2011

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December

@jchyip very true, the Path UI is straight forward, no BS. Not sure if they got funding or not, perhaps Path want to go their own way?
Path has best first user experience on iPhone. Google+ leaves me at a screen with nothing of interest. Facebook... Meh. Path is the winner.
where are direct messages in the new twitter web interface and iphone client? stuck trying to find them. thanks for your help.
Brilliant feature of Meetups.com: they will build a calendar for Google Cal with all the meetups I am attending. Very convenient.
No sleep. Meh. Thinking about visa application all night, submitting in T minus 180 mins.
The mixologist at work, Te Local Taphouse, post 1st roro. Brilliant tech night out.
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@smithcdau what is the best intro resource (getting started guide) for ATTD? you have one of your presos handy on slideshare?

November

Fear social debt much more than technical debt, technical debt you can theoretically fix. Mike Lee at YOW Night Sydney.
@rioter I must know more! Buttons on the floors, an nothing in the elevator right? Algorithm picks up people on the way to their floor?
A few thoughts on Siri after three weeks of use: #comment-369683569" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">agevik.se/post/115387608…
Look at this fantastic Mo I have managed to Grow, now give me some Dough or it will be FOREVER on Show!
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"innovation is the fruit of creativity with labour put into it" - Bryan Rollins
Right now I am working through the visa application to get entry to the US. Okay, and now I am pulling my hair out!
@bentsai please keep me posted. There is a LinkedIn group for FedEx Days, perhaps start by having a few of those to get familiarity.
Nice car Maserati, shame the ad wallboard in this lobby has frozen.
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Okay @optus nearly 20 hours on, still no activation of the new SIM. Please provide a revised ETA (last ETA was 'in 5 mins' at 1130 Sat)?
Is it really possible to tweet by talking to Siri? Hmmm... Guess so. Cool.
Gosh it was hard for me to justify iPhone 4S purchase. Tried every trick in the book and got there in the end. Stupid consumer that I am.

October

Well that worked well, I have already hit my target for Grovember and I only shaved 8 hours ago! Please keep it coming: bit.ly/sAgkny
RT @bennaftzger: Tired of a zipped-up, high-collared corporate world? Opt for Atlassian FedEx Days, Unicorns and more: http://t.co/Ap5Ip ...
Big footy day today, four games in all. Got my pick with all except Scotland.
"the good news is there is no hail" - great news for those at the MCG, thanks Channel Ten!

September

@duhrer still trying to learn what the bad dough looks like. I'll keep at it. I reckon I'll try spelt next time, and find some new yeast.
I made beer bread one day and damper the next. Both awful. I'll stick to buying my bread fro Victorie for the time being.
@cpepe haha, no beers in the morning ain't a winner. Neither was the beer bread unfortunately - I'll tweak the recipe and try again tomorrow
Cracked open my first beer before 730am today. I'm making beer bread for lunch!
Pints at RedOak, missed DevOps meetup, listening to Braintax, bus towards food. Fingers crossed I get a decent feed.
RT @brainmates: brainmates is looking for an entrepreneurial & creative intern w/ excellent written skills to join us for up to 6 months ...

August

@lstoll Good query, that is one were working on at the moment! My fingers are crossed for an October release for a new quick create/edit.
A great reminder that Everyone Fails: http://j.mp/pabqnB Now, pick yourself up and get back out there, make it awesome. Have fun.
A brilliant Spaghetti Bolognese for lunch at No Names, just behind Stanley Street in Darlinghurst. Brilliant!
Thinking back to Agile Australia - an attendee at my talk was from Telstra in Melb and was interested in innovation. How could I find her?
Walking around the neighbourhood this morning I see lots of construction sites. I reckon the economy is doing okay. Forget the headlines!
#agile2011 wrapped up. I had my first visit to Walmart, expected more. Huge feed at Lucky 13. Then watched Salt Lake City Bees smash Omaha.
RT @ArtGalleryofNSW: Kids' responses to 'what does art mean to you?': "basically everything!", "not being afraid of what others think", ...
If you've bought Bonfire and are at #agile2011 swing by the booth to grab a Medium bonfire shirt. Quick, while they last!
I need a replacement for a Flip HD, what is the best option folks? The 2 Flips I brought to #agile2011 have given me nothing but grief!
Looking over sessions for #agile2011 this week. The weather in Salt Lake is brilliant, around 90* F ("shorts weather" for Aussies).

July

Hands up if you are an agile team in China. Sweet! So, are you coming to Agile China in Beijing in early September? http://bit.ly/mVuFLw
I’ll be at Agile2011 from August 8-12, hope to see you there. Tell me though, have you picked your sessions yet? #agile2011
Alongside TED I know tune in for the occasional Khan Academy. It's not just for kids! http://bit.ly/nAtgP0
Ready for Agile 2011 folks?! Get your program sorted out in advance: http://program2011.agilealliance.org/ Catch the @atlassian crew there.
Hands up who is heading to Agile China in September. Get the skinny here: http://www.agilechina.org.cn/AboutEn.aspx
Currently watching "Rule your roadmap" from @atlassian Summit 2011. I love the real world demo of a roadmap meeting! http://bit.ly/qenKpy
I put the slow cooker on this morning, big lump of beef in there with vegetables. Yum, looking forward to dinner tonight!
@mensoh Having the dictionary for people to use the same terms is a great idea, and it now lives on our backlog here: http://bit.ly/rkgXX6
@mensoh There is no way to bulk translate particular terms at present. Figuring out the correct form (masculine/neuter/etc) could be tricky.
If you are interested in seeing a video of the Rapid Board prior to installing check this out: http://bit.ly/juQeX7
I look forward to the upcoming @brainmates Product Talk - Turning Ideas into Business Cases. Hope to see you there! http://bit.ly/oqVgSn
@atlassian colleague JR on "It's the Culture, Stupid! How Atlassian maintains an open Information Culture." - http://bit.ly/pruCC8
RT @TimothyFitz: "Lean Startup" gives all the wrong connotations. I vote we change the name to "Learn Startup", because it's all about t ...
Who is heading to Agile 2011 in Salt Lake City? Ping me, I am keen to meetup and hear your GreenHopper stories.
Liz found my first grey hair, on the day her parents arrive to stay for a week. Correlation or causation folks?
Using Automator for OS X to bulk edit a tonne of images into B&W for the digital photo frame. Very easy, very quick, very cool.

June

HP Sprinter or Bonfire? You make the choice: HP Sprinter (http://bit.ly/jIWFY5) vs Atlassian Bonfire (http://bit.ly/kVK3iF). So, which one?
Cool! Atlassian Translations and I were mentioned in a Fast Company article: http://www.fastcompany.com/1760873/building-the-global-startup
YOW Developer Conference in Brisbane and Melbourne this December. Keep an eye out for tickets, they go on sale soon. Lineup taking shape.
Not having much luck eating out this week! Just watched three orders get stuffed up at Sakura on Pitt St. Is it me?
Atlassian Summit 2011 wrap up including my talk GreenHopper for DevOps: http://bit.ly/jt4Nng
Well this is embarrassing. #fedex17 fans will have to wait as I have run out of free space to import. Sorry folks, stay tuned for updates.
@atlassian FedEx 17 teaser, more to follow (incl presentations). Only 38 minutes until presentations begin... http://bit.ly/m3MW4D
Lawson! New pull requests and merging on Bitbucket: http://blog.bitbucket.org/2011/06/17/pull-request-revamp/
No mention of redefining the definition of done or aligning teams with customer value in these DevOps talks yet. I miss it? #agileaus
Back at @atlassian after a post-Summit / Queens Birthday long weekend. Plenty of cooking done on Sunday, the success was Anzac bikkies.
Listening to Erik from Dachis share their success with iterationless kanban, DevOps and customer development. Total win. #summit11
#summit11 introduces agile testing tool for web applications - Atlassian Bonfire. "awesome" he says, yeah it is pretty darn sweet!
Over in San Francisco at Atlassian #summit2011 this week. It is AWESOME. Just met about 20 new partners, these guys and girls are brilliant.
ESTA had expired, during the past week, close call! Boarding for SF soon. Phew!
@kollner Agreed. The Skype solution works well for the 'fly on the wall' view, but our Polycom (?) is used for planning/demos/retros.
@kollner Your teams are in the same timezone? We've used Skype to keep remote teams engaged and involved, difficult with TZ changes though.
Just realised my last three tweets have been about buying conference tickets. There is so much AWESOME stuff going on right now. Love it!
Folks don't forget to grab your tickets to YOW Night Sydney, it is going to be a PaaS showdown from the looks of it! http://bit.ly/iPgBbw

May

Sunday afternoon distraction! Discovery of Coupled Oscillation Put 17th-Century Scientist Ahead of his Time - http://bit.ly/kOHgWw
Sunday Breakfast - pumpkin scones with celery, spinach, bacon and garlic scrambled eggs http://post.ly/24rwP
I retract my earlier statement about the bus driver. He skipped traffic in the bus lane. Smashing success. Bravo bus driver!!!
Heck yeah! Let's try that for a change! Bus driver elects not to use bus lane, go towards western suburbs and get us stuck in traffic. W T F
Motorola ad 'are you ready to be summer proof?' ... Ah guys, check the weather report.
"Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam" is an awesome album for a Wednesday afternoon. @kelvinyap you need to get this album.
Listening to Gas Lamp Killer, watching Dev2Ops, reading about the Netflix Chaos Monkey : http://bit.ly/kHZwGJ Liz thinks I'm a geek, whaaa?!
Beware the Filter Bubble : http://bit.ly/iodi4q Any way to overcome this filter bubble? (i'm in your filter bubble if you're reading this)
RT @worldofchris: Kanban Board doesn't have to show *everything* 'Want a Coffee?' 'Sure, write a Jira ticket and add it to the Kanban bo ...
Can anyone confirm, does Subway use processed turkey instead of ham and salami when it calls it 'ham' and 'salami'?

April

Been on hold with @Internode for an hour now. I am a patient man. TPG caused the problem installing a neighbour but won't help! What the?!??
Folks, I am looking for a rock star to join our JIRA and GreenHopper support team. If you are that person or know someone point them my way!
You've registered for Agile 2011 right? See you in Salt Lake City! http://agile2011.agilealliance.org/
@atlassian products can be translated into Icelandic here: https://translations.atlassian.com/dashboard/translate?lang=is_IS Get involved!
I just added Icelandic to Atlassian Translations. Awesome to see the growth in the @atlassian crowdsourced translation community!
I am becoming a Google Docs Guru with all these forecasts! Loving the ability to pull info in from other forecasts without emailing XLS's.
RT @bitbucket: Subversion, Google Code, SourceForge and Mercurial importer: Did you ever wish it was easier to migrate your exi... http: ...
Success, and Farming vs. Mining by Wil Shipley : http://bit.ly/g4UMKS An interesting read to get the week started.
Very cool blog - Dubstep Chicks : http://dubstepchicks.blogspot.com/ 'Lucy spoils me terribly' is HEAVY, can you find it? Wicked.
$15k prize for the winner! The first entry in this years Codegeist competition: http://codegeist.atlassian.com/entry/162722 Get involved.

March

Just off the phone with Jill from Cove & Beaches Conveyancing, these guys are pros, always delightful: http://www.coveandbeaches.com.au/
Put this in the diary, YOW Night Sydney, April 19th, Dave Thomas : http://yownightsydneydave.eventbrite.com/ Get there!
Interesting way to sell tees : http://www.hipopotamstudio.pl/#/en/tshirts/
Bloody annoyed at the State Govt and their poor implementation of a good idea - Metro Busses. Here comes one now... If only.
Mighty impressed by the Google Art Project, very very cool : http://www.googleartproject.com/museums/freer/the-little-red-glove-67001
RT @samthebridge: Expected failures: what a well deserving winner of Atlassian FedEx. I might be drunk but I am in love with this company.
Release teething troubles with GreenHopper 5.5 notwithstanding, I am looking forward to some brilliant #fedex16 demos.
Someone bring Kilkenny, it is FedEx on St Pats at Atlassian. Oh, and we launched GreenHopper 5.5 as well, go upgrade now.
FedEx at @atlassian from midday today through tomorrow. I am bloody excited, going to be huge! Esp keen to see Bootcampers get involved.
Å useful review for Peopleware: http://amzn.to/fQpb6l "... where people can achieve important leaps towards solving complex problems"
I'm going to a Meetup with Product Mavens this Wed PM = http://meetu.ps/m9wJ
Clearly I am late to the party, but this looks to be an excellent blog. #devops - Code as Craft @etsy : http://codeascraft.etsy.com/about/

February

Smashing! I can't wait to see this film, going to be wicked (I heart Seth, too much?): http://bit.ly/hz2hyS
What a surprise, another new follower who is interested in beer! Sweet amber... http://bit.ly/i3HuIo
Be a speaker at Summit and grab a free ticket: http://bit.ly/e9S5lk (testing, agile experience report, kanban, devops, dvcs, saas wanted)
Thoroughly enjoyed http://www.gracias-madre.com/ in the Mission last night. Awesome organic, vegan mexican food. Magic! Cheers @mattnhodges
Convex Lens Leadership on TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/r_a_mashelkar_breakthrough_designs_for_ultra_low_cost_products.html

January

"what a way to start a summer vacation?" Disneyland Dream - http://www.archive.org/details/barstow_disneyland_dream_1956
@mtnygard any chance you will be in SF in June for Atlassian Summit? Keen to have you share your wisdom with the folks in attendance.
haha, brilliant, 2 seconds of YouTube fame in 'Atlassian goes Google': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCOyunMWfKw
"Think Local, Eat Organic, Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" - Smashing idea! What's wrong with our food system (TED) http://bit.ly/hwDB72
Are we really trying to rearrange Maslow's Hierarchy? Dan Phillips on TED: http://bit.ly/h6Gr0I
Watching the cricket and reading about why projects are evil: http://evan.bottch.com/2010/08/29/projects-are-evil-and-must-be-destroyed/
Great chat this morning with (http://agileproductowner.com). I especially liked the fibonacci pigeons reference: http://bit.ly/fAlj0b
"The free market is an excellent policy for the strong, but we are also concerned with the weak." - Iain Macleod
Barry O'Farrel wrote an interesting essay in the AFR about governments providing great customer service. Find it, read it, comment.
Panama Canal History: "...according to the provisions of the Neutrality Treaty, we will move in and close down the Panamanian government..."
Brilliant interview which touches on the history of the Panama Canal : http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6402.html?wknews=122010 Fascinating!
I have strong opinions about banks and insurance companies. They are not favourable. Make the legal stuff easy to read! Remove double -ve's!
@joe_lee it sounds like you may be interested in the kanbanops Yahoo group. If you've any feedback on GreenHopper please let me know.
Hit it for six! Headphone Culture (http://bit.ly/fp2JAO) talks about the workplace where folks don't talk, just listen. But in a bad way.
Ahh, isn't there a law against inciting violence? WikiLeaks PR: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/82g3kb
A scathing review of a coffee shop down the road I stumbled across when looking at roro sydney meetup tonight : http://bit.ly/hjg7tx
Top 10 Research-Based Usability Findings of 2010 : http://www.measuringusability.com/blog/top-2010.php
Lean is on the rise: http://www.agilistapm.com/lean-is-on-the-rise/ Put LSSC in your calendar for conferences in 2011.
#devops folk in Melbourne should have http://www.meetup.com/devops-melbourne/ in the diary already. Make the inaugural meetup HUGE.
Brilliant introduction in this training course: http://www.satisfice.com/rst.pdf "We don’t peddle best practices. We don’t believe in them."
@_dth Next farmers market on the 16th. The fella with the goats milk cheese doesn't return until February though. Damn.