Master Po: [after easily defeating the boy in combat] Ha, ha, never assume because a man has no eyes he cannot see. Close your eyes. What do you hear? Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds. Master Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat? Young Caine: No. Master Po: Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet? Young Caine: [looking down and seeing the insect] Old man, how is it that you hear these things? Master Po: Young man, how is it that you do not? (From IMDB) Like Young Caine, I have, and still

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Atlassian developers have started to blog about their FedEx Day projects. Last week, FedEx VI took place; it's a semi-regular "open coding" day wherein the developers can work on whatever pet project they're interested in. The VI designation is a pretty good indicator that it's been going on for some time. This time around, I decided the Marketing team should participate. That meant we had to translate the tasks developers normally do into tasks that non-coding types can accomplish. As far as criteria goes, I said that the main criteria is that the project should (1) be marketing-related and (2)

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