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Migration to JPA: experts wanted
In the Confluence team, we’re investigating an upgrade of our data access layer of Hibernate 2 with Spring 1.1 to a shiny new OpenJPA and Spring 2.0 implementation. If you have experience with a migration of a large enterprise application from Hibernate to OpenJPA or another JPA implementation, please get in touch. We’re looking for […]
Java User Group (JUG) Sponsorships
Many companies have sponsorships for their respective user groups. In addition to Atlassian User Group sponsorship, we also support Java User Groups. Over the past few years we’ve given out over 2,500 non-profit and open source licenses, and though I don’t know the exact number, many have gone to JUGs. In addition to licenses, we’re […]
From manual to automatic
When Crowd first became an Atlassian product it was built using a bunch of ant scripts and lived in CVS, this is quite common for a lot of projects out there, but it is something that can be improved on. Over the last 6 months the Crowd team have taken a phased approach to moving […]
Calling all social change projects: Present at NetSquared
If you’re working on an innovative project that uses social media technology to advance social change, then this is for you: In May 2007, 350 members of the NetSquared community are invited to the Cisco campus to participate in accelerating 20 great projects that utilize the technologies, tools and communities of the social web to […]
ZDNet Web 2.0 Explorer: Using patterns to grow wiki adoption
I just finished my guest blogging stint for ZDNet Web 2.0 Explorer with a post about how to encourage wiki adoption in your organization. The post discusses Wikipatterns and its role as a community-driven guide for successfully introducing any wiki into your organization. The tide change from traditional, heavy, expensive software to lightweight, inexpensive tools […]
Confluence and Jira Win Jolt Awards
Great night yesterday at the SD West tradeshow. After a nice introductory presentation from Craig Newmark, awards were handed out at the 17th annual Jolt Awards and Atlassian walked away with two of them! Jira scored a hat trick by winning its third Jolt award in three years. And Confluence took top prize in a […]
T-shirts 2.0
Say ‘hello’ to the new and improved Atlassian t-shirts. They’re guaranteed to be the best way to turn heads and get attention in your office! All our customers using enterprise editions of our software receive a shirt. For our newest products, Crowd and Bamboo, shirts are already on the way for people who purchased the […]
Lessons from Firefox: #6 – Think globally
This is the sixth in a seven-part series based on The Mozilla School of Management in which I’m applying Mozilla’s principles to wiki collaboration (parts 1,2,3,4,5 of the series). Think globally There is a world of potential volunteers outside the United States, and in some cases the only incentive they need to pitch in is […]
Wiki goes to Oxford (Englsh Dictionary that is)
CNET reports: This word born on the Pacific Island of Hawaii finally got an entry into the latest edition of the online Oxford English Dictionary (OED) along with 287 other new words. More than a decade after Ward Cunningham created the first wiki, this short, catchy Hawaiian word is finally being recognized for its major […]
Starting an Atlassian User Group
Last August, one of our partners, IntelliObjects, suggested the idea of holding and sponsoring a user group. Sounded like a good idea to us. We sent a few Atlassians to present and feedback was very positive (no one threw rotten vegetables at the speakers anyway, so I put that into the plus column ). Since […]
Lessons from Firefox: #5 – Think hybrid
This is the fifth in a seven-part series based on The Mozilla School of Management in which I’m applying Mozilla’s principles to wiki collaboration (parts 1,2,3,4 of the series). Think hybrid Open-source approaches can go further when they’re paired with conventional approaches. Find ways to blend community-driven efforts into your current operations, rather than jumping […]
Lessons from Firefox: #4 – Nurture renegades
This is the fourth in a seven-part series based on The Mozilla School of Management in which I’m applying Mozilla’s principles to wiki collaboration (parts 1,2,3 of the series). Nurture renegades Interesting things happen when people are allowed to break the rules. Firefox, for instance, was created not by Mozilla’s main development team, but by […]
Confluence adoption in the trenches
Simon posts a terrific article about driving Confluence adoption in his consulting firm. There are some really good tips in here about the techniques he’s used to introduce his colleagues to the wiki. Many suggestions are similar to ones you’ll find in the WikiPatterns site. My favourite tip is: Set up WebDAV – it is […]
Confluence Portlets for Oracle Webcenter
I’ve been doing a bunch of portlet development recently. Most recently, I’ve focused on portlets that can work in an Oracle portal environment.
Poll: What’s the Best Polling Software
Thanks to my post yesterday, I now know what the worst polling software is. Nothing quite like the smell of napalm in the morning… except when you realize you’re the one being napalmed. Lesson learned: Next time, I’ll spend more than five minutes looking for polling software! For my penance, I’ve spent the last 30 […]