The Future is Bright for Independent B2B Developers

This post was initially published as an article in .net magazine. Embarking on a career as an independent developer used to mean trawling freelance boards, constantly pitching projects, and thinking about the future only in the short-term. But today, new kinds of software marketplaces — specifically business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces — are making it possible for independent developers to start solid businesses with predictable growth. When we launched the Atlassian Marketplace we bet

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Atlassian at GOTO Chicago

GOTO Chicago 2013 It was great to be one of the sponsors at the GOTO Chicago 2013 conference from Tuesday April, 23 - Wednesday, April 24th  It was awesome meeting a number of JIRA, Confluence, and Dev Tools customers  at the conference.  Herzum Consulting, one of our experts joined us at the booth as well.  Atlassian Experts help deliver an incredible experience with our products. If you need a plugin built, a deployment tuned, help with setup and configuration, or coaching on going agile,

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Atlassian Roadtrip: Week 3 – Toronto and London

Charlie Dusts Off his Passport! Charlie loved New York City.  He had a great time meeting the customers there and filling up on thin crust pizza.   He got a new passport and headed off to Toronto and London for week three of the roadshow.  He's enjoying taking photos with our customers.  Charlie had an awesome time seeing the Toronto Blue Jays as well as the CN Tower.   He also got a good dose of the London weather on the other side of the Atlantic.  He particularly liked Big Ben as well

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Welcome to the classier Atlassian Answers

Answers has a brand new look! If you've been wondering how strong a community Atlassian has, there's no better place to get a sense of it than Atlassian Answers (well, ok, to be fair, Atlassian Summit has a pretty good buzz to it). We launched Answers 2 years ago - almost to the day - and it's been growing ever since. Answers now has almost 40,000 questions, 55,000 answers and over 30,000 registered users. Today, we're thrilled to launch a new look and a bunch of new functionality for Answers. You'll

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Atlassian RoadTrip: New York City

Charlie moves to the Big Apple New York is our last stop in the United States.  Charlie had a rough time getting out of Chicago.  His flight was cancelled and had to stay an extra night!  As America's largest City, New York was the perfect spot for Charlie to stock up on all the vibrant culture the Big Apple has to offer: Broadway, thin crust pizza, and baseball!   Charlie was all about getting out and about in New York.  His favorite spot was Washington Square Park and the arch! Charlie

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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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