Chris Cooke

Chris founded three successful startups in Thailand: one was a Scuba Diving School/ Eco-Tourism company dedicated to saving turtles. Once he’d saved enough turtles, he moved back to the UK to pursue his dreams in software. It was while working for the Atlassian Platinum Solution Partner Clearvision that Chris met Jacek. The two decided there was a gap in the market for easier-to-use Atlassian tools for Jira and Confluence users who don’t have a clue how to code (of which there are many).

“If we’re not making mistakes, we’re not trying hard enough.”

Last Chance To Get an Annual Custom Charts License at the Current Price

July 27, 2023June 22, 2023 by Chris Cooke

As so many of our customers are large enterprises, we’re in the process of upgrading Custom Charts for Jira and Confluence to become a powerful … Read More

Atlassian Team ’23 Need To Knows: James Cameron, Booth 34, and the Best BASH Afterparty Ever

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 by Chris Cooke

Team ’23 starts today! From 18–20 April 2023, Atlassian’s flagship conference celebrating modern teamwork is back in Las Vegas. And here at Old Street, we … Read More

Custom Charts for Jira Joins Tempo: Here’s Why

April 20, 2023April 13, 2023 by Chris Cooke

Custom Charts for Jira and its sister app, Custom Jira Charts for Confluence, have joined the Tempo suite of apps. Here’s why and what it … Read More

Did We Go Too Far With Our “EazyBI Is A Dinosaur” Ad?

April 6, 2023 by Chris Cooke

Time to explain ourselves. Our new ad, EazyBI vs Custom Charts: Hire or Fire, went out on our YouTube and social media channels yesterday. It’s … Read More

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Are You Smarter Than Your Boss? Good!

June 30, 2022May 10, 2022 by Chris Cooke

We’ve all had bosses we were smarter than. And all too often, we’ve been in situations where there was nothing we could do about it. … Read More

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Tips from a Recovered Planning Skeptic: Start Starting

June 30, 2022February 15, 2022 by Chris Cooke

David J. Anderson, one of the brains behind the Kanban movement, famously said: ”Stop starting, start finishing.” Putting the Agile in Planning This is great … Read More

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Old Street Solutions Partners with Spectrum Groupe

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 by Chris Cooke

We’re excited to announce that we have partnered with Spectrum Groupe, whose suite of Confluence and Jira apps and extensive expertise in agile, ITSM, SAFe, … Read More

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How to Export Jira Data to Excel or Google Sheets

June 30, 2022August 3, 2021 by Chris Cooke

Why does Jira need to integrate with Excel and Google spreadsheets? The best report is the one everyone can access, and the best tool for the job is the one everyone can use.

Visualize your Workflow with Kanban Boards in Jira

June 30, 2022July 20, 2021 by Chris Cooke

If you think your team could fix bugs and release builds faster, consider using Jira Kanban boards. A Kanban board is a visualization tool that … Read More