The Atlassian Sydney office isn't the only office where you'll find a lot of bicyclists. In San Francisco, Atlassian recently won an Honorable Mention as a bike-friendly business!

Atlassian was recognized for a number of reasons:

• On average 20% of the employees in SF bike to work;


• It's not only a bicycle-friendly ride (the company is located on bicycle routes) but we work in a bicycle-friendly building... meaning you can bring your bike inside where it's safe;


• Many employees participate in group rides in the afternoons or evenings;


• and lastly, the Atlassian Foundation matches employee donations to charities, including the Bike Coalition.

Meanwhile, the office in Amsterdam shrugs its shoulders and wonders what all the fuss is about. After all, the Amsterdam office is located in the biking capital of the world. :)

Dash is the new kid on the block, and they're shaking things up in the world of GPS navigation with an innovative new product, Dash Express. Behind the scenes, Dash developers use JIRA, FishEye, Crucible, and Confluence to make great software.

Register now to listen live as Patrick Coleman, Director of Platform SW, walks us through their equally innovative use of our products. They've done some impressive integrations between the applications as well as with third-party tools.

If you're just getting started with our products, or looking for more advanced ideas and uses, this is a good presentation for you. Register today.

Interested in sharing how you use Atlassian products? Please let us know and we'll schedule you for a future webinar.

The JIRA Desktop Client offers JIRA users an alternative, asynchronous method for working with your issues. The connector is a good example of JIRA's SOAP and RPC services in action.

On October 29th, the JIRA Desktop Client's creator, Igor Sereda, will demonstrate the connector and discuss the ins and outs of developing an application that works alongside JIRA. His presentation is part of our Plugin of the Month webinar series.

To get things rolling, we asked Igor a few questions:

Q: I like to code in ______

... a dimly lit room of a seaside villa, sitting in a comfortable chair, listening to tranquil music, while two gorgeous models give me shoulder massage. Or, was it about language, not fantasies? Any language I find most effective for the task.

Q: JSR-666 is ______

A collection of absolutely necessary improvements to Java language and platform. I hope they still can add cross-class goto and pointer math in it.

Q: When I'm not coding I'm _____

Looking for people to code with me!

Q: My advice for other plugin developers is _____

Not much here from a remote add-on developer. Consider if it makes sense for your plug-in to have a remote API. If it does, design API from the very beginning; chances are you'll be using the same interfaces.

The webinar takes place October 29 at 9am PST/16:00GMT and will run for approximately 45 minutes. Register today. Interested in being our guest on a future webinar? Please drop us a line.

Is it possible create a mashup with Confluence that mimics a combination of Dell's IdeaStorm with Digg? That's exactly what netoCiety, a partner of Atlassian's, did with their netoVation solution.

Stephen Danelutti at netoCiety emailed me several weeks ago to tell us about their solution, the so-called Networked Innovation Platform. Using a combination of Confluence's Reporting Plugin, Rating Plugin, Autopage Macro, Scaffolding Plugin, Advanced Search, plus netoCiety's own code, they've created a powerful new social networking tool for users within an organization to develop an idea.

I had a few questions for him after reading this overview.

Me: Is it accurate to call your solution a plugin mashup?
Stephen: Yes absolutely, that is exactly what it is! Having said that, a lot of native Confluence features and concepts are used but to achieve the core functioning of the main feature (idea creation, rating and sorting, several plugins had to be integrated and enhanced with some custom development.

If you're already using Confluence, is it something you can download and install yourself?
If you are well versed in the functioning of Confluence and its plugins and have some knowledge of the development environment it is manageable, otherwise you may have to consult with the originators (netoCiety) and get some support, all of which is readily available.

It's brand new, is anyone using it?
It is not in production use but it is being tested by several large blue chip companies prior to roll-out.

Upcoming Webinar

I also thought their application sounded like a perfect case study for our new Plugin of the Month webinar series. Join us on November 19th to hear Andreas Meingast at netoCeity talk about developing their application and building on Confluence. Register today.

In case you missed our "What's New in FishEye 1.6 and Crucible 1.6" webinar this week, you can now watch it on-demand.

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