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The Pirate’s (B)log Book

Diagrams and other important news from the gliffy team

January 4, 2012 by Debi Kohlhardt

Gliffy Shares with Sierra Mountain Music Camp!

First off, we would like to thank all the participating Gliffy Confluence Plugin and Gliffy Jira Plugin Atlasssian Community License users that submitted applications for our 1% grant opportunity.

We are delighted at the caliber of applications that we received. After reading through all the wonderful ways these organizations help their communities and how Gliffy diagrams help them achieve their goals more efficiently, we selected Sierra Mountain Music Camp (SMMC) as our grant recipient!

SMMC brings the magic of music to students from fourth grade through college, through 4 choral and 2 orchestral programs. Though SMMC focuses on music, they also give their participants the opportunity to be away at camp and just be kids by participating in outdoor activities like swimming, hiking, arts & crafts, and other camp related activities. Part of their application included a movie of their youth that reminded us of our attempts at the dramatic arts.

If you are a community license user of Atlassian products, you too can enhance your JIRA and Confluence environments with Gliffy diagrams. Simply install the Gliffy Confluence Plugin and Gliffy Jira Plugin and begin drawing!

Stay tuned to hear more about SMMC and their good works in the coming year.

December 13, 2011 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4.0.3 Release

This is a maintenance release which fixes a few bugs and makes Gliffy fully compatible with Confluence 4.1.

Release Notes – Gliffy Confluence Plugin – Version 4.0.3

Bug
  • [GCONF-176] – Gliffy Footer causes javascript error
  • [JCOM-20] – Fix Preference no-arg constructor warning

Improvement

  • [GCONF-167] – Only show the user's personal space and not all other user's spaces in the Open and Template dialogs

New Feature

  • [GCONF-174] – Compatibility with Confluence 4.1
December 5, 2011 by Debi Kohlhardt

Spreading Holiday Cheer: Gliffy 2011 Grant Opportunity

Gliffy is ready to distribute 1% of our 2011 profits!

Are you using Gliffy through Atlassian’s Community Licenses? If yes, then you are qualified to apply and, if selected, receive 1% of our 2011 profits.

Gliffy has long supported various charity events and our users have donated nearly $9000 to benefit Room to Read in exchange for free Gliffy licenses. Now, Gliffy would like to support those organizations who use our product to make our communities a better place to live, work and play. Similar to Atlassian, Gliffy extends free Gliffy Confluence Plugin and Gliffy JIRA Plugin licenses to all official not for profit organizations and charities.

To be considered for this grant opportunity, please review the criteria for applying and email us your application by December 13, 2011.

Please help us spread the word as we spread the cheer!

Thanks for supporting Gliffy so that we can support others. Happy Holidays!

November 18, 2011 by Kat

First Gliffy Job Fair

Yesterday was our first Gliffy Job Fair which took place in the Ritch Street alley, a highly trafficked area during lunch on clear San Francisco days. Not only is it close to food trucks, quick lunch spots, and the ballpark, its also where we work!

What better place to look for potential job candidates than right in your own neighborhood?  In case you missed it, we are currently looking to fill multiple positions: QA Lead & Engineer, Product Marketing Manager, Server Side Java Engineer, and more. If you or anyone you know is interested, be sure to frequently check our current job openings. Follow us on Twitter or find us on Facebook for the most up-to-date information on future opportunities and events.

Check out some pics from our busy day :)


Plinko anyone???


Getting ready….


When is having a cute dog not helpful?


Half of our awesome team!


No day is complete without a beer tasting. Clearly, La Fin Du Monde was the winner.

 

November 10, 2011 by Kat

Hello, my name is…

The people have spoken.

From this day forth, our robot will be named Djedi, the little robot sent in to loyally discover hieroglyphs. Thanks to our winner, @danielabbas for submitting this name and to everyone else who participated!!

Here’s a little background on the origins of Djedi. Djedi is said to be the first magician, as reported by the Westcar papyrus which documents stories that were told at the time of Pharaoh Khufu in ancient Egypt. Djedi was said to eat 500 loaves of bread, a joint of meat, and drink 100 jugs of beer per day and was 110 years old. He knew the secrets of the pyramids and was fabled to have the power to cut the head off of living creatures and restore them after.

That’s a pretty awesome namesake, if you ask me!

November 3, 2011 by Kat

Agile Modeling with Gliffy!

Our friends over at The Emphasys Group, have made a new (and exciting!) course available: “Essentials of Agile Modeling”.
If you’re developing software, following an Agile approach and wondering how Gliffy can help – we encourage you to take a look at this course.
The course shows how models (using both formal and informal notations) help us to simplify problems, improve communication, develop better requirements, gain a shared understanding of solutions and abstract away unnecessary details. Using Gliffy within Confluence allows the software development team to work with simple tools, embrace change and travel light.
Developing software is a challenge – we’re thrilled that Gliffy is able to be part of your Agile toolkit. Leading to more successful software projects…and having some fun along the way!
November 2, 2011 by Kat

Name My Bot Contest Continued…

As most of you know, for the past week we’ve been collecting names for our nameless robot via Twitter. Due to the influx of awesome names, we’ve decided to let you pick your favorite out of our top 3. Vote on Facebook today!

Can’t wait to find out what our robot’s name will be!!!! Stay tuned…

October 26, 2011 by Chris Kohlhardt

Gliffy 4 conveniently available in Atlassian’s new OnDemand service

As if you didn’t already have enough reasons to try out the new Atlassian OnDemand, we’ll give you one more: The vastly improved Gliffy Confluence Plugin 4 is immediately available to install in your OnDemand Confluence environment. You’ll also have the added benefit of having billing for your OnDemand products and Gliffy conveniently handled in one place and on a single invoice.

In version 4 of the Gliffy Confluence Plugin, using Gliffy is as easy as using the new Confluence 4 editor. We’ve worked hard to make the editing experience as natural and as seamless as possible. No longer will you need to toggle between editing a diagram from the wiki view and updating the diagram layout from the edit view, everything happens in-line with the Confluence 4 editor.

Overview of Gliffy 4 in Atlassian’s new OnDemand service

October 25, 2011 by Kat

Name My Bot Contest!!!!

Our Gliffy robot has a bunch of different costumes but no name :( We want YOU: our friends, colleagues, users, fans, and followers to participate in the Gliffy Robot Naming Contest! Starting today through October 31, we will be collecting any and all names via Twitter (#NameMyBot). The final winner will be announced shortly thereafter and receive a prize from Gliffy! Let the submitting begin!

October 14, 2011 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy JIRA Plugin v3.6.1 Release

This is a minor bug fix release to address a naming issue with other plugin vendors.

Release Notes – Gliffy JIRA Plugin v3.6.1

Bug
  • [GLIFFY-4284] – linkId for our JIRA plugin administration link collides with another plugin