Balsamiq.com
My interview for Escape Velocity.
By Peldi
Balsamiq Sponsorships & Raffles Update for March 2020
If you want a conference where entrepreneurs share the lessons they've learned and support growing businesses, we've got you covered.
By Amanda
Looking Back at 2019
The big rewrite is finally complete. Revenue grew over 11%. Read the recap of 2019, and take a quick look at what's to come in 2020!
By Peldi
UX/UI Links of February 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from February 2020, including articles about mobile forms, UX research methodologies, UX debt, and more.
By Leon
How We Started A $550K/Month Wireframing Software Company
My interview with Starter Story.
By Natalie
Leon Barnard of Balsamiq: "You need to be OK with not knowing what everyone is working on"
My interview with NoHQ.
By Leon
Dev Update for February 12 2020
So much has happened in the last 6 months! Let's talk about it. :)
By Brendan
Balsamiq Sponsorships & Raffles Update for February 2020
This month we're excited to showcase an upcoming tech conference designed for black women founders.
By Amanda
UX/UI Links of January 2020
Our favorite UX and UI links from January 2020, including articles about form design, validating product ideas, and more.
By Jessica
BIG Release! Balsamiq Wireframes for Desktop
Native Wireframes for Desktop versions are live. A new beginning!
By Brendan
Balsamiq Sponsorships Update for January 2020
We start the new year by looking back on what our sponsorship program accomplished in 2019.
By Amanda