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Want to learn from expert founders how to get your startup going? Think about attending MicroConf Europe where Peldi will be guest speaking.
Our favorite UX and UI links from September 2019, including articles about form buttons, social sharing, organizational improvements, and more.
After recording expert reviews of eight websites, Paul Boag is back with more, the first of which you can watch today. Learn lessons that you can apply to your own site.
"To create a fast, hassle-free website mockup to gather pre-coding feedback, try Balsamiq. The software has a “pencil-and-paper” feel, allowing you to quickly sketch a design and receive feedback before you go through all the trouble of implementing your...
"Balsamiq is intended to recreate the experience of using a whiteboard in order to create a rapid prototype or wireframe. Such a process typically allows you to come up with more ideas in a shorter amount of time."
Learn more about basic principles of visual hierarchy, alignment, designing for action, and forms in these articles aimed towards beginning and non-designers.
We have more events and raffles to share. And this month we are attending the Business of Software conference. We'd love to meet you there!
Our favorite UX and UI links from August 2019, including articles about UX vs. business goals, writing scannable content, intuitive UX rules, and more.
We're back with more upcoming events and raffles. This month we take a look at how education plays a role at Balsamiq as well.
Our favorite UX and UI links from July 2019, featuring articles about toggle buttons, sign-up pages, text fields, and more.
We're back again with four new raffles to enter. Enter today for a chance to meet with your industry peers!
Learn about three new articles on our education site that will help you in your design work, regardless of your role.
Our favorite UX and UI links from June 2019, featuring articles about making the case for UX, landing pages, sign up forms, and more.
Learn all about the graphic design process behind our 2019 Company Retreat: some little details can make a big difference!
Gathering together in May for our annual retreat in our new Bologna office, "The Nest," echoed the journey we've been on as a company over the past year.
Have you ever wanted to talk to us in person? Would you like advice on your career, or software company? We are running a new program, which we're calling... the Balsamiq Office Hours!
Our Free program now includes Balsamiq Wireframes for Google Drive for schools.
"Balsamiq Mockups includes several drag-and-drop elements, from buttons to lists, each styled as a hand-drawing. 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."
We find great purpose, joy, and satisfaction in giving. In fact, one of our few company policies is to donate a percentage of our profits each year.
This spring, the CUSB Ultimate Teams organized a workshop to talk about Gender Equity in Sports with high school students.
Our favorite UX and UI links from May 2019, featuring articles about designers and developers working together, UI states, growing a design team, and more.
We've implemented some of the biggest customer requests in Balsamiq Cloud this month, with the new desktop apps right around the corner.
Supporting our community is fundamental to who we are, so this month we'd love to tell you about our Software Donation Policy.
We just published four new recordings from our Live Wireframing with Nonprofits Program. Learn more about the amazing work they do.
Our favorite UX and UI links from April 2019, featuring articles about tabbed navigation, UX process in development-led orgs, information architecture, and more.
Balsamiq Interviews is a new series where we speak with creators of all kinds in the field of digital design to learn the process behind their work.
If you've ever wanted to attend a UX event but couldn't afford the ticket, we've got some good news. You could win one for free by entering our raffles!
Our favorite UX and UI links from March 2019, featuring articles about mobile CTAs, context menus, friction in design, and more.
Our company turned 10 recently, and our founder and CEO Peldi was interviewed about it.
Announcing the final video in our first season of First Impressions. Plus - great news - Paul will be back with Season 2. Accepting new submissions now!
Have you ever wanted to have a design expert review your wireframes? Balsamiq is partnering with Erik Kennedy, author of Learn UI Design to do just that!
The Balsamiq family keeps on growing! Join us in welcoming our 3 new team members Amanda, Kendra, and Billy.
A new Full Screen Presentation Mode and Beta Updates make for a great Q1 at Balsamiq.
We're not only sponsoring events, but will be attending a couple as well. Consider joining us! We'd love to meet you.
We're launching Balsamiq's Customer Advisory Board, a group of friends that would help us improve our products and company through user research studies. Join us!
Our favorite UX and UI links from February 2019, featuring articles about login forms, error messages, search boxes, and more.
This month, we're thrilled to spotlight an organization we sponsor that helps non-profits with design and development projects.
Our CEO Peldi interviews Sarah Allen about diversity in a small software company. As a Founder, learn more about how to make your business more inclusive.
Our favorite UX and UI links from January 2019, featuring articles about date pickers, working with engineers, telling stories with comics, and more.
Balsamiq Cloud Notifications are finally here, our docs are being restructured to make them easier to find, and more!
Ever wanted to see your website through the eyes of a design and marketing expert? Check out this new series where Paul Boag reviews sites submitted by you.