Monthly Archives: August 2007

Cutlassian 2007

This is going to be a long post but I promise it'll be worth your while. Grab a cup of joe, sit back, relax and read on matey! h1. The Background Historically at Atlassian, there are 3 big staff events at Atlassian during the year - Christmas, Melbourne Cup (or Superbowl if you're on the other side of the Pacific) and the End of Financial Year bash. Last year for the EFY the Sydney office went on "Mission: Atlassian" - our spy themed adventure race around Sydney. It was a massive success, beyond

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Wiki Adoption Part 4: Email Overload Killed the Businessperson

This is the fourth in a series on wiki adoption, based on my visits with organizations in the midst of wiki adoption. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. One of the things I consistently hear when I visit customers: reducing email is a key business case for the wiki. Email is one of the biggest time consumers in a typical workday, and usually extends far beyond the normal reaches of the workday, which is why you see so many people walking into traffic while looking down at their Blackberrys. I'm starting to

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Office 2.0

We’re sponsoring the upcoming Office 2.0 event in San Francisco. There will be a few Atlassians at the conference listening to speakers, roaming the exhibit area, and, hopefully, participating on one of the panels. Let us know if you’d like to pre-arrange a meeting.

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UNSW Event: Meet the Entrepreneur

University of New South Wales alum and Atlassian co-founder, Mike Cannon-Brookes will be speaking in Sydney on 4th October. The "Meet the Entrepreneur" event will be hosted by the ICE Forum and the UNSW Centre, Innovation & Entrepreneurship. For details, including location and pricing info, please visit the ICE announcement page.

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AtlassianTube

Pop some popcorn, pour yourself a drink, and sit back for Atlassian user group presentations. We've compiled video from the Boston and Palo Alto events. Scott Farquhar opened both user groups with a presentation about Atlassian, describing the company's history and the products we've developed. In Cambridge, his presentation was followed by Carter Snowdon at MIT (discussing the use of Confluence on campus) and Francois Beauregard at Pyxis Technology (Francois' video is forthcoming due to some

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Wiki Adoption Part 3: Banking on a wiki?

This is the third in a series on wiki adoption, based on my visits with organizations in the midst of wiki adoption. Part 1, Part 2. One of the most interesting things I've noticed recently regarding wiki use has to do with how financial services firms are stereotypically perceived vs. how they actually work. Most peoples' inclination is to think of financial services firms - investment banks, securities trading firms, retail banks, etc. as very conservative, serious, and probably not the most likely

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