A couple of little treats
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Built-in background music
For years we've been suggesting people use headphones when working on wireframes, to help get in the creative zone. So we asked ourselves: why not give our awesome users a built-in, get-in-the-zone-inducing track to listen to? And so we did!
Just click the Toggle Background Music button on the Left Bar and get to work!
You can also toggle the Background Music on and off using the Play Background Music item in the Balsamiq Menu (View menu in Balsamiq for Desktop).
The track is called Ascension, by Dr. Christopher Lloyd Clarke B.Sc, Msc.D. Meditation music composer and founder of Royalty Free Meditation Music.com.
We cut the track down to 25 minutes, added a Zen bell, then added 5 minutes of nature sounds recorded by our own Michael Angeles in his hikes around Marin County, CA. We then made the resulting 30-minute track loop.
Why the (25 + 5), you ask? Because this way you can use the music to time your Pomodoros, of course!
What should I make for dinner?
We know how it is. It's 5pm, and you've just had a glorious day of work, creating awesome wireframes for your next project.
And then it hits you: what should I make for dinner tonight?
That's where we come in.
From the Balsamiq menu, select "What Should I Make for Dinner?" (Help menu in Balsamiq for Desktop). You'll be taken to this page.
Lots and lots of easy, every-day recipes straight from the Balsamiq team's kitchens, in super-quick video format you can watch while you put your jacket on to leave the office.
Just browse through the list of videos, pick one that looks good, jot down the ingredients and run out the door.
Nothing fancy here, this is what we cook for ourselves when we don't know what to make.
Buon appetito! 🙂