Work Smarter, Not Harder: Productivity in the Workplace

This is a variation of an article I wrote for eclipse MAGAZIN that was published in their March issue. Many thanks to Ryan Anderson for his contributions. Everyone struggles to get work done these days as the amount of communication and information available continue to increase at warp speed. The old adage, ‘Work smarter, not harder’ has become a joke with many employees now forced to work after hours, through lunch, and even on the weekends just to keep up. Work has become a lifestyle whether

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Add Boards to Confluence with Canvas Blueprints

This is a guest blog post from Comalatech, makers of the Ad hoc Workflows and Ad hoc Canvas add-ons for Atlassian Confluence. Confluence 5.1, released last week, introduced Confluence Blueprints--out-of-the-box solutions to common business problems. Blueprints make creating amazing wiki content easy and provide ideas and structure so your organization can get started right away. Comalatech developed Ad hoc Canvas Blueprints take advantage of Confluence's new Blueprints functionality. Strategy

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What Are People Saying About Confluence Blueprints?

Last week we released Confluence 5.1 and introduced Blueprints – ready-made solutions to common business problems. Confluence Blueprints make creating and sharing work – meeting notes, file lists, product requirements, anything – easy for everyone. If you haven't seen Blueprints yet, check them out now: Feedback is rolling in... Atlassian Extends Confluence Collaboration Platform, Now Competing More With Jive Software And Oth… tcrn.ch/WWzebe by @alexwilliams— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch)

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Meet Confluence Blueprints: Best Practices Made Easy

We weren't kidding when we said the all-new, redesigned Confluence was just the beginning. Confluence 5 laid the foundation for Blueprints - the key to driving Confluence adoption across your entire organization.   Try Confluence Blueprints Now Already using Confluence?  Download Confluence and upgrade today! OnDemand Customers You've been auto-upgraded to Confluence Blueprints! Content is the New Platform Content brings people and teams together, driving them toward a

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On February 1, we launched the latest addition of Atlassian's add-on development competition, Codegeist. We invited developers everywhere to build add-ons for JIRA, Confluence, Stash, and our developer tools, with the promise of $65,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to sell their add-on commercially on the Atlassian Marketplace. This year's prize format is a little different–we're awarding a prize for the best add-on submitted during each month of the competition. That means $10,000 each

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