Archives for Laurel Anderson

Atlassian in technicolour

If you've visited www.atlassian.com lately you've seen the rainbow. Last week we updated the product sections on our site and: gave each product its own colour. Here's how the JIRA homepage looks now (left) and before: stuck in links where you can find them: (In case you were wondering, that's our president wearing the bear hat. One day that picture surfaced on our intranet dashboard. We had to use it. ;) ) created 'Learn' pages to better introduce each product: and lots more, which collectively

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Atlassian’s newsletter – geeky, informative & hip

Geeky: entries written by our developers that discuss problems and solutions encountered while coding Informative: tips and updates about Atlassian products, as well as plugin competitions, book reviews, user groups, and LOTS more Hip: goes without saying anything seeing it's from Atlassian That's why you might be swayed to subscribe to the monthly Atlassian newsletter. If you need one more teaser, take our 'Our Reading List'. It highlights a few of the sites and blogs we share around the office*.

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Mike and Scott make ‘Young Guns’ List

We're proud of our founders and wanted to share the news... Mike and Scott are part of Australian Anthill's Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30 list. Here's how Anthill's describes the Top 30 entrepreneurs: These 'young guns' are switched-on, cashed-up and fearless. And if you haven't already figured this one out, they also represent the future of business in Australia. And here's a fun, little excerpt included in the article (bottom of page 2): Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar started Atlassian after meeting

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Interview with an Atlassian Nerdherder

Company culture and transparency are two important aspects of Atlassian. That's why we'd like to introduce you to various staff members though the Inside Atlassian Minds series. In this interview, let me introduce you to Brendan Humphreys. Brendan came on board the development team when Atlassian and Cenqua joined forces last year. He focuses on Crucible and Clover. In this interview Brendan reveals the best dev tool, an underground chat forum at Atlassian, differences between the Cenqua and Atlassian

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Interview: Inside A Wiki Evangelist’s Mind

Who makes up the Atlassian staff? You've already met Donna, our support diva. Now meet Stewart, our Wiki Evangelist. Here's a snippet from the interview: Your Wikipatterns book is hot-off-the-press. Besides being your baby, why is it special? It's a practical how-to guide for change management. That's the most critical part of wiki adoption — the technology is the easy part. The book exists to give wiki evangelists a handbook for working effectively inside their organizations. Read on to learn

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