Monthly Archives: June 2008

ShipIt VIII – NNTP FTW!

Between the trials, tragedy and the triumph, the 8th instalment of Atlassian ShipIt Day came and went. 49 projects were submitted in the biggest and the best one yet! Projects spanned the entire gamut; from playing shiny new toys like Skitch, EC2, Groovy to parallelising Maven downloads and adding supportability to our products. ShipIt days have been a regular Atlassian event since 2005 and it's still going strong. What the hell is it? If you want to find out more, read Mike's inaugural blog

Continue reading »

Atlassian is Hiring in Amsterdam!

Atlassian is setting up shop in Amsterdam and we're hiring for a number of positions. We're putting together a dynamic team to become part of building Atlassian's European business. If you're a technical superstar with a flare for sales or a mid-level or senior support engineer we want to hear from you! And finally... why should you apply? Because this is the coolest company ever! And you'd be working with me... what more could you ask for? :D For more information, visit our jobs page.

Continue reading »

Create Mockups in Minutes within Confluence

Introducing Balsamiq Mockups, the latest plug-in to join the Confluence plugin eco-system. Now anyone can easily create a mockup in minutes within Confluence with Balsamiq Mockups' drag and drop functionality. This plugin allows you to bring the whole team together--everyone from product managers to designers, developers and customers-- to collaborate on one mock up before even one line of code is committed. Created by developer superstar Giacomo 'Peldi' Guilizzoni , Balsamiq Mockups offers several

Continue reading »

New Release of EditGrid core service

Atlassian Partner EditGrid just put out an awesome new release of their core product, the EditGrid Online Spreadsheet. I'll start with a quick re-cap: EditGrid is a brower-based spreadsheet that allows to collaborate (in real time!) with your colleagues. The experience is amazing. I'm not an expert Excel jockey, but I find the EditGrid UI and editing experience superior to its offline counterpart. It offers a wiki-like experience, in that multiple people can collaborate and every change is versioned

Continue reading »

JIRA Issues Bucket

Did you ever need to keep an eye on a pulse of issue flow in JIRA? JIRA is all about issues; whatever they may be. Some JIRA users create issues. Others action issues: fix bugs, implement new features, follow up on tasks, etc. If you are one of those people who need to monitor what is happening in your JIRA instance, read on. I am a bug master for JRA project. My responsibilities include keeping an eye on bugs. I need to know about all new bugs raised - so I can take an action if needed; to comment

Continue reading »

Collaborate on Your Diagrams with Gliffy 1.4

Gliffy has announced an upgrade to their collaborative diagramming tool for Confluence. Gliffy is a plugin for Confluence that allows you to create diagrams that can be shared and/or collaborated on with other wiki users. If you're still trying to convince your boss to buy Confluence, try demoing Gliffy, it's got some sweeeeet eye candy to match its utility! Gliffy 1.4 includes dozens of new features and bug fixes including: Automatic diagram sizing: your diagram will start on a huge 5000x5000

Continue reading »