The restaurant was bustling with activity around an oversized circular table at a moderately trendy steak house in downtown Boston. Dressed in my best “I don’t care what I am wearing, but I care what you think” outfit, I was out to dinner with various characters from the enterprise wiki postercompany, Atlassian. Both Jay and I were rotund with transparent geekery and well cooked bovine. Neither of which seemed to stop us from having a glass (bottle? ) of wine too many as we discussed our Confluence implementation with president of the firm – Jeffrey Walker. I think that for Jeffrey and the rest of the Atlassian team in attendance, it was just another night, in another town, with a couple of zealous wiki fans, drunk on the Confluence kool-aid. For us, however, it was a unique chance to both thank and appreciate some of the people who believed in us from the very beginning.

While my interactions with Jeffrey were relatively limited from there on out, he was unwavering in his support and advocacy.  No matter how long it had been since a sale or a marketing event, he was gracious, appreciative, and genuinely interested in our continuing slog through the E2 adoption quagmire. In light of his tragic passing yesterday, we wanted to express our condolences and gratitude to his personal and professional family at home and Atlassian HQ.

Jeffrey, you will be sorely missed. We would not be where we are today without you and the dedicated people at Atlassian.

Thank you.