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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the new JIRA Modern. Fast. Mobile. Simple. JIRA 6 is a completely new JIRA. The redesigned look and feel brings a whole new user experience to JIRA. It is modern and simple, clearing away the clutter so that you can get your work done faster. It&#8217;s also mobile so you can work with your project on the go. Check it out: Play  Enjoy the preview? Register for the What&#8217;s New in JIRA 6 webinar today. Sign up for the JIRA 6 webinar JIRA 6 represents the biggest release of JIRA in over three years. JIRA 6 makes us faster as a team. Bryan Rollins, JIRA Group Product Manager Atlassian Inc. Modern JIRA 6 introduces a modern experience that follows the new Atlassian Design Guidelines (ADG). This new user experience doesn&#8217;t just look great, it also helps you get your work done faster. Information is easier to find and common tasks are simpler. The new JIRA look and feel is consistent with other Atlassian applications, so users are more productive using JIRA alongside Confluence, Bitbucket, Stash, and other Atlassian products. Fresh new look The issue navigator is the heart and soul of JIRA. The Atlassian Design Guidelines were critical in making that experience completely awesome Ross Chaldecott, JIRA Design Lead Atlassian Inc. &#160; We&#8217;ve made a big investment in the look and feel of JIRA. In addition to a more consistent experience across other applications using the ADG, like Confluence and Stash, we&#8217;ve modernized JIRA&#8217;s look. Updated buttons, icons, menus, and typography bring JIRA into the now. All of these changes make for a smoother experience inside of JIRA. Navigate with ease Your most frequently visited pages and recent activity are just a click away from anywhere in JIRA. The new common header gives your team an easy way to work with other applications, including Confluence, Stash or another JIRA instance. You can link any Atlassian or third-party application. Fast We wanted to uplevel and change the way end users experienced searching, finding, and managing issues on a daily basis. Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-founder &#38; CEO Atlassian Inc. Detail View: optimize the way you work with issues JIRA 6 brings about an awesome new way to work in JIRA. With detail view you can now easily see all your issues both at a glance and in detail on the same screen. We&#8217;re on a mission to make teams faster. With JIRA 6&#8242;s detail view, it&#8217;s much easier to work with sets of issues because you never lose focus. Detail view gives you the full power of JIRA: inline edits for single field changes, @mentions to pull others into the conversation, and keyboard shortcuts to speed up navigation and make editing and triaging issues a breeze. We think these new features will cut the time you&#8217;ll spend working with lists of issues by 50 percent. &#160; Compact mode Nothing aids productivity like screen real estate. Compact mode in JIRA 6 adds up to 20 percent more screen space to help you focus on what matters most: your issues. In list view, [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Meet the new JIRA</h2>
<h3>Modern. Fast. Mobile. Simple.</h3>
<p>JIRA 6 is a completely new JIRA. The redesigned look and feel brings a whole new user experience to JIRA. It is modern and simple, clearing away the clutter so that you can get your work done faster. It&#8217;s also mobile so you can work with your project on the go. Check it out:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> Enjoy the preview? Register for the What&#8217;s New in JIRA 6 webinar today.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.2em;"><img alt="" src="http://pokemonresource.wikinet.org/w/images/pokemonresource/uploads/a/a8/Icon_Quote.png" /> JIRA 6 represents the biggest release of JIRA in over three years. JIRA 6 makes us faster as a team.</p>
<p style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2em; color: #666; text-align: right;"><img alt="" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/bryan.jpg" width="40" height="42" align="right" hspace="8" />Bryan Rollins, JIRA Group Product Manager Atlassian Inc.</p>
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<h2 id="JIRA6blogdraft-Modern">Modern</h2>
<p>JIRA 6 introduces a modern experience that follows the new <a href="https://developer.atlassian.com/design/" rel="nofollow">Atlassian Design Guidelines</a> (ADG). This new user experience doesn&#8217;t just look great, it also helps you get your work done faster. Information is easier to find and common tasks are simpler. The new JIRA look and feel is consistent with other Atlassian applications, so users are more productive using JIRA alongside <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/" rel="nofollow">Confluence</a>, <a href="https://www.atlassian.com/software/bitbucket/" rel="nofollow">Bitbucket</a>, <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/stash/" rel="nofollow">Stash</a>, and other Atlassian products.</p>
<h3 id="JIRA6blogdraft-Freshnewlook">Fresh new look</h3>
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<p style="font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.2em;"><img alt="" src="http://pokemonresource.wikinet.org/w/images/pokemonresource/uploads/a/a8/Icon_Quote.png" /> The issue navigator is the heart and soul of JIRA. The Atlassian Design Guidelines were critical in making that experience completely awesome</p>
<p style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2em; color: #666; text-align: right;"><img alt="" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/ross.jpg" width="40" height="40" align="right" hspace="8" />Ross Chaldecott, JIRA Design Lead Atlassian Inc.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve made a big investment in the look <em>and </em>feel of JIRA. In addition to a more consistent experience across other applications using the ADG, like Confluence and Stash, we&#8217;ve modernized JIRA&#8217;s look. Updated buttons, icons, menus, and typography bring JIRA into the now. All of these changes make for a smoother experience inside of JIRA.</p>
<p><strong><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25359" alt="jira-6-hero" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/jira-6-hero.png" width="600" height="413" /></strong></p>
<h3 id="JIRA6blogdraft-Navigatewithease">Navigate with ease</h3>
<p>Your most frequently visited pages and recent activity are just a click away from anywhere in JIRA. The new common header gives your team an easy way to work with other applications, including Confluence, Stash or another JIRA instance. You can link any Atlassian or third-party application.</p>
<p><strong><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25358" alt="jira-6-header" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/jira-6-header.png" width="600" height="293" /></strong></p>
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<h2 id="JIRA6blogdraft-Fast">Fast</h2>
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<p style="font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.2em;"><img alt="" src="http://pokemonresource.wikinet.org/w/images/pokemonresource/uploads/a/a8/Icon_Quote.png" /> We wanted to uplevel and change the way end users experienced searching, finding, and managing issues on a daily basis.</p>
<p style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2em; color: #666; text-align: right;"><img alt="" src="https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2119749600/image.jpg" width="40" height="40" align="right" hspace="8" />Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-founder &amp; CEO Atlassian Inc.</p>
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<h3 id="JIRA6blogdraft-DetailView:Optimizethewayyouworkwithissues">Detail View: optimize the way you work with issues</h3>
<p>JIRA 6 brings about an awesome new way to work in JIRA. With detail view you can now easily see all your issues both at a glance and in detail on the same screen. <strong>We&#8217;re on a mission to make teams faster.</strong> With JIRA 6&#8242;s detail view, it&#8217;s much easier to work with sets of issues because you never lose focus. Detail view gives you the full power of JIRA: inline edits for single field changes, @mentions to pull others into the conversation, and keyboard shortcuts to speed up navigation and make editing and triaging issues a breeze. We think these new features will cut the time you&#8217;ll spend working with lists of issues by 50 percent.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3 id="JIRA6blogdraft-CompactMode"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-25357" alt="jira-6-detail-view" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/jira-6-detail-view-600x353.png" width="600" height="353" /></h3>
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<h3>Compact mode</h3>
<p>Nothing aids productivity like screen real estate. Compact mode in JIRA 6 adds up to 20 percent more screen space to help you focus on what matters most: your issues. In list view, compact mode allows you to add more columns to the screen. In detail view, you can see even more issue specifics without scrolling.</p>
<p><strong><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25356" alt="jira-6-compact-mode" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/jira-6-compact-mode.png" width="257" height="338" /></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Power User?</strong> <em>Press ‘[&#8216; to collapse or expand the sidebar without touching your mouse.</em></p>
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<h2 id="JIRA6blogdraft-Mobile">Mobile</h2>
<div style="margin-left: -225px; padding-left: 50%; width: 500px; font-family: ‘Palatino Linotype’, ‘Book Antiqua’, Palatino, serif;">
<p style="font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.2em;"><img alt="" src="http://pokemonresource.wikinet.org/w/images/pokemonresource/uploads/a/a8/Icon_Quote.png" /> JIRA Mobile helps me be more productive with my remote teams. I can stay in contact when I&#8217;m not at the office.</p>
<p style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2em; color: #666; text-align: right;"><img alt="" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/shihab.jpg" width="40" height="40" align="right" hspace="8" />Shihab Hamid, JIRA Product Manager Atlassian Inc.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-25360 alignright" alt="jira-6-mobile" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/jira-6-mobile.png" width="300" height="305" /></p>
<p>Access JIRA anywhere! We&#8217;ve introduced a new mobile view for JIRA, focused on the activities and information you need when you&#8217;re not gazing deeply into your monitor&#8217;s pixels.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve optimized how teams work by enabling you to stay connected even when you&#8217;re out of the office. Comment on issues and @mention others to bring them into the conversation on your train ride home. If you&#8217;re stuck in a meeting, assign an issue that needs attention straight from your phone. Check out your favorite filters to see the updated status of your stories. Watch hot issues so you stay on top of any updates.</p>
<p>After all, where are you usually checking email and seeing JIRA notifications? Your phone! Just click any link in a JIRA notification from your smartphone, and you&#8217;ll wind up in the new JIRA mobile interface.</p>
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<h2 id="JIRA6blogdraft-Simple">Simple</h2>
<h3 id="JIRA6blogdraft-GetStartedEasily">Get started easily</h3>
<p>In JIRA 6 we&#8217;ve made getting started easier than ever. We&#8217;ve taken the types of projects you create most often in JIRA and collapsed the setup for those projects into two clicks. Creating new projects couldn&#8217;t be simpler!</p>
<p><strong><img class="size-large wp-image-25361 aligncenter" alt="jira-6-workflow-sharing" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/jira-6-workflow-sharing-600x329.jpg" width="600" height="329" /></strong></p>
<h3 id="JIRA6blogdraft-Workflow">Workflow</h3>
<p>Thousands of teams choose JIRA for the awesome power of the workflow, but you don&#8217;t have to start from scratch. Discover, explore, and import workflows in the Atlassian Marketplace.</p>
<ul>
<li>Bring known best practices into your organization from the Atlassian Marketplace.</li>
<li>Configure and test workflows (including screens and fields) in your staging instance. Import them to your production instance to minimize configuration churn.</li>
<li>Find workflows for all kinds of business processes in the Marketplace. Explore new possibilities and find creative ways to take advantage of JIRA.</li>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2 id="JIRA6blogdraft-JIRA6HasEvenMore!">JIRA 6 has even more!</h2>
<p>JIRA 6 is filled with all kinds of good stuff. You can check out the release notes for more details, but here&#8217;s a few more key feature of JIRA 6.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Editable usernames</strong> — The second most requested feature, as determined by customer votes, is here! JIRA Administrators can now edit any username in the JIRA internal directory.</li>
<li><strong>Bulk watch</strong> — With over 220 votes, we&#8217;ve brought this feature into JIRA 6. Now you can watch issues en mass to stay in touch with key issues in your project.</li>
<li><strong>Global workflow schemes</strong> — Now you can edit an <strong>active</strong> workflow scheme on a set of projects. If you have many projects that share one workflow, this feature is for you.</li>
<li><strong>Translate custom fields</strong> — Running JIRA in multiple locales? Customers whose users operate in different languages can now translate the names and descriptions of custom fields.</li>
<li><strong>JIRA to JIRA issue copy</strong> (Marketplace plugin) — For customers with more than one JIRA server, you can copy an issue from one project to another, even if the projects aren&#8217;t on the same JIRA instance.</li>
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<h2 id="JIRA6blogdraft-ReadytoexplorethebestJIRAever?">Ready to explore the best JIRA ever?</h2>
<p>JIRA 6 is not just a fresh coat of paint. We&#8217;ve made the core experiences at the heart of JIRA better. JIRA 6: Modern, Fast, Mobile, Simple. JIRA 6 makes both individuals and teams more effective in achieving their goals. It&#8217;s time to try JIRA 6 and see how it makes your team run faster, together.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Register for the What&#8217;s New in JIRA 6 webinar today.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>New to JIRA?</strong></p>
<p>Get up and running in a matter of minutes with a <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/try?utm_source=bac-jira-60-announcement-blog-post&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=jira-6-0">free 30-day JIRA OnDemand trial</a>.</p>
<h3>Ready to upgrade?</h3>
<p>Check out the <a href="https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+6.0+Release+Notes">full release notes</a> and start seeing real results with <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/en/software/jira/whats-new/jira-60.html?utm_source=bac-jira-60-announcement-blog-post&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=jira-6-0">JIRA 6</a> today.</p>
<p><strong>OnDemand Customers</strong>: Congrats! You&#8217;ve have been auto-upgraded to <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/en/software/jira/whats-new/jira-60.html?utm_source=bac-jira-60-announcement-blog-post&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=jira-6-0">JIRA 6</a>!</p>
<p>Check back to <a href="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/jira/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.atlassian.com/jira/</a> over the next few weeks. We will be highlighting key features and use cases using the new JIRA on the blog.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re excited beyond words to announce that our unique &#8220;causium&#8221; model has produced more than $2.5 million in donations to Room to Read, a Bay Area non-profit dedicated to improving literacy and gender equality in education for children around the world. So what&#8217;s our secret? Start small and think long-term. We reached this milestone in increments of just $10 through our unique &#8216;starter licensing program&#8216; or Causium model (the mash-up of freemium with a &#8217;cause&#8217;) where teams of ten users or less can purchase our software for $10/month and then the revenue is donated to charity. Since 2009, the program has more than doubled, generating more than $2.5 million in charitable donations. Our Causium program is part of our larger philanthropic endeavors known as the Atlassian Foundation, through which we donate one percent of profits, employee time and equity to charity. Focused on giving youth of the world access to a world-class education to break the poverty cycle, the Atlassian Foundation was founded in 2008 and has now donated more than 1,500 hours of employee volunteer time and $3 million in donations to various charities around the world. The $2.5 million in donations to Room to Read have empowered the non-profit to positively impact the lives of nearly 90,000 children, mostly in Cambodia, by giving them access to education. The funds, which support literacy and gender equality, have built more than 150 libraries and six schools, sponsored 1,500 girls to attend school, published 10 new local language books, and enabled much-needed renovations. Atlassian is the original donor of the Reading and Writing pilot in Cambodia. &#8220;This is a huge milestone for the Atlassian Foundation and a wonderful example of how powerful our Causium model can be,&#8221; said Jeremy Largman, who helps lead the Atlassian Foundation. &#8220;By making donations of just $10 at a time, we&#8217;ve made a huge impact on an important issue at a global level. By making small changes and thinking long-term, there&#8217;s no reason why every business can&#8217;t give back and support its community on important causes.&#8221; Room to Read is just one of nine education-focused charities that the Atlassian Foundation supports, including four near both our US and Sydney offices. Several months ago, we awarded four SF-based charities with grants of up to $10,000 in order to increase our impact on our local community. We&#8217;ve also donated more than $350,000 to the Sydney-based Social Ventures Australia, which currently supports AIME, CareerTrackers &#38; Beacon. As Atlassian continues to grow, we&#8217;ll continue to uphold our pledge to give back to our community and look for more ways to expand the impact of our philanthropic efforts. Come celebrate and learn more about this growing trend at our &#8220;Causium in Action&#8221; event We&#8217;re celebrating this milestone by hosting a joint event with Room to Read on Tuesday, May 14 at our San Francisco office. The event will feature a panel discussion with Room to Read Founder John Wood, Atlassian&#8217;s vice president of corporate development Jose Morales and knowledge management program manager Jeremy Largman talking about the success of Atlassian&#8217;s unique model. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join! RSVP now! Check out our article on Fast Company!]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://causiuminaction.eventbrite.com/"><img class="wp-image-25322 alignright" alt="Causiuminactionlogo" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Causiuminactionlogo-300x125.jpg" width="300" height="125" /></a>We&#8217;re excited beyond words to announce that our unique <a href="http://blogs.atlassian.com/2010/05/freemium_and_cause_marketing_collide/" rel="nofollow">&#8220;causium&#8221; model</a> has produced more than $2.5 million in donations to <a href="http://www.roomtoread.org/" rel="nofollow">Room to Read</a>, a Bay Area non-profit dedicated to improving literacy and gender equality in education for children around the world.</p>
<p><strong>So what&#8217;s our secret?</strong></p>
<p><em>Start small and think long-term.</em></p>
<p>We reached this milestone in increments of just $10 through our unique &#8216;<a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/starter/overview" rel="nofollow">starter licensing program</a>&#8216; or Causium model (the mash-up of freemium with a &#8217;cause&#8217;) where teams of ten users or less can purchase our software for $10/month and then the revenue is donated to charity. Since 2009, the program has more than doubled, generating more than $2.5 million in charitable donations. Our Causium program is part of our larger philanthropic endeavors known as the Atlassian Foundation, through which we donate one percent of profits, employee time and equity to charity.</p>
<p>Focused on giving youth of the world access to a world-class education to break the poverty cycle, the Atlassian Foundation was founded in 2008 and has now donated more than 1,500 hours of employee volunteer time and $3 million in donations to various charities around the world. The $2.5 million in donations to Room to Read have empowered the non-profit to positively impact the lives of nearly 90,000 children, mostly in Cambodia, by giving them access to education. The funds, which support literacy and gender equality, have built more than 150 libraries and six schools, sponsored 1,500 girls to attend school, published 10 new local language books, and enabled much-needed renovations. Atlassian is the original donor of the Reading and Writing pilot in Cambodia.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a huge milestone for the <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/company/about/foundation" rel="nofollow">Atlassian Foundation</a> and a wonderful example of how powerful our Causium model can be,&#8221; said Jeremy Largman, who helps lead the Atlassian Foundation. &#8220;By making donations of just $10 at a time, we&#8217;ve made a huge impact on an important issue at a global level. By making small changes and thinking long-term, there&#8217;s no reason why every business can&#8217;t give back and support its community on important causes.&#8221;</p>
<p>Room to Read is just one of nine education-focused charities that the Atlassian Foundation supports, including four near both our US and Sydney offices. Several months ago, <a href="http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/02/atlassian-selects-foundation-grant-recipients/" rel="nofollow">we awarded four SF-based charities with grants of up to $10,000</a> in order to increase our impact on our local community. We&#8217;ve also donated more than $350,000 to the Sydney-based <a href="http://www.socialventures.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Social Ventures Australia</a>, which currently supports <a href="http://www.aimementoring.com/" rel="nofollow">AIME</a>, <a href="http://careertrackers.com.au/" rel="nofollow">CareerTrackers</a> &amp; <a href="http://beaconfoundation.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Beacon</a>. As Atlassian continues to grow, we&#8217;ll continue to uphold our pledge to give back to our community and look for more ways to expand the impact of our philanthropic efforts.</p>
<p><strong>Come celebrate and learn more about this growing trend at our &#8220;Causium in Action&#8221; event</strong></p>
<p>We&#8217;re celebrating this milestone by hosting a joint event with Room to Read on <strong>Tuesday, May 14</strong> at our San Francisco office. The event will feature a panel discussion with Room to Read Founder John Wood, Atlassian&#8217;s vice president of corporate development Jose Morales and knowledge management program manager Jeremy Largman talking about the success of Atlassian&#8217;s unique model. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join!</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, March 27, Atlassian invited 250 customers, friends, fans, and partners from around the Bay Area to attend First Look. Atlassian Co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes took the stage and unveiled Confluence Blueprints – ready-made solutions to common business problems faced by teams of all shapes and sizes. Mike stressed that in today&#8217;s age, software development goes way beyond development teams. This was echoed by Jim O&#8217;Neill, CIO of HubSpot, who shared how his company used Confluence to scale from 10 to 500 employees while preserving a culture of innovation and togetherness. Chris Kohlhardt of Gliffy spoke about his company&#8217;s beginnings and the growth of the Atlassian ecosystem, as well as the potential that Blueprints provides for both customers and third-party developers. See what went down at First Look Join us for a live demonstration of Confluence Blueprints Want to learn how Confluence Blueprints teams can give your team a new and simpler way to create and share work? Join us for a live webinar on Tuesday May 28th at 8:30 AM (PST) where we&#8217;ll cover Confluence Blueprints top to bottom. Register Now In 60 short minutes we&#8217;ll show you and your team how to: - Hold effective meetings using the Meeting Notes Blueprint - Share files and documents in one place using the File Lists Blueprint - Define product requirements documents using the Product Requirements Blueprint - Make and record decisions using the new Decisions Blueprint - Customize Blueprints for your own business processes Registration is limited, so reserve your teams&#8217; spots today. Register Now]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday, March 27, Atlassian invited 250 customers, friends, fans, and partners from around the Bay Area to attend First Look. Atlassian Co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes took the stage and unveiled <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/whats-new" rel="nofollow">Confluence Blueprints</a> – ready-made solutions to common business problems faced by teams of all shapes and sizes.</p>
<p>Mike stressed that in today&#8217;s age, software development goes way beyond development teams. This was echoed by Jim O&#8217;Neill, CIO of <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/company/customers/case-studies/hubspot" rel="nofollow">HubSpot</a>, who shared how his company used Confluence to scale from 10 to 500 employees while preserving a culture of innovation and togetherness.</p>
<p>Chris Kohlhardt of <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.gliffy.integration.confluence">Gliffy</a> spoke about his company&#8217;s beginnings and the growth of the Atlassian ecosystem, as well as the potential that Blueprints provides for both customers and third-party developers.</p>
<h2 id="AtlassianConfluenceFirstLookEventRecap-SeewhatwentdownatFirstLook">See what went down at First Look</h2>
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<p>Want to learn how Confluence Blueprints teams can give your team a new and simpler way to create and share work? Join us for a <strong>live webinar on Tuesday May 28th at 8:30 AM (PST)</strong> where we&#8217;ll cover Confluence Blueprints top to bottom.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">In 60 short minutes we&#8217;ll show you and your team how to:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">- Hold effective meetings using the Meeting Notes Blueprint<br />
- Share files and documents in one place using the File Lists Blueprint<br />
- Define product requirements documents using the Product Requirements Blueprint<br />
- Make and record decisions using the new Decisions Blueprint<br />
- Customize Blueprints for your own business processes</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Registration is limited, so reserve your teams&#8217; spots today.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 20:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annelise Reynolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atlassian has been making a whistle-stop tour of North America, Europe and Australia these past few weeks. It’s been a fantastic opportunity to get out from behind our desks and meet the people that make Atlassian thrive. One of the highlights of our tour was teaming up with London Girl Geek Dinners to host a night of tech talk, beer, wine and munchies. Held at London’s Google Campus, the event followed on from our San Francisco Girl Geek event in November. The theme of the evening was remote working, inspired by Yahoo’s recent decision to revoke the right of staff to work from home full-time. Watch highlights of the evening: Atlassian&#8217;s own Director of Corporate Communications Catherine Norman and Judith Lewis of London Girl Geek Dinners hosted the evening. Astrid Byro, remote worker extraordinaire, was the guest of honor and main speaker. Managing IT projects and teams from the mountains of the Himalayas using JIRA on a Kindle Fire, Astrid was the perfect speaker for our controversial subject of teleworking. Flexibility is the new black Attendees took a great interest in Astrid’s tales of working from horse trails and cliff edges, and bombarded her with questions about connectivity, software, batteries, data files and management skills. Astrid’s talk was followed by a lively debate on remote working with members of the audience who expressed their views and experiences of the practice in the tech industry. Not surprisingly, most women felt that too many firms have old fashioned, outdated approaches to the concept of remote working, and that more flexibility should be given to workers. The audience agreed that most issues with flexible work arrangements can be overcome with a little trust and communication. For more extreme instances of remote working (such as Astrid&#8217;s scaling the Himalayas), Astrid offered the following tips and tricks: Find the right power/weight of equipment ratio. Check out power bars &#8211; many people aren&#8217;t aware of them and they are massively useful for remote working (and daily life). Use li-on batteries carefully and alternate them with spares. Use a device with a built-in cellular connection rather than tethering a mobile or using MiFi &#8211; the latter two burn batteries and may not work across different devices. Avoid unforeseen complications by testing your gear on outings before you need it for work. We also made sure that no geek left empty-handed, dishing out a plentiful supply of our rockin’ Girl Geek t-shirts to all in attendance. Thank you, London. We hope to see you on our next trip. And if you can’t make it, just connect remotely. Even if you are halfway up a mountain, you no longer have an excuse!]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Atlassian has been making a whistle-stop tour of North America, Europe and Australia these past few weeks. It’s been a fantastic opportunity to get out from behind our desks and meet the people that make Atlassian thrive.</p>
<p>One of the highlights of our tour was teaming up with <a href="http://london.girlgeekdinners.com/" target="_blank">London Girl Geek Dinners</a> to host a night of tech talk, beer, wine and munchies. Held at London’s Google Campus, the event followed on from our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlYjuvTt9mM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">San Francisco Girl Geek event in November</a>. The theme of the evening was remote working, inspired by <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20130222/physically-together-heres-the-internal-yahoo-no-work-from-home-memo-which-extends-beyond-remote-workers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Yahoo’s recent decision to revoke the right of staff to work from home full-time</a>.</p>
<p><em>Watch highlights of the evening:</em></p>
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<p>Atlassian&#8217;s own Director of Corporate Communications Catherine Norman and Judith Lewis of London Girl Geek Dinners hosted the evening. Astrid Byro, remote worker extraordinaire, was the guest of honor and main speaker. Managing IT projects and teams from the mountains of the Himalayas using JIRA on a Kindle Fire, Astrid was the perfect speaker for our controversial subject of teleworking.</p>
<h3 id="Atlassian's2013LondonGirlGeekeventblogpost-Flexibilityisthenewblack">Flexibility is the new black</h3>
<p>Attendees took a great interest in Astrid’s tales of working from horse trails and cliff edges, and bombarded her with questions about connectivity, software, batteries, data files and management skills. Astrid’s talk was followed by a lively debate on remote working with members of the audience who expressed their views and experiences of the practice in the tech industry. Not surprisingly, most women felt that too many firms have old fashioned, outdated approaches to the concept of remote working, and that more flexibility should be given to workers. The audience agreed that most issues with flexible work arrangements can be overcome with a little trust and communication.</p>
<p>For more extreme instances of remote working (such as Astrid&#8217;s scaling the Himalayas), Astrid offered the following tips and tricks:</p>
<ul>
<li>Find the right power/weight of equipment ratio.</li>
<li>Check out power bars &#8211; many people aren&#8217;t aware of them and they are massively useful for remote working (and daily life).</li>
<li>Use li-on batteries carefully and alternate them with spares.</li>
<li>Use a device with a built-in cellular connection rather than tethering a mobile or using MiFi &#8211; the latter two burn batteries and may not work across different devices.</li>
<li>Avoid unforeseen complications by testing your gear on outings <em>before</em> you need it for work.</li>
</ul>
<p>We also made sure that no geek left empty-handed, dishing out a plentiful supply of our rockin’ Girl Geek t-shirts to all in attendance.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25254" alt="LondonGGDTwitterphoto" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/LondonGGDTwitterphoto-296x300.png" width="296" height="300" /></p>
<p>Thank you, London. We hope to see you on our next trip. And if you can’t make it, just connect remotely. Even if you are halfway up a mountain, you no longer have an excuse!</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are all sorts of hidden features that you can impress your team with in HipChat. Learn these 5 tips and tricks and you’ll be showering in your coworkers’ admiration in no time.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever been the the first person on your team to introduce an emoticon to your office-mates? What a great experience that is. Everybody gets excited and praises your discovery. How progressive of you! How avant-garde! How hip!</p>
<p>If you haven’t had this experience, don’t fret. There are all sorts of hidden features that you can impress your team with. In this post, I’ll share some tips and tricks, and you’ll be showering in your coworkers’ admiration in no time.</p>
<h3><strong>1. Auto-hide .gif files</strong></h3>
<p>Let’s face it. Animated gifs is one of the best things about the internet. And <a href="https://www.hipchat.com/">HipChat</a> is great at sharing them. But when everybody is posting their favorite gif, your computer can slow down and then nobody is having fun. So we’ve added an option to auto-hide gifs. Simply go to HipChat’s preferences and check the box to auto-hide .gif files.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/10804/61803/dry2lp711jj461j/autohide.png" width="582" height="356" /></p>
<h3><strong>2. Slash commands</strong></h3>
<p>We’ve <a href="http://blog.hipchat.com/2011/01/20/hiptip-slash-commands/" rel="nofollow">blogged about these before</a>, but we’ve added a couple more since the last time we wrote about them. Here are all of HipChat’s slash commands. Each of them takes the form “/&lt;command&gt; &lt;argument&gt;”<strong>/join &lt;room name&gt; </strong>- This will let you into any pre-existing room, but since HipChat rooms have fairly loose naming conventions (we allow things like spaces and non-alphanumeric characters), we generally suggest using the ctrl-t shortcut instead. Still, if you just can’t give up your IRC-style navigation, it can be helpful.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>/part </strong>- Leave the room you’re currently in.</li>
<li><strong>/available | /back | /here &lt;msg&gt; </strong>- Shortcut for setting your status to available (green bubble). The &lt;msg&gt; part is optional.</li>
<li><strong>/away &lt;msg&gt; – </strong>Set your status to away (yellow bubble). In appearance, this is the same as going idle, except it doesn’t automatically return your status to ‘available’ when you come back.</li>
<li><strong>/dnd &lt;msg&gt; </strong>- Set status to do not disturb (red bubble)</li>
<li><strong>/topic &lt;msg&gt; </strong>- Set the topic for the current room (just like if you hit ctrl-t or double clicked on the topic bar and typed something in)</li>
<li><strong>/code &lt;msg&gt;</strong> - Displays the message with <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/10804/61803/011zrvy7zwd54lt/Screen%20Shot%202013-04-08%20at%2011.09.10%20AM.png">code syntax highlighting</a> (language is autodetected). <em>Not yet available in all apps.</em></li>
<li><strong>/quote &lt;msg&gt;</strong> - Displays the message formatted with a monospace font, regardless of length or number of newlines in the message</li>
<li><strong>/me | /em &lt;msg&gt;</strong> - The “emote” command. This will let you display a line of grey text with your name at the beginning, similar to the style room join and leave messages. For example, if I typed “/me is happy.” it would show “Jeff Park is happy.” in the chat.</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>3. s/…/…</strong></h3>
<p>Everyone makes mistakes, but it doesn’t mean that you have to let anyone know about them. HipChat comes with a substitution command that will fix any spelling mistakes that you make in your last sent message. But you’ll have to be quick. You only have one minute before you’ll no longer be able to correct your mistake.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/10804/61803/41tz98voflk2bqn/substitution.gif" width="366" height="76" /></p>
<h3><strong>4. Web colors</strong></h3>
<p>For all of you designers out there, you can show pantone colors right in HipChat. Simply type in #&lt;color hex&gt;, and HipChat will render the color into your chat!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/10804/61803/2e5149j1brkohjw/pantone.png" width="166" height="27" /></p>
<h3><strong>5. New emoticons</strong></h3>
<p>These pro tips are all about providing functionality to help you save time and work more efficiently. Because really, ain’t nobody got time for that. In that spirit, we are making <img alt="timefodat" src="https://dujrsrsgsd3nh.cloudfront.net/img/emoticons/timeforthat-1366733895.gif" /> <strong>(timeforthat)</strong> a global emoticon! Heck, we’ll even throw in <img alt="grumpycat" src="https://dujrsrsgsd3nh.cloudfront.net/img/emoticons/10804/grumpycat-1363019222.png" /><strong>(grumpycat)</strong> as well! Who’ll be the first to show it to their team?</p>
<p>Hope you find these tips useful. These are only a handful of tricks that HipChat’s got up its sleeve.  Let us know what your favorite tips/tricks in HipChat are in the comments below!</p>
<h2>New to HipChat?</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.hipchat.com/">HipChat</a> is a hosted private chat service for your company or team with persistent chat rooms, drag-and-drop file sharing, and apps for the desktop, mobile and web.</p>
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		<title>Skiblz Cam for JIRA: Codegeist’s $10K March Prize Winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in February, we launched the latest edition of Atlassian&#8217;s add-on development competition, Codegeist. We invited developers everywhere to build add-ons for JIRA, Confluence, Stash, and our developer tools, with the promise of $65,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to sell their add-on commercially on the Atlassian Marketplace. Last month, we announced Content Scheduler for Confluence as our February winner, which brings us to March&#8230; Skiblz Cam, our March winner! We&#8217;re pleased to announce that Skiblz Cam, a Google Chrome browser extension and plugin for JIRA, is the winner of the $10,000 add-on of the month prize for March! Skiblz Labs created Skiblz Cam to help developers and QA teams spend less time filing bugs during testing. How? By creating a Google Chrome extension that allows users to record a short video of their open browser tab as a GIF file and create a JIRA issue with the video attached, all without having to switch back to JIRA. Using GIFs instead of another video format keeps file sizes small and means users do not need additional plugins to view files. The video files are saved directly into the JIRA database itself, so data can stay completely behind your organization&#8217;s firewall. Finally, the browser extension is all-HTML, meaning that you get the power of short videos to describe bugs without the slowness and security vulnerabilities of Java or Flash. You can also attach GIFs to existing JIRA issues. Runner Up: Password Policy for Confluence Our March runner up is Password Policy for Confluence by InTENSO. Password Policy helps Confluence administrators ensure greater security for their Confluence isntances by allowing them to set security constraints when users create passwords. For example, administrators can enforce rules for minimum and maximum length, requirements for numbers, capitals, or special characters, and mandate that passwords be changed at regular intervals. Join me in congratulating Skiblz Cam, Password Policy, and the other 19 fantastic entries we received for Codegeist during the month of March. We&#8217;ll be awarding a $10,000 prize for Skbilz Cam, and they&#8217;ll be eligible to receive the $15,000 &#8220;Best Overall Add-on Prize&#8221; in June. Don&#8217;t forget about the Atlassian Marketplace We&#8217;ve seen some fantastic entries for Codegeist so far, but there&#8217;s still plenty of time! Add-ons submitted by midnight PST will be eligible for the $10,000 April prize, but if that&#8217;s not enough time, we will be awarding a prize in May too. That&#8217;s plenty of time to development the next amazing add-on for JIRA, Confluence, or one of our developer tools. Stay tuned! Start building your Codegeist add-on today. Get Started]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back in February, we launched the latest edition of Atlassian&#8217;s add-on development competition, <a href="http://codegeist.atlassian.com/" rel="nofollow">Codegeist</a>. We invited developers everywhere to build add-ons for JIRA, Confluence, Stash, and our developer tools, with the promise of $65,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to sell their add-on commercially on the <a href="http://marketplace.atlassian.com/" rel="nofollow">Atlassian Marketplace</a>.</p>
<p>Last month, we announced <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ch.bitvoodoo.confluence.plugins.contentscheduler" rel="nofollow">Content Scheduler</a> for Confluence as our February winner, which brings us to March&#8230;</p>
<h2 id="SkiblzCamforJIRA:Codegeist's$10KMarchPrizeWinner-SkiblzCam,ourMarchwinner!">Skiblz Cam, our March winner!</h2>
<p><a href="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/b0e08d32-041d-40c4-9caf-f93edc1137bf-1.png" rel="lightbox[25141]" title="Skiblz Cam for JIRA: Codegeist's $10K March Prize Winner"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-25142" alt="Skiblz Cam screenshot 1" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/b0e08d32-041d-40c4-9caf-f93edc1137bf-1-128x300.png" width="128" height="300" /></a>We&#8217;re pleased to announce that <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.skiblz.skiblzcam" rel="nofollow">Skiblz Cam</a>, a Google Chrome browser extension and plugin for JIRA, is the winner of the $10,000 add-on of the month prize for March!</p>
<p>Skiblz Labs created Skiblz Cam to help developers and QA teams spend less time filing bugs during testing. How? By creating a Google Chrome extension that allows users to record a short video of their open browser tab as a GIF file and create a JIRA issue with the video attached, all without having to switch back to JIRA. Using GIFs instead of another video format keeps file sizes small and means users do not need additional plugins to view files. The video files are saved directly into the JIRA database itself, so data can stay completely behind your organization&#8217;s firewall. Finally, the browser extension is all-HTML, meaning that you get the power of short videos to describe bugs without the slowness and security vulnerabilities of Java or Flash.</p>
<p>You can also attach GIFs to existing JIRA issues.</p>
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<h2 id="SkiblzCamforJIRA:Codegeist's$10KMarchPrizeWinner-RunnerUp:PasswordPolicyforConfluence">Runner Up: Password Policy for Confluence</h2>
<p>Our March runner up is <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.intenso.jira.plugins.password-policy" rel="nofollow">Password Policy for Confluence</a> by InTENSO. Password Policy helps Confluence administrators ensure greater security for their Confluence isntances by allowing them to set security constraints when users create passwords. For example, administrators can enforce rules for minimum and maximum length, requirements for numbers, capitals, or special characters, and mandate that passwords be changed at regular intervals.</p>
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<p>Join me in congratulating <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.skiblz.skiblzcam" rel="nofollow">Skiblz Cam</a>, <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.intenso.jira.plugins.password-policy" rel="nofollow">Password Policy</a>, and the <a href="http://marketplace.atlassian.com/codegeist" rel="nofollow">other 19 fantastic entries we received for Codegeist during the month of March</a>. We&#8217;ll be awarding a $10,000 prize for <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ch.bitvoodoo.confluence.plugins.contentscheduler" rel="nofollow">S</a><a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.skiblz.skiblzcam" rel="nofollow">kbilz Cam</a><a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ch.bitvoodoo.confluence.plugins.contentscheduler" rel="nofollow">, and they&#8217;ll be eligible to receive the $15,000 &#8220;Best Overall Add-on Prize&#8221; in June.</a></p>
<h3 id="SkiblzCamforJIRA:Codegeist's$10KMarchPrizeWinner-Don'tforgetabouttheAtlassianMarketplace">Don&#8217;t forget about the <a href="http://marketplace.atlassian.com">Atlassian Marketplace</a></h3>
<p>We&#8217;ve seen some fantastic entries for Codegeist so far, but there&#8217;s still plenty of time! Add-ons submitted by midnight PST will be eligible for the $10,000 April prize, but if that&#8217;s not enough time, we will be awarding a prize in May too. That&#8217;s plenty of time to development the next amazing add-on for JIRA, Confluence, or one of our developer tools. Stay tuned!</p>
<p>Start building your <a href="http://codegeist.atlassian.com/" rel="nofollow">Codegeist</a> add-on today.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Nick Wade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 that business software marketplaces could create the kinds of career opportunities for independent developers and small businesses that the Apple App Store had achieved. We were right. Independent developers who are building add-ons for B2B applications are now looking at a rosier and more prosperous future. The dilemma for most Computer Science graduates is no longer whether or not to choose a career as an independent developer, but rather which platform to build for. Which one is likely to give developers the biggest returns? And what type of add-ons should they be developing? Develop for business needs Success in any marketplace is no accident. Winning add-ons in the Atlassian Marketplace clearly target a specific market segment and effectively address a business need. Business add-ons cannot rely on Angry Birds-style viral growth. Instead, they must neatly extend the reach and impact of Atlassian products to take advantage of our 24,000-customer user base. Successful add-ons add key functionality to the base product. In our case, the base product is either JIRA, an issues management software, or Confluence, team collaboration software. Great add-on examples include software project management tools for time tracking (Tempo) or test case management (Zephyr); or wiki styling (Zen Foundation), document transforms (Scroll Office) and simple team planning (Ad Hoc Canvas). All the developers of these add-ons understand their problem domain intimately and craft a  product that solves their customers’ problems by extending JIRA or Confluence. And these developers are small; our top-grossing add-on, Tempo, is crafted by a team of 12 people. Our second top-grossing vendor is a single individual. The key is that they all see their chosen path as a career and as a business. Avoid the consumer trap Along the path to B2B success lie many temptations. The well-documented success of Draw Something and Angry Birds can lure many developers towards consumer apps stores. The harsh reality is that only a small number of developers build successful businesses at the big consumer app stores. It&#8217;s extremely difficult to cross the chasm into the territory of top 10 apps: just 25 companies capture half of all App Store revenue. For a small company or an independent developer, traction in consumer app stores is harder to achieve than ever before. Enterprise marketplaces, however, offer certainty and predictable growth. Examples of other good B2B market places include AppExchange from Salesforce and Microsoft&#8217;s Office.com app store. Communities of existing enterprise customers have long-term plans and needs, with customers who are deeply engaged, in contrast to the fickle needs of consumers flitting to the latest game. They also have licensing, marketing, contracts, and renewals tools to [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>This post was initially published as an article in <a href="http://www.netmagazine.com/opinions/future-bright-independent-b2b-developers">.net magazine</a>.</p></blockquote>
<p>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.</p>
<p>When we launched the <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/">Atlassian Marketplace</a> we bet that business software marketplaces could create the kinds of career opportunities for independent developers and small businesses that the Apple App Store had achieved.</p>
<p>We were right. Independent developers who are building add-ons for B2B applications are now looking at a rosier and more prosperous future. The dilemma for most Computer Science graduates is no longer whether or not to choose a career as an independent developer, but rather which platform to build for. Which one is likely to give developers the biggest returns? And what type of add-ons should they be developing?</p>
<h2>Develop for business needs</h2>
<p>Success in any marketplace is no accident. Winning add-ons in the Atlassian Marketplace clearly target a specific market segment and effectively address a business need.</p>
<p>Business add-ons cannot rely on Angry Birds-style viral growth. Instead, they must neatly extend the reach and impact of Atlassian products to take advantage of our 24,000-customer user base.</p>
<p>Successful add-ons add key functionality to the base product. In our case, the base product is either JIRA, an issues management software, or Confluence, team collaboration software. Great add-on examples include software project management tools for time tracking (<a href="http://atlassian.com/marketplace/time-tracking-software-for-jira?utm_source=netmagazine&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=b2bdeveloper">Tempo</a>) or test case management (<a href="http://atlassian.com/marketplace/test-case-management-tools-for-jira?utm_source=netmagazine&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=b2bdeveloper">Zephyr</a>); or wiki styling (<a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.zenfoundation?utm_source=netmagazine&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=b2bdeveloper">Zen Foundation</a>), document transforms (<a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-office?utm_source=netmagazine&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=b2bdeveloper">Scroll Office</a>) and simple team planning (<a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.adhoccanvas?utm_source=netmagazine&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=b2bdeveloper">Ad Hoc Canvas</a>).</p>
<p>All the developers of these add-ons understand their problem domain intimately and craft a  product that solves their customers’ problems by extending JIRA or Confluence. And these developers are small; our top-grossing add-on, <a href="http://atlassian.com/marketplace/time-tracking-software-for-jira?utm_source=netmagazine&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=b2bdeveloper">Tempo</a>, is crafted by a team of 12 people. Our second top-grossing vendor is a single individual. The key is that they all see their chosen path as a career and as a business.</p>
<h2>Avoid the consumer trap</h2>
<p>Along the path to B2B success lie many temptations. The well-documented success of Draw Something and Angry Birds can lure many developers towards consumer apps stores.</p>
<p>The harsh reality is that only a small number of developers build successful businesses at the big consumer app stores. It&#8217;s extremely difficult to cross the chasm into the territory of top 10 apps: just 25 companies <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/04/top_25_app_devs_earn_half_of_revenue/">capture half of all App Store revenue</a>. For a small company or an independent developer, traction in consumer app stores is harder to achieve than ever before.</p>
<p>Enterprise marketplaces, however, offer certainty and predictable growth. Examples of other good B2B market places include AppExchange from Salesforce and Microsoft&#8217;s Office.com app store.</p>
<p>Communities of existing enterprise customers have long-term plans and needs, with customers who are deeply engaged, in contrast to the fickle needs of consumers flitting to the latest game. They also have licensing, marketing, contracts, and renewals tools to simplify business administration.</p>
<h2>Live it large</h2>
<p>Every time we approve a new add-on on the Atlassian Marketplace our team celebrates the success of helping launch the start of someone else’s business. We launched Atlassian Marketplace with 59 add-ons available. A couple of months later we approved our 100th add-on. It came from <a href="https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/90">Bob Swift</a>, an independent developer who previously had not considered commercialising his add-ons.</p>
<p>Since launching his business in July 2012, Bob&#8217;s add-on sales grew beyond his wildest expectations. He quit his day job to focus on his apps full time, and now works from a comfortable home office beside his dog.</p>
<p>Another independent developer in the Czech Republic launched his sole add-on in June 2012 and has since paid off much of his mortgage; a life-changing move on four hours of sideline work weekly.</p>
<p>These success stories are the reason many are developing for B2B marketplaces. We are finding that more developers are thinking less about Angry Birds and more about how to follow Swift’s flight path to success.</p>
<blockquote><p><i>We&#8217;re currently running an </i><a href="http://codegeist.atlassian.com/"><i>app-building competition</i></a><i> for developers — Codegeist — that has a total prize fund of $65,000 and is a great place for developers to start.</i></p></blockquote>
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		<dc:creator>Dan Radigan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOTO Chicago 2013 It was great to be one of the sponsors at the GOTO Chicago 2013 conference from Tuesday April, 23 &#8211; 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, we’ve got the expert for the job. Technology, Innovation, and Fun We enjoyed two full days of technology, innovation, and fun with some amazingly bright minds.  We heard from Dan North sharing on how we tend to cling to structure.  He challenged us how to thrive in an uncertain world.  Mike Lee talked candidly about how innovation happens at the intersection of creativity and commerce. His take is that innovation, the hard core engineering, commands sacrifice.  Mike encourages developers to seek feedback from peers as well as end users on making their application better. We also heard from Atlassian&#8217;s own Tim Pettersen.  Tim, originally based in Sydney, was one of the developers on the Stash team.  He now joins us in San Francisco as a developer advocate.   Stash is Atlassian&#8217;s on-premise, enterprise grade Git solution.  He shared with all of us how to use Git as a platform.  He used examples from tracking configuration changes in a Wi-Fi router to seeing change history in the German legislature.  Tim of course hosts his slides in Git! New to Git? For those of you who are new to Git, Atlassian has two Git solutions: Stash and Bitbucket.  Stash is enterprise Git for an on premise solution.  Bitbucket is all of the goodness of Git hosted in the cloud. Want to learn more about Git? Check out our Git center on the web. Git Tutorials and Training]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>GOTO Chicago 2013</h2>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-25131 alignright" alt="Screen Shot 2013-04-24 at 5.41.30 PM" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-5.41.30-PM.png" width="276" height="144" />It was great to be one of the sponsors at the <a href="http://gotocon.com/chicago-2013/" target="_blank">GOTO Chicago 2013</a> conference from Tuesday April, 23 &#8211; Wednesday, April 24th  It was awesome meeting a number of JIRA, Confluence, and Dev Tools customers  at the conference.  <a href="http://www.herzum.com/">Herzum Consulting</a>, 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, we’ve got the expert for the job.</p>
<h3>Technology, Innovation, and Fun</h3>
<p>We enjoyed two full days of technology, innovation, and fun with some amazingly bright minds.  We heard from <a href="http://www.dannorth.com/" target="_blank">Dan North</a> sharing on how we tend to cling to structure.  He challenged us how to thrive in an uncertain world.  <a href="http://gotocon.com/chicago-2013/speaker/Mike+Lee" target="_blank">Mike Lee</a> talked candidly about how innovation happens at the intersection of creativity and commerce. His take is that innovation, the hard core engineering, commands sacrifice.  Mike encourages developers to seek feedback from peers as well as end users on making their application better.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" alt="Tim-Pettersen" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Tim-Pettersen.png" width="120" height="160" />We also heard from Atlassian&#8217;s own <a href="http://gotocon.com/chicago-2013/speaker/Tim+Pettersen" target="_blank">Tim Pettersen</a>.  Tim, originally based in Sydney, was one of the developers on the Stash team.  He now joins us in San Francisco as a developer advocate.   Stash is Atlassian&#8217;s on-premise, enterprise grade Git solution.  He shared with all of us how to use Git as a platform.  He used examples from tracking configuration changes in a Wi-Fi router to seeing change history in the German legislature.  Tim of course <a href="http://tpettersen.bitbucket.org/talk/git-as-a-platform" target="_blank">hosts his slides</a> in Git!</p>
<h3>New to Git?</h3>
<p>For those of you who are new to Git, Atlassian has two Git solutions: Stash and Bitbucket.  Stash is enterprise Git for an on premise solution.  Bitbucket is all of the goodness of Git hosted in the cloud.</p>
<p>Want to learn more about Git? Check out our Git center on the web.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Radigan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 as being out by the water.   In each city we met great people who continue to excite us in how they use our platform to innovate.  We spoke with a number of groups such as: Virgin Media, London Stock Exchange, Novo Nordisk, Morningstar, and Scotia Bank. Ken Olofsen (Toronto) and Daniel Freeman (London) shared a behind-the-scenes look at how the JIRA team builds great software with details on our product management, design, development, and quality assistance teams.   Special thanks to our Atlassian Expert partners who joined us: Toronto: Appfire, Blended Perspective , TechSolCom London: Adaptavist, Sourcesense, Valiantys If you need a plugin built, a deployment tuned, help with setup and config, or coaching on going agile, we’ve got the expert for the job. Special thanks to the teams at Proud Camden in London and Brassaii in Toronto.  If you won’t be at any of our other RoadTrip stops, don’t fret: Follow Charlie on Twitter (@atlassian) and tweet a comment with #AtlassianRoadTrip for a chance to win some Atlassian swag!]]></description>
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<p>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&#8217;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 as being out by the water.   In each city we met great people who continue to excite us in how they use our platform to innovate.  We spoke with a number of groups such as: Virgin Media, London Stock Exchange, Novo Nordisk, Morningstar, and Scotia Bank.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-25091" alt="tor-london-overview" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/tor-london-overview-600x262.png" width="600" height="262" /></p>
<p>Ken Olofsen (Toronto) and Daniel Freeman (London) shared a behind-the-scenes look at how the JIRA team builds great software with details on our product management, design, development, and quality assistance teams.   Special thanks to our Atlassian Expert partners who joined us:</p>
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<li><strong>Toronto</strong>: <a href="http://www.appfire.com/" target="_blank">Appfire</a>, <a href="http://www.blendedperspectives.com/" target="_blank">Blended Perspective</a> , <a href="http://www.techsolcom.ca/" target="_blank">TechSolCom</a></li>
<li><strong>London</strong>: <a href="http://www.adaptavist.com" target="_blank">Adaptavist</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcesense.com/technologies/atlassian/" target="_blank">Sourcesense</a>, <a href="http://www.valiantys.com" target="_blank">Valiantys</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you need a plugin built, a deployment tuned, help with setup and config, or coaching on going agile, we’ve got the expert for the job.</p>
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Special thanks to the teams at <a href="http://proudcamden.com/" target="_blank">Proud Camden</a> in London and <a href="http://www.brassaii.com/" target="_blank">Brassaii</a> in Toronto.  If you won’t be at any of our other RoadTrip stops, don’t fret: Follow Charlie on Twitter (@atlassian) and tweet a comment with #AtlassianRoadTrip for a chance to win some Atlassian swag!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Answers has a brand new look! If you&#8217;ve been wondering how strong a community Atlassian has, there&#8217;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 &#8211; almost to the day &#8211; and it&#8217;s been growing ever since. Answers now has almost 40,000 questions, 55,000 answers and over 30,000 registered users. Today, we&#8217;re thrilled to launch a new look and a bunch of new functionality for Answers. You&#8217;ll notice the familiar look: our header is the same design as Atlassian products, and you&#8217;ll recognize the fonts and coloring from the Atlassian website and other Atlassian sites. But this isn&#8217;t just a redesign &#8211; we&#8217;ve also added a bunch of new functionality. We kept the basics of what Answers is about &#8211; quick access to question content and an easy way to ask questions, and added some of the things that have been missing since we launched two years ago. Get Answers on the Go We&#8217;re introducing a mobile site! The mobile site brings all te basic Q &#38; A functionality to your smart phone or tablet. Get rid of all the extra noise, just get straight to asking and answering on the go. Just size down your browser to check it out. The mobile site has the features you&#8217;re expecting: an expanded menu to browse around the site without having to resize the screen to see tiny links, and wrapped content to read without scrolling. Sorting and Filtering Notice the new sorting and filtering from the home page. In the previous design we ran out of space for tabs and had to hide some of the functionality that we now expose. Now with the new home page, you can filter and sort with a bunch of new options. Are you an agilista? Follow the greenhopper tag and filter the home page to show only questions for &#8216;tags you follow&#8217;. Ready to answer something? Filter by &#8216;unanswered&#8217; questions. Ready to up your karma? Sort by &#8216;bounties&#8217; to see the highest rewarded questions.  New Look, New Swag We&#8217;ve been offering swag with the site since the beginning, but now we&#8217;re taking the manual process our of getting what you&#8217;ve earned. You still earn a t-shirt at 1500 and a backpack at 5000 karma, but now you can now claim your swag automatically instead of waiting for us to collect your address and send you your swag. On top of that, we&#8217;ve got brand new designs for the t-shirt and backpack. New logo, new design, new swag. But it&#8217;s not just automation and new designs &#8211; we&#8217;re also introducing a new item. At 10,000 karma, the select few will receive the coveted new Atlassian Answers jacket! Just head over to the Swag page to claim your codes for the new swag! Product-specific Badges Sure &#8211; everyone wants the Necromancer badge, but what about becoming a JIRA guru? Now you can earn a set of Atlassian-specific badges, to [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Answers has a brand new look!</strong></p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve been wondering how strong a community Atlassian has, there&#8217;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 &#8211; almost to the day &#8211; and it&#8217;s been growing ever since. Answers now has almost 40,000 questions, 55,000 answers and over 30,000 registered users.</p>
<p>Today, we&#8217;re thrilled to launch a new look and a bunch of new functionality for Answers. You&#8217;ll notice the familiar look: our header is the same design as Atlassian products, and you&#8217;ll recognize the fonts and coloring from the Atlassian website and other Atlassian sites.</p>
<p>But this isn&#8217;t just a redesign &#8211; we&#8217;ve also added a bunch of new functionality. We kept the basics of what Answers is about &#8211; quick access to question content and an easy way to ask questions, and added some of the things that have been missing since we launched two years ago.</p>
<p><strong style="font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px">Get Answers on the Go</strong></p>
<p>We&#8217;re introducing a mobile site!</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-25041 alignleft" style="margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px" alt="U2.QuestionList" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/U2.QuestionList-159x300.png" width="159" height="300" /></p>
<p>The mobile site brings all te basic Q &amp; A functionality to your smart phone or tablet. Get rid of all the extra noise, just get straight to asking and answering on the go. Just size down your browser to check it out.</p>
<p>The mobile site has the features you&#8217;re expecting: an expanded menu to browse around the site without having to resize the screen to see tiny links, and wrapped content to read without scrolling.</p>
<p><strong>Sorting and Filtering</strong></p>
<p>Notice the new sorting and filtering from the <a href="https://answers.atlassian.com">home page</a>. In the previous design we ran out of space for tabs and had to hide some of the functionality that we now expose. Now with the new home page, you can filter and sort with a bunch of new options.</p>
<p>Are you an agilista? Follow the greenhopper tag and filter the home page to show only questions for &#8216;tags you follow&#8217;. Ready to answer something? Filter by &#8216;unanswered&#8217; questions. Ready to up your karma? Sort by &#8216;bounties&#8217; to see the highest rewarded questions.</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-25042 alignright" style="margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px" alt="jacket" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/jacket.jpg" width="196" height="178" /> <strong>New Look, New Swag</strong></p>
<p>We&#8217;ve been offering swag with the site since the beginning, but now we&#8217;re taking the manual process our of getting what you&#8217;ve earned. You still earn a t-shirt at 1500 and a backpack at 5000 karma, but now you can now claim your swag automatically instead of waiting for us to collect your address and send you your swag.</p>
<p>On top of that, we&#8217;ve got brand new designs for the t-shirt and backpack. New logo, new design, new swag.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s not just automation and new designs &#8211; we&#8217;re also introducing a new item. At 10,000 karma, the select few will receive the coveted new Atlassian Answers jacket!</p>
<p>Just head over to the <a href="https://answers.atlassian.com/swag/">Swag page</a> to claim your codes for the new swag!</p>
<p><img class="alignleft  wp-image-25044" style="margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px" alt="JIRAGuru" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/JIRAGuru-300x300.png" width="168" height="168" /></p>
<p><strong>Product-specific Badges</strong></p>
<p>Sure &#8211; everyone wants the <a href="https://answers.atlassian.com/badges/30/necromancer">Necromancer</a> badge, but what about becoming a <a href="https://answers.atlassian.com/badges/37/jira-guru">JIRA guru</a>? Now you can earn a set of Atlassian-specific badges, to show off which products you&#8217;ve got expertise in.</p>
<p>Ready to master a new product? You can get a beginner badge with just 5 answers (assuming they&#8217;ve been marked as the best answer by the questioner), and get all the way to expert with 100 best answers.</p>
<p><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px" alt="Ask a question - Atlassian Answers" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Ask-a-question-Atlassian-Answers.png" width="248" height="96" /></p>
<p><strong>Tagging</strong></p>
<p>Answers categorizes all the content on the site with tag metadata. It&#8217;s important that content get labeled correctly so it gets to the right eyeballs. With that in mind, we&#8217;ve given the tagging a bit of an overhaul around the site.</p>
<p>The Ask a Question page now has a better tag selection wizard to help users categorize their questions with the right tags. Similarly, we&#8217;ve got a smart tag configuration so people ready to answer can watch the right tags. Head over to the <a href="https://answers.atlassian.com/tags/">tags page</a> and the <a href="https://answers.atlassian.com/ask/">ask page</a> to see.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-25047" style="margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px" alt="AAC_comment" src="http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/AAC_comment1-300x103.png" width="300" height="103" />Better Question Page</strong></p>
<p>The main page on the site &#8211; by far the most visited &#8211; is the question page itself. Since its inception, new users on Answers have been confused about the difference between in-line commenting and answering a question. We&#8217;ve now got a much more intuitive UI that makes this a bit easier to pick the right one.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve also added a &#8216;help us improve&#8217; sidebar that we&#8217;ll monitor as we continue to build and iterate on the site.</p>
<p><strong>Advanced Search</strong></p>
<p>We&#8217;ve also improved search. From the search bar in the header, click the gear shift to see the advanced search items. You can search by tag, user, or date to find content you once saw or need to hunt down.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px">As always, please let us know how we can improve. We keep track in the </span><a style="font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px" href="https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/ANSWERS">Answers project in JIRA</a><span style="font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px">.</span></p>
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