Summit 2013… it was epic
‘Twas the week at Summit And all through the hall Nearly 1,800 creatures, some small and some tall, Had all gathered for the biggest Summit of them all. Wow. What an amazing event. Thank you to everyone who attended, sponsored, presented, and partied with us! We saw a 50 precent increase in attendees this year […]
The ExpertFinder: Winner of San Francisco ShipIt Day
Last week Atlassian held it’s 23rd ShipIt Day event. Each quarter, staff are encouraged to participate in ShipIt Day by spending 24-hours hacking a project from start to finish. Participants must present their projects immediately following ShipIt Day and staff get to vote on their favorite; the winner gets serious bragging rights and a fancy trophy […]
Announcing Jira Jr.: it’s fun-tastic!
Software is eating the world. And nobody’s hungrier, or youngrier, than our kids. The technology landscape is quickly being reshaped by code-writing hipsters barely out of college. Case in point: just last week, Yahoo! acquired Summly, a company whose CEO still has to go to prom. So it’s perplexing: even though entrepreneurs are getting younger, […]
Atlassian ID: Coming to a Service Near You
Atlassian ID has become the new Atlassian Account. Read more about it here. Ever wished you could have one key to access your house, car, bike lock, and office? No more thick keychain bulging in your pocket or weighing down your purse. Well, we don’t (yet) have a solution for your house keys, but we […]
Hello Answers, goodbye Forums
It’s been nearly 18 months since we launched Atlassian Answers – our community-curated Q&A site that aims to get users helping users with product questions. Ten-thousand users later, the site exploded faster out of the gate than Usain Bolt at the 2012 Olympics. The Rise of Answers Within the first 90 days of the launch of Atlassian Answers, […]
[Guest blog] Eliminate Misunderstandings – Use Screen Recording for Task Specifications
Ari Heljakka is CSO of Dream Broker, the development lead of ScreenMail, and a former key contributor in OpenCog. You can connect with him on Twitter. In projects where all parties are not continuously communicating, misunderstanding what you are supposed to do can be costly. Even small misinterpretations of a required feature can lead to […]
Trail-building at Lands End
Atlassian offers employees five days per year to work at charities of their choosing. We call them Foundation Days. Having lived in the SF Bay Area most of my life, it’s hard to believe I never visited Lands End, located at the western-most end of town, just beyond the suburban enclave of the Outer Richmond district. […]
Reasons to go to AtlasCamp 2012, Part 2
Here’s a little secret: year after year, AtlasCamp attendees tell us it’s not only one of the best, but the best conference they attend all year. We put more than 10x the money into Atlassian Summit than we do AtlasCamp, but AtlasCamp often wins the popularity poll because it gives people more concentrated networking time, has a solid agenda, allows them […]
Watch the Summit 2012 presentations
The curtain has gone down on Atlassian Summit 2012, the dust has settled, and the giant Atlassian logo has been transferred from the conference center to his new home at Atlassian San Francisco. If you were at the event and found yourself torn between which session to see, or if you missed Summit altogether this […]
Summit 2012 Day 3 Wrap Up
Time to wrap it up — our biggest Atlassian user conference yet with over 1,100 people attending. There were good times, great presentations, lots of networking, great products from our partners, and more. Three-day events are tiring, especially when you’re having fun to the wee hours of the morning. A HUGE thank you […]
Summit 2012 Day 2 Wrap Up
Normally, one would write a daily summary in chronological order, but I think it would be good to start a new trend. We’ll start where we ended: the party. The Atlassian Summit Bash this year was held in two adjacent restaurants, Epic Roasthouse and Waterbar, which are located along the San Francisco Embarcadero. It was […]
Summit 2012 Day 1 Wrap-Up
Things got off to a typically chilly San Francisco morning, but turned into an unusual and welcome warm afternoon. Atlassian Summit 2012 is officially underway. Due to the popularity of this year’s training workshops, we moved training to the Hilton Union Square to make room for the 400 participants. This year’s training courses included everything […]
(Guest Blog) Scaling a test & change management process to meet growing demand
This is a guest blog post and case study by Go2Group, an Atlassian Platinum Expert and a sponsor of Atlassian Summit 2012. Background RWE Supply & Trading (RWE) is an energy trading company headquartered in Essen, Germany, boasting Europe’s largest and most sophisticated energy trading floor with subsidiaries and affiliates in Den Bosch, Geneva, Singapore and New York. […]
Atlassian Summit 2012: It’s gonna be huge
Atlassian Summit is just two weeks away. Here’s a taste of what you have to look forward to! If you haven’t bought a ticket yet, now’s your chance to seize the moment! Six awesome marquee speakers Jeff Atwood (codinghorror.com), Michael Lopp (randsinrepose.com), Pamela Fox (indie dev), Eric Ries (Startup Lessons Learned), Dave Thomas (Bedarra Research) and Jeff Ma […]
Atlassian SF – a great place to bike
Atlassian and five other stellar companies — AirBnB, Veritable Vegetable, Rackspace, Levi’s and Zynga — were recognized for making it easy for their employees to bike to work, and in doing so, attracting high-quality employees. It was all part of a San Francisco City Hall press conference today for the annual Bike to Work Day where the San Francisco Bicycle […]
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