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An update from Balsamiq-land

53 points by timf 16y ago

wallflower 16y ago
I know when I read a Balsamiq post that I'll get inspired and re-motivated for my own frequent back-burner mini-ISV goals. Peldi - Grazie for the transparency. No update on the iPad app. However, it appears the company is doing so well (a very good problem) that the iOS app has fallen on their backlog. At least, Apple has now officially allowed Adobe's Flash to iOS technology. The last blog post about the iPad app (June 2010) was "This Fall: shipping the iPad app (or at least a beta)" That is one app that I would buy an iPad for.
balsamiq 16y ago
Hi there. It seems that our new slice is having a hard time keeping up with demand, so if the site is slow for you, please be patient. We're working on it...gah!!!
- auxbuss 16y ago
  Your new web-site is broken in places on Linux + Firefox. Drop me an email if you want me to send you some screen-grabs of the issues.
  - balsamiq 16y ago
    yes please! I'll email you now, thanks!
michaelchisari 16y ago
I was able to snag a copy of Balsamiq for doing Appleseed UI mockups (it's free to open source projects), and I want to say, that it's been extraordinarily useful. So, kudos to them, it's great to see this growth, they have a really fantastic product.
acangiano 16y ago
Seeing Peldi succeed makes me very happy and inspires me to do the same. You'd be hard pressed to find a nicer, more honest or open guy.
- jdp23 16y ago
  Agreed, Balsamiq is really a inspiring role model -- and the open transparent way they've documented the process is really valuable for those of us who want to learn from them. One of the things that really impressed me about this post was the thoughtful way Peldi stepped back and realized the vision needed to expand -- as opposed to trying to keep the old vision when it didn't fit, or drifting into something new without really thinking about it. Here's hoping they take their success to the next level!
ghurlman 16y ago
Can't seem to find an RSS feed for the new blog - the "feed list" link at the bottom of the page leads to 404. Edit: Never mind; clicking on a particular post hooked my Chrome RSS extension - must just be missing from the home page. Edit 2 (oy): The RSS feed is a bit of a mess; not very usable.
- balsamiq 16y ago
  I can't tell if you're all set or not. If not, let me know! peldi@balsamiq.com - direct feed URL to my new blog is here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheBalsamiqBlog http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheBalsamiqBlog
redorb 16y ago
your personal blog @ http://blogs.balsamiq.com/peldi/ http://blogs.balsamiq.com/peldi/ asked me for a login...screenshot here http://imgur.com/FInKN.jpg http://imgur.com/FInKN.jpg

53 points by timf 16y ago

I know when I read a Balsamiq post that I'll get inspired and re-motivated for my own frequent back-burner mini-ISV goals. Peldi - Grazie for the transparency. No update on the iPad app. However, it appears the company is doing so well (a very good problem) that the iOS app has fallen on their backlog. At least, Apple has now officially allowed Adobe's Flash to iOS technology. The last blog post about the iPad app (June 2010) was "This Fall: shipping the iPad app (or at least a beta)" That is one app that I would buy an iPad for.

balsamiq 16y ago

Hi there. It seems that our new slice is having a hard time keeping up with demand, so if the site is slow for you, please be patient. We're working on it...gah!!!

auxbuss 16y ago
Your new web-site is broken in places on Linux + Firefox. Drop me an email if you want me to send you some screen-grabs of the issues.
- balsamiq 16y ago
  yes please! I'll email you now, thanks!

michaelchisari 16y ago

I was able to snag a copy of Balsamiq for doing Appleseed UI mockups (it's free to open source projects), and I want to say, that it's been extraordinarily useful. So, kudos to them, it's great to see this growth, they have a really fantastic product.

acangiano 16y ago

Seeing Peldi succeed makes me very happy and inspires me to do the same. You'd be hard pressed to find a nicer, more honest or open guy.

jdp23 16y ago
Agreed, Balsamiq is really a inspiring role model -- and the open transparent way they've documented the process is really valuable for those of us who want to learn from them. One of the things that really impressed me about this post was the thoughtful way Peldi stepped back and realized the vision needed to expand -- as opposed to trying to keep the old vision when it didn't fit, or drifting into something new without really thinking about it. Here's hoping they take their success to the next level!

ghurlman 16y ago

Can't seem to find an RSS feed for the new blog - the "feed list" link at the bottom of the page leads to 404. Edit: Never mind; clicking on a particular post hooked my Chrome RSS extension - must just be missing from the home page. Edit 2 (oy): The RSS feed is a bit of a mess; not very usable.

balsamiq 16y ago
I can't tell if you're all set or not. If not, let me know! peldi@balsamiq.com - direct feed URL to my new blog is here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheBalsamiqBlog http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheBalsamiqBlog

redorb 16y ago

your personal blog @ http://blogs.balsamiq.com/peldi/ http://blogs.balsamiq.com/peldi/ asked me for a login...screenshot here http://imgur.com/FInKN.jpg http://imgur.com/FInKN.jpg