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Matt Hodges

Aussie in SF. Avid skiier. Beer lover. Wannabe chef. Collaboration. Marketing. Confluence. HipChat. Atlassian.

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Which Atlassian has the MO with the MOst?

The time has come. November MOvember is over. What a journey it’s been. Some have already removed their character defining mo’s, while others, like John Sloat, have decided to keep them in preparation for next year. Now, we ask you to decide who has the MO with the MOst and which MO deserves the ‘Thanks for coming in today’ award.

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Task Management, Mockups and Diagrams – All in the Wiki

The Confluence Sandbox has been around for a couple of months now. It’s a place where you can get your hands dirty with all the features that Confluence has on offer. Also installed are three of the best commercial Confluence plugins around. Check out what they let you do in the wiki. Using Confluence as a […]

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Movember @ Atlassian: The time has come

We are days away from the end of Movember. Firstly, I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate Todd Revolt for winning the final Mo of the Week. Todd was the crowd favourite, snapping up 32% of the vote. He was closely followed by Charles with his new copycat horseshoe look. Later this week we’ll […]

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Movember @ Atlassian: The Home Stretch – Cast your votes!

Only one more week to go and the competition for the 4 gongs that will be announced at the completion of Movember is really hotting up. To refresh your memory, you’ll be voting for: 1. The Sydney MO with the MOst – Awarded to the wearer of the most impressive mo in the Sydney office, […]

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Confluence 3.1 Beta 2 is where the wild things are

It’s with mucho excitement that we announce the availability of Confluence 3.1 Beta 2 for download. Please note that this Beta is for testing purposes only, and should NOT be installed on production systems. What’s all the fuss about? Beta 2 has all the features of Beta 1, and on top of that we have […]

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Gliffy is helping you make better decisions this Movember

If you haven’t used Gliffy before, you really are missing out! Gliffy make a slick plugin for Confluence. With Gliffy you can easily create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more on your Confluence pages. Best of all, there’s no need to have anything installed on your machine and you don’t even need […]

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Movember @ Atlassian: Oooo we're half way there, oooooo oh…

We’re halfway into Movember and the Mo Bro’s are making some serious progress. Although Sloat has resorted to taking headshots in black and white to increase contrast…and Revo is starting to look more and more like Ron Jeremy everyday. The Donation Situation “Movember is helping to support three vaccine research programs and move 12 new […]

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Movember @ Atlassian: Mo of the Week

16 Atlassian’s across three nations have been growing their Mo’s for the past week. Some have been more successful than others….it’s time to check out their progress and announce the Mo of the Week. But first, a couple of facts about the Mo: A moustache or Mo is hair grown on the upper lip by […]

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Atlassian is helping change the face of men's health

It’s November Movember and there’s a bunch of Atlassian Mo Bro’s that have started the month cleanly shaven with the intention of growing a Mo to help highlight men’s health issues – specifically prostate and testicular cancer. WTF is Movember? So, what’s this got to do with Confluence? Atlassian’s Mo Bro’s are using Confluence to […]

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Get Your Google Wave On in Confluence

Are you using Google Wave? Last week I stumbled upon a plugin for Confluence that let’s you embed your Waves on pages in Confluence. Unlike Wave invites, it doesn’t take a week to set-up :p It’s super simple to use and one of our rockstar tech writers, Sarah Maddox, has written this post to help […]

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From the Sales Desk – Remove Children List on a Parent Page

A couple of weeks ago, Bill blogged a solution to a question asked by a Confluence evaluator on the Sales Desk. While I was on the Sales Desk this week I was asked: Is there a way to remove the list of child pages from every page in a space? The answer is ‘yes’. It […]

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Hidden Feature: Bring 'Must Read' Content to the Dashboard

Do you get frustrated when you miss an important blog post on Confluence? You either miss seeing it on the Recently Updated list on the Dashboard, or you don’t get around to reading your RSS feeds. Well I know I do, so I thought I’d share a little secret with you and show how you […]

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In case you missed it: Designing for Adoption with Confluence

Last week, HeadShift, delivered an insightful webinar on the barriers of wiki adoption. HeadShift have worked with a number of clients on design requirements and helping them foster adoption of Confluence. Check out the recording of the webinar here.

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Hidden Feature: Add a banner to Confluence

Ever want to make an important announcement that only effects Confluence users but you don’t want to spam people with an email, or it’s not worthy of a blog post? I’ve got a simple solution for you, add a banner to Confluence! Global Announcements Hidden away in the Confluence Admin console is a configuration that […]

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Embed Videos in Confluence

There are a stack of awesome videos available on demand on Atlassian TV . Product overviews, customer interviews, plugin of the month webinars AND Confluence tutorials! Of course, your users can get familiar with Confluence by heading over to Atlassian TV and filtering the videos, but wouldn’t it be better if you could just embed […]