Mike Cannon-Brookes

I've worked for Atlassian as long as anybody, and I had a little something to do with this crazy Confluence malarky.

I live in the best city in the world, and like to feel sorry for Englishmen who haven't yet left.

My favourite beer is probably James Boag's, although I'm very partial to Sydney Cider right now.

You can also read my other profile here with IM details etc if you wish to get in contact with me in a hurry.

Otherwise, please sit back, kick off your shoes and enjoy my ramblings...

rebelutionary (Mike Cannon-Brookes on J2EE, Java, software development, bug tracking, Atlassian, JIRA and whatever comes to mind.)
JavaOne, Atlassian and free beer I'm back in SF for our User Group (last Thursday @ Stanford - thanks to everyone who came, fantastic UG!) and JavaOne next week. We have a huge schedule for JavaOne this year - with 6 new product launches...
$USD 1 million, 10,000 customers and 20% time As always, life became busy and I stopped blogging. Apologies! A few Atlassian, life and (Atlassian + life) updates: Atlassian is doing a grand experiment in engineering with our 20% time trial - watch that blog if you're a software...
How to write a bad resume Having read a lot of resumes over the years, Jeffrey nails it in his post How to write a bad resume. Most mortals can fit their background on one page. After about ten years of experience, you might merit a...
Atlassian Developers are Talking Nerdy I'm not usually one for blogging humour - but this video that one of our developers shot is hilarious :) Like it? Digg it :)...
Parenthood, Product Management and Pain In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck - and, of course, courage....
On Acting Decisively: Confluence + SharePoint Integration “All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength...
WebDirections Presentation: Organisational Wiki Adoption I was a happy attendee at WebDirections South 2007 and WebJam last week. Congratulations to John, Maxine, Lachlan and all involved - truly fabulous conference. The vibe was fantastic and the sessions I attended were all really high quality. Mark...
Flickr supports Talk Like A Pirate Day Everyone will tell you that I love pirates, and being Talk Like A Pirate Day I loved seeing Flickr getting into the spirit of things with a new logo today: (Note: I also love it when Flickr greets me with...
Cutlassian 2007 - I'd Rather Be A Pirate Than The Navy! If you were were confused by the teaser - my apologies. I started a huge post and only got as far as the movie so turned it into a teaser. If you haven't heard by now (and why would you?),...
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Morgo Thoughts & Presentation I spent the last half of last week at the Morgo conference on the beautiful northern tip of New Zealand. I have to say that I was thoroughly impressed by the conference in general. Australian tech companies could learn a...
Random Press & Blog Love It's always nice to be mentioned on blogs or in the press, and being away from the office for 3 weeks means that when you get back it hits you like a lovely warm breeze. If you're interested, enjoy -...
Chaser @ Atlassian Offices From the Sydney Morning Herald: The Chaser's Charles Firth is working on a new satire-driven weekly print magazine and news website, to be launched around August. And where did he choose to take the photo for the launch of this...
Atlassian Gatherings In Boston and SF! Far too long between posts! Currently back in the SF office for the week, en route back to Sydney from Europe & NY. More about that later. For now, if you're in Boston or San Francisco, why not come to...
Garage To Global - My Thoughts One of the unheralded Aussie software success stories is a company called @Mail that make a web mail solution for ISPs, universities and corporates. Ben (their CEO and founder) is a top bloke and a deep thinker who I've met...