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Welcome Amanda, Kendra, and Billy!
The Balsamiq family keeps on growing! Join us in welcoming our 3 new team members Amanda, Kendra, and Billy.
By Peldi
Dev update for March 12 2019
A new Full Screen Presentation Mode and Beta Updates make for a great Q1 at Balsamiq.
By Brendan
Join the Balsamiq research program
We're launching Balsamiq's Research Program, a group of friends that would help us improve our products and company through user research studies. Join us!
By Jessica
Balsamiq dev update for January
Balsamiq Cloud Notifications are finally here, our docs are being restructured to make them easier to find, and more!
By Brendan
Balsamiq dev update for the end of 2018
An End of the Year Update for Balsamiq Cloud and New Desktop Apps
By Brendan
Balsamiq Dev Update for October 2018
This month has been all about bug fixes, tweaks, and beta testing the new desktop apps!
By Brendan
Balsamiq Dev Update for September 2018
This month in Balsamiq-land: we released Dropbox backups for Balsamiq Cloud, we continued to work on our Desktop clients, and we went to Atlassian Summit!
By Brendan
How we celebrated the Balsamiq 10th anniversary
Balsamiq turned 10! To celebrate the milestone we gathered all together, with families and friends, for six amazing days in The Dominican Republic.
By Joy
Balsamiq Dev Update for August 2018
We released one of our most requested features: Project History for Balsamiq Cloud! And fixed a super old annoying bug in Balsamiq Mockups 3 for Desktop 😊
By Brendan
Balsamiq Dev Update for July 2018
We are starting a new tradition at Balsamiq; monthly release notes. This month, July 2018, most of the work was behind the scenes.
By Peldi
Welcome Julia DeBari and Laura Lei!
Welcome two new employees to the Balsamiq family: Laura Lei and Julia DeBari. Laura Lei is our Digital Artist and Julia is our first Design Educator.
By Peldi
Wireframing for Copywriters (and for You, Too)
Wireframing is essential to copywriting, whether you do it for a living or to create a message for your email campaign or a page on your company website.
By Francesca
Working from Home: Frequently Asked Questions
The 5 most common questions or comments we've received about working from home. "How does your boss know that you're actually working?" is the first one 😊
By Leon
The Balsamiq Software Donation Program
We have donated more than 10,000 licenses over the last 8 years. Here is why, and a kind invitation to other software companies to do the same.
By Peldi
Looking Back at 2017
It’s that time of the year when we recap the past year and share with you our plans for the next 12 months. Subscribe to the newsletter for more info!
By Peldi
UI Design 101: Introducing Navigation Controls
Learn the basics of how to use UI controls for better navigation. A quick and easy guide, with best practices recommendations and real-world examples.
By Jessica
A New Chapter: Balsamiq Cloud
Introducing Balsamiq Cloud, our brand new solution for fast, collaborative user interface wireframing. We’re really proud of it! ☺️
By Peldi
Welcome Ali Servet Donmez and Alasdair Manson!
We're excited to introduce to you the two newest members of the Balsamiq family, Ali Servet Donmez and Alasdair Manson!
By Peldi
Spolsky's Four Pillars of Organic Growth
“Revenue, head count, PR, and quality--if one gets ahead of the others, you’re screwed.” An oldie, but goodie we have referred to since 2008!
By Peldi
Balsamiq Wireframes for Confluence and Jira Server
We’re starting to ship updated versions of all of our products that include our new, web-native Balsamiq Wireframes editor!
By Peldi
Coming soon: Balsamiq Wireframes
Balsamiq Wireframes is our next generation low-fidelity, collaborative wireframing editor. It's better in every way, and about to be released.
By Peldi
Welcome Luca, Alberto, Tommaso, and Angie!
It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you four new members of the Balsamiq family! We are also hiring 4 more people over the next few months!
By Peldi
Every software company has a 'natural size'
Every company has a natural size. Answer this question and you’ll find out what kind of company you should build and how to grow it.
By Peldi
Planning a company retreat for a growing team
We keep on growing, and this brings new challenges for our company retreats, too. Read how we plan our retreats and what happened in April 2017!
By Francesca
Our vacation policy: mandatory minimum days
Our vacation policy was: Take some. But we noticed that some employees weren’t taking enough. Now our policy is: Take at least 20 days off a year.
By Peldi
Looking back at 2016
We continue to truck along nicely, executing on our vision. 2016 was yet another record year for us, with sales almost reaching $6.6 million.
By Peldi
How game designers rapidly prototype ideas using Balsamiq
Read how 5 game designers use Balsamiq wireframes and other rapid prototyping techniques in their workflow to work faster and smarter.
By Leon
Welcome Stefano Gozzi and Philip Nittenberg!
Hello friends! We're excited to introduce to you the two newest members of the Balsamiq family, Stefano Gozzi and Philip Nittenberg!
By Peldi
Remote work: what's hard, what's great, and how to stay connected
More and more companies are embracing remote working. For those who are considering it or have just made the leap, there are a lot of resources to learn from, such as the Zapier's Guide to Remote Work. Here are...
By Francesca
[Release] Mockups 3.5! Improved Material Design Support, iPhone 7, macOS Sierra Compatibility, and More!
Hello friends of Balsamiq! Another month, another exciting release! Improved Material Design Support! We have added some controls and properties to make it easier to create designs inspired by Material Design. A new generic Smartphone control! Check it out!...
By Peldi
Welcome Drew Lafferty and Lizelotte Green!
Hello, friends of Balsamiq! Our not-so-little-anymore team keeps on growing! Today I would like to introduce to you our two new team members: Drew Lafferty and Liz Green! Drew Lafferty Drew is a jack-of-all-trades Developer / DevOps, based in...
By Peldi
Balsamiq Summer Camp: How We Planned Our 2016 Retreat
Annual retreats have become an essential part of working together at Balsamiq. From our first gathering as an entire company in 2010, we realized seeing each other face to face is an essential part of building awesome relationships in...
By Natalie
[Release] Mockups 3.4!
Hello friends of Balsamiq! Today's release is bigger than our usual ones, so we're switching the version number from 3.3 to 3.4 for it. Let's see what's new and improved: (Optional) Manual Save One of the most daring features...
By Peldi
In Case You Missed It: New Hidden Powers in Balsamiq Mockups 3
Finally getting to work on features that have been on the back-burner forever is a great way to rejuvenate developers and reward long-time customers. After a slow year of public releases in 2014 while we re-wrote our product from...
By Leon
Jessica Orellanes Joins Balsamiq!
Hello, friends! I am Jessica, and I've just become the 21st member of the Balsamiq team as a Community Manager. How I landed here is a mix of timing, location and -maybe- luck. My love for Italy and my...
By Jessica
Looking back at 2015
Hello again friends of Balsamiq! Peldi here with our traditional "state of the union" end-of-year report. You can find previous editions here: 2008, 2009, 2013, and 2014. As usual, this is going to be a very long post. Summary...
By Peldi
[Release] Mockups 3.3, another big step forward!
Hello friends of Balsamiq! We're very excited to share today's release with you. It's a big one, so we're switching the minor number from 3.2 to 3.3 for it. Make yourself comfortable and let's dive in! 🙂 A New...
By Peldi
Welcome Brendan, Virgin and Stefano!
Hello friends of Balsamiq! It is my great pleasure to introduce to you three new members of the Balsamiq family today. Brendan Saricks Brendan is the guy in your family that everyone calls when their computer doesn't work. He...
By Peldi
Company policies: time off to exercise
Instead of paying for someone's gym, which not everyone has access to or needs, we give our employees a more precious resource: time. Balsamiq's exercise policy Exercising has TONS of benefits. It prevents burnout, it makes us more productive,...
By Francesca
[Release] Mockups 3.2: a whole new way to wireframe!
Hello friends of Balsamiq! Today we have something so exciting to share that we're switching the version number from 3.1 to 3.2 for it. Check it out! Two new control types: Block and Line of Text Our sweet spot...
By Peldi
2015 Balsamiq retreat in the Loire Valley
Since we are a remote, distributed team (9 from Italy, 5 from California, 1 from France, 1 from Germany, 1 from Netherlands, so far - and more are coming!), usually we see each other as two-dimensional people via webcam...
By Francesca
Professional development at Balsamiq
This post is part of a series about our VERY FEW company policies. Read this intro post for some context. We have become hesitant about sharing our company policies because they are, and they should be, forever in evolution....
By Francesca