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Can I get some insight into this? What did Balsamiq do? I'm not familiar.

• cheez 6y ago
  hard to really say, most of the stuff will be bitrotted. But, he networked VERY hard.
  • Sophistifunk 6y ago
    He was all over various Flex dev spaces, IIRC. Not only was Balsamiq written in Flex, we were all building the kinds of things it was perfectly suited for, too.
• onion2k 6y ago
  It was an early wire framing tool for prototyping UIs. The clever bit (that seems obvious now) was that it looked intentionally rough so that clients would focus on the overall UI layout instead of the minor details. It was a great app.
  • cercatrova 6y ago
    That's funny because the actual value proposition of using Balsamiq to create apps is that they themselves are intentionally rough. So it looks like the founders used Balsamiq to create and pitch Balsamiq. Very cool example of dogfooding.
  • balsamiq 6y ago
    Ehm...why all the past tense? We still ARE very much around...we just had our best year yet [1], and are on track to do even better. Don't count us out just yet! :) [1] https://blog.balsamiq.com/looking-back-2019/ https://blog.balsamiq.com/looking-back-2019/
    • cheez 6y ago
      Ok Peldi, now don't make me a liar. It wasn't luck. Double it in 3 years :-)
      • balsamiq 6y ago
        That sounds stressful! ;) We're not here for growth, but for longevity. I aim for 2% year on year growth, but for 100+ years. :)
        • cheez 6y ago
          Excellent. Whatever works for you man, you are my hero.