Two of the most delicious things I’ve been missing since I left Canada:

• Caesar - Much like a Bloody Mary here in the US but made with Clamato juice.  Garnished with celery, lime and olives.
• Hawkins Cheezies - The most delicious snack food ever made, and unfortunately they’re only available in Canada.  Cheetos can’t compare!

Yum!

Dylan

Many of my techie friends may have come across this, but for those who have not… well we had some big news this week at Atlassian!  We closed a $60 Million investment from Accel Partners.  This is a huge step for our company and is the largest-ever single investment that Accel has made in a software company (greater than some big names including Facebook, Macromedia/Flash and Dropbox).

Press Release Here

Blog Post from Co-Founder Mike Cannon-Brookes Here

Tech Crunch Article Here

In true Atlassian form, of course we had to celebrate the news.  This week the entire SF staff spent an evening at Slide in downtown San Francisco.  Usually this bar has a slide that you can enter from, but I guess it was closed off for our group.  Probably a good thing!

Indeed these are exciting times to be working for Atlassian.  I’m really pumped at the opportunities that we have over the coming months and years.  Looking to join our group?  We have plenty of job openings and are looking to expand.  Come and join the fun!

(oh, and the graphic above is from an article on TheNextWeb and I found it particularly humorous!)

Dylan

Happy Independence Day!

It’s great to be living in a country that dedicates an entire day to celebrating Will Smith’s triumph over those pesky aliens (not legal aliens, like myself!).  Anyways…

This is my first Independence Day since I’ve moved to the USA and I’m pretty excited to enjoy the beautiful weather and join in on the festivities.  Oh, and having the day off tomorrow is pretty awesome as well!  I spent the morning running around my hilly neighbourhood to work up a thirst for the afternoon.  There’s lots to do in San Francisco today, which gets topped off this evening with a fairly large fireworks show by Pier 39 by the San Francisco waterfront.

And to my Canadian friends back home, I have not forgotten about Canada Day!  On Thursday I made sure to wear my Canadian (Gold Medal) Hockey Jersey to work:

It was also nice to have some people wish me a “Happy Canada Day”, while many others questioned “What’s Canada Day?”.  It’s definiately a sign of how most Canadians are aware of US culture, but it doesn’t exactly work the other way around.  Maybe next year I’ll have organize some festivities at the office!

To everyone in the US, enjoy your long weekend!

Dylan