Hacketse XII: Ready... Set... Hack!
What do you get when you combine 27 participants, 10 creative ideas, 24 hours, and a kitchen full of pizza? A K15t Hacketse of course!
K15t Blog
Why (and How) I Co-Founded K15t Software
K15t Software co-founder and CEO, Stefan Kleineikenscheidt, tells his personal story of growing a career in IT, being inspired by new ideas and technology, meeting co-founder Tobias Anstett, and founding K15t Software.
Enhance Your User Help Experience with Context-Sensitive Help in Confluence
Context-sensitive help offers users the help content they need, when and where they need it – and Confluence is the perfect platform for managing it.
Synchronize Jira Projects to Help Consultants and Clients Work Better Together
The openness of Jira is a strength, but limiting transparency between partners is tricky. See how to solve this by synchronizing Jira data across projects.
Nils Bier on February 13, 2018
Nils Bier on February 13, 2018
Conversations Video Chat – Time to Say Goodbye
From ShipIt Live victory all the way to the Atlassian Marketplace, we share the valuable lessons learned as we sunset Conversations for Confluence.
How metrics help us measure Help Center effectiveness
The term 'data driven' is thrown into just about every best practice process one hears about these days. Thankfully it's more than just meaningless buzz – but what does it mean when applied to a self service portal such as a help center website? How does one decide what self service analytics to look at, and what conclusions to draw?
Nils Bier on January 23, 2018
Nils Bier on January 23, 2018
Exporting Confluence Content to PDF: Easier and Better Than Ever
Scroll PDF Exporter has gotten some big improvements of late. With full styling control, custom fonts, and even a Comala Workflows integration, now every user can turn Confluence content into beautiful PDFs.
Scroll Documents Brings Document Management to Confluence
Scroll Document Versions has been relaunched as Scroll Documents for Confluence Cloud, adding powerful new functionality for multi-page document management.
Backbone Adds Native Support to Sync Data Across Jira Cloud Instances
Backbone Issue Sync for Jira, the leading Atlassian Marketplace app dedicated to Jira to Jira synchronization, now supports Cloud to Cloud integrations natively. This means that Jira Cloud users can now take advantage of the app's intuitive setup and robust synchronization flexibility to synchronize issue data.
Highlights from Tekom/TCWorld 2017
Tekom/TCWorld, the world's largest technical communication conference, wrapped up last week. Our resident tech writer Tom highlights a few points of interest.
Why You Need to Stop Writing Letters in Word and Use Confluence Instead
Does your text editor help you track, review, revise, and make your business letters look professional? Confluence can.
Nils Bier on October 12, 2017
Nils Bier on October 12, 2017
Our Presentations from Add-on Discovery Day 2017
Add-on Discovery Day 2017 gave an engaging look at what can be accomplished by extending the core Atlassian tools. If you missed it or want to share the day's presentations from K15t Software, look no further.
4 insights gained at Write the Docs Prague 2017
Write the Docs Prague 2017 is a three-day conference where some of the brightest minds in techcomm get together and discuss the field's hottest topics. I picked up a bunch of handy tips at the event – here are some personal highlights.
Countdown to Atlassian Summit US
It's the final sprint of our preparation for the big show: Atlassian Summit US September 12th–14th. Summit always showcases the newest trends and technology in the ever growing world of Atlassian-powered teamwork, and this year will be no exception.
Save Time When Creating Step-By-Step Instructions in Confluence
As Content Marketing Manager, documenting how our publishing process works is part of the job. This also includes writing instructions on how to use content tools in their context. I recently stumbled across a quick and easy solution to accomplish the creation of these instructions in Confluence – StepShot for Confluence. To save you some trouble next time you take on such a task, I thought I'd share my experience in using this tool.
Instant Content Collaboration with Conversations Video Chat for Confluence
There is no substitute for face-to-face discussion, not even with collaborative editing in Confluence. But what if we could combine the two?
Managing Document Versions in Confluence Cloud
Want to manage various kinds of documents in one Confluence space? As their histories and structures change you'll need a simple way to keep track. Scroll Document Versions, new for Confluence Cloud, makes it easy.
Sharing the Hacketse Trophy
We have held ten hackathons over a period of three years, and until last week, we've never had two winners.
K15t Bikes to Work
Davin recently kicked off K15t's first official Bike to Work Day. We'll talk a little bit about why and how.
Managing Your Editorial Calendar With JIRA and Confluence
Most editorial calendar tools only report on analytic parameters – distribution channels, due dates, etc. But content creators should consider using synergetic tools which will also allow them to manage the creative side of an editorial calendar. Here's how we do it.