Hoist a cold one in Vancouver for me!

And in case anyone’s reading this, I would like to nominate Stewart and the company he works with as poster kids for “having a clue” in how to engage the blogosphere (and internet in general) in authentication conversation.

I had a reader recently asking about how to introduce a product to bloggers in a way that wouldn’t aggravate them; well instead of bum rushing the stage, take a lesson from Stewart and his colleagues. How about offering up useful guides for free and writing a wiki/book on the topic; it’s not the quick route, but I know that I will actually look upon Atlassian software in an even more favourable light because of this giving back to their communities. Next time someone asks me for wiki software recommendations, it’s bound to have some small positive effect, even unconsciously, on my thinking.