Monthly Archives: October 2007

Two arguments against wiki use (and how to respond to them)

Brian Solis writes about some of the resistance to blogging that he encounters from companies, and much of this applies to to wikis and enterprise 2.0 tools in general. For example, one questions he was asked is, "How would you recommend clients use blogging as part of their PR strategy? The easy answer is I would love them to start..." The same is true with wikis in the enterprise (for a wide range of things, not just PR — keep in mind Brian's blog is primarily about PR and Marketing). The

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Atlassian helps drive the World of Warcraft economy

Okay, I'll admit it — I love playing World of Warcraft. Not that it's an unusual thing to admit — there are 9 million people paying US$15 each month to participate in this multi-player online gaming universe. (Do the math and you'll realise what a money-spinner it is for Blizzard!) And now, I've got one more reason to play due to Atlassian's support of an Open Source project used by many of those 9 million players. Norganna, maker of the popular Auctioneer and Gatherer add-ons to World

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Announcing Enterprise Hosting

We're excited today to announce public availability of Enterprise Hosting for JIRA and Confluence. Enterprise Hosting is a great way to start using our wiki and issue-tracker without an upfront investment or dedicated IT resources. Your only concern is focusing on your business, not system and application administration. A few features of Enterprise Hosting: Dedicated (non-shared) instance of JIRA or Confluence Ability to create custom themes in Confluence Integration with your existing applications

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Clover 2.0 Spices Up Code Coverage

Anyone who thinks that unit testing is boring may be singing a different tune after they give Clover 2.0 a try. Clover shows developers where they can get most bang for their testing buck, allows them to see what each individual test is achieving, and gives invaluable feedback as they make progress. That's how Pete Moore, product manager at Atlassian, describes Clover 2, code coverage tool. Clover drives testing efficiency and effectiveness by providing software development teams extreme qualitative

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Distributed Agile Development Best Practices From Atlassian & GlobalLogic

  • By Todd Revolt, Director of Business Development
  • News
  • On October 24, 2007
Join us on November 1, 2007 at 10 am PT for a free webinar hosted by GlobalLogic, an Atlassian partner, to discuss Agile development practices. The webinar "Distributed Agile Development Best Practices From Atlassian & GlobalLogic" focuses on challenges and solutions of developing applications amongst distributed engineering teams. Speaking at this free webinar will be Stuart Donovan, CTO of GlobalLogic and Jonathan Nolen from Atlassian. This webcast will review best practices in how to: Overcome

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WikiSym 2007: “Wiki Patterns: What Works and What Doesn’t?”

Today, I'll be joined by Anne Goldenberg, Ted Ernst, Mark Bernstein, François Beauregard, and Dirk Riehle on a panel called, "Wiki Patterns: What Works and What Doesn't?" at WikiSym 2007. We'll share & discuss the best ways people have found so far for stimulating collaboration in organizations and communities. Some of those ideas are documented on Wikipatterns.com, and panelists will further explore these and other ideas, share stories about getting a wiki started, and discuss their experiences

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