Hi everyone! Thanks again for attending last week’s Central Texas Atlassian User Group (CTXAUG). We were thrilled to have 16 attendees for our second meeting – and hope to top 25 at our third! View the meeting slides here, which include Kenn North’s presentation about how his company leverages Confluence and Jira; view Nassim Massah’s presentation about Atlassian Build Pipelines here.

Also, Atlassian has asked user groups to migrate to Facebook for all AUG news / event scheduling. Beginning this week, we’ll stop updating our Meetup page and migrate to our new Facebook page. Please “Like” us to receive updates – and if you don’t use Facebook, please follow us on Twitter. You don’t need a Facebook account to RSVP for CTXAUG events on Facebook.

Hope to see you guys at our third meeting. Take care, Atlassians!

San Antonians, you don’t have to make the drive to Austin to get involved. We’re bringing San Antonio its first Atlassian User Group (AUG)!

Join us later this month for the first San Antonio Atlassian User Group (SATXAUG)! Expect to enjoy appetizers, speakers, and the chance to talk shop with other Atlassian users about how they use Atlassian tools.

The event is free – just RSVP here and show up Thursday May 19 at 6PM. Location and directions on our Meetup page.

As we’ve said before, whether you’re a Jira fan, crazy about Confluence, or just looking for advice, come on down and have a good time. We’ll look forward to it.

Follow us on Twitter at @satxaug.

To all Austin-area Atlassian users (we know there are lots of you) – please join us next month for the second-ever Central Texas Atlassian User Group (CTXAUG)! At our first meeting we enjoyed snacks, beer, two Jira and Confluence whizzes, and the chance to talk shop with other Atlassian users about how they use Atlassian tools.

The event is free – just RSVP here and show up Wednesday May 18 at 6PM. Location and directions on our Meetup page.

Whether you’re a Greenhopper fan, crazy about Crucible, or just looking for advice, come on down and have a good time. We’ll look forward to it.

Follow us on Twitter at @ctxaug.

We’re excited to announce that our primary Atlassian guru, developer, ace, bad-a… Chris Pepe, has slain a dragon. A huge, fire-breathing, metaphorical dragon.

Chris completed Atlassian’s Here Be Dragons quest, in which developers from villages worldwide are challenged with the task of fully integrating a suite of Atlassian applications. And he did it without a sword.

Atlassian challenges its most skilled customers and evaluators to the task. Those who achieve victory as Chris connected issues, wikis, and source code to create an agile set of Atlassian tools for building software fast – that awesome, integrated experience we (and Atlassian) talk about.

Chris’ dragon slaying included:

• Dragons Stage 1 – Install Java, PostgreSQL and Crowd
• Dragons Stage 2 – Install Jira
• Dragons Stage 3 – Install GreenHopper into Jira
• Dragons Stage 4 – Install Confluence
• Dragons Stage 5 – Install FishEye and Crucible
• Dragons Stage 6 – Get Jira and FishEye talking
• Dragons Stage 7 – Get Jira and Crucible talking
• Dragons Stage 8 – Install Bamboo
• Dragons Stage 9 – Bamboo gadgets and Jira victory

We’re excited to have Chris’ black belt Atlassian skills in our arsenal. You’ll have the chance to meet him when we host the first Central Texas Atlassian User Group (CTXAUG) later this month, as well as in our booth at SXSW 2011 Interactive Trade Show. But if you’re adopting an Atlassian tool in the meantime, talk to us now!

We’re excited to host the first Central Texas Atlassian User Group next month – a place for Atlassian users (Jira, Confluence, Greenhopper, Crucible, etc) to connect and share ideas. We’re expecting over 50 attendees, so we’ll be starting off with a bang!

The meeting details:
Thursday, March 17, 2011
6:00PM to 8:15PM
Scholz Beer Garten
1607 San Jacinto Boulevard (at 17th Street)
North Dining Room
Austin, TX 78701

We’ll provide some pizza to munch on. Beer can be purchased at the bar. Expect mingling, brief group planning, and two fantastic speakers:

Christopher Pepe, Praecipio Consulting
Sean deBardelaben, AT&T

To RSVP, visit our Meetup page or our Eventbrite page.