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Balsamiq mentions (30)

• Tell HN: My Favorite Tools

  A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Ask HN: Best UI design courses for hackers?

  I think the best practical approach for designing UIs is to download (and buy) Balsamic[0] and use that to design UIs. Cut through the nonsense of colours and pixels in the first instance and just lay things out logically and simply. [0] https://balsamiq.com. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Build Products that don’t SUCK

  Create a low-fidelity mockup or wireframe of your MVP using tools like Balsamiq, Sketch, or Figma. Or use an easier-to-use tool like Uizard, which also has text-to-design capabilities. Source: 10 months ago

• Starting Design Work in a Spreadsheet

  Just for drawing mock app screens, I have found Balsamiq[0] to be pretty good (you can do a bunch of stuff with the trial version itself). Not affiliated with them in any way. [0]: https://balsamiq.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Is there software for building out copywriting for a website?

  Balsamiq has been pretty good for me so far. It's super bare-bones so it's better for copy mockups than actual UX design. It's also a lot easier than Figma. Note that you don't have to use the default comic sans, but I do because it's funny. Source: over 1 year ago

Status Hero mentions (18)

• DS teams and daily standups?

  1) We use asynchronous daily stand-ups. (statushero.com helps us with this- everyone posts what they're doing but obviously this isn't required). Source: about 1 year ago

• 🚀 Make sure everyone is on the same page with less meetings

  We use https://statushero.com/ at work. What does your tool do better/differently ? Source: over 1 year ago

• What are your thoughts on a daily stand-up?

  Go async. https://statushero.com. Or keep the meeting for the interaction value, but do the sundries async: https://statushero.com/guides/one/keep-your-standup-meeting. (Full disclosure, I built Status Hero). Source: over 1 year ago

• Scrum Tools and Best Practices

  Status Hero focuses on keeping your team on track, employing a great check-in feature that allows teams to monitor individual and collaborative progress toward goals. To eliminate additional meetings and better serve teams that are geographically distributed, the Daily Scrum can be conducted virtually and asynchronously using this check-in feature. Once the team members update their daily check-ins, a consolidated... - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago

• Using Kanban in Software Development

  To make Kanban work within your organization, communication is crucial. Making sure your team is on the same page through every step of the process is the best way to ensure that it works for you. Using a tool like Status Hero can help you to keep track of who is working on what and replace lengthy meetings with succinct online updates, allowing you to implement the Kanban process faster and even more efficiently... - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago