Say hello and tell us: what's on your desk?

[Erica Moss]

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist- Seems like a bit of a micromanager.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

My desk is a little different today.  I have an "assistant"

[Volodymyr Havryliuk]

Hello, Community. My name is Volodymyr. I 've been working as Jira and Confluence administrator since August 2015. Now I'm working in L2 Support team as Atlassian Administrator. These days I'm preparing for my Atlassian Certification and studying Java and Groovy. Looking forward getting in touch with you. 

[Gergő]

Hi there,

I'm a digital marketer at DevMads Ltd. Our company develops an agile planning tool, called StoriesOnBoard. It's integrated to Trello (and also to JIRA). I'm using Trello and StoriesOnBoard for building up an agile workflow for agile marketing planning and executing. So I'm ready to help you on the following topics: software development solutions and agile marketing solutions.

[A.]

Hello! Too late to the party? :)

I'm a university student from Italy, I'm also a blogger and productivity apps geek. I'm currently writing my master thesis by day and running a personal blog and I also collaborating with other websites by night. And I have to thank Trello for keeping me sane! :)

Here is a photo of my messy desk.

[alex ostritsky]

Hi All

Very new to Jira and confluence. The company am I consulting to has decided to implement ITIL processes for their internal IT department (small but growing) and after doing a bunch of research on YouTube decided to try to Jira.  We are all just fumbling around trying to get it set up.  I thought it would be a good idea to join the community to see how others are using this tool and learn from them.

Company is based in GTA (Toronto) and London UK. Hope to learn from all of you.

Cheers 

[Adil Qureshi]

Hi everyone, my name is Adil Qureshi. I'm a researcher at Atlassian, presently working on Confluence. I'm a part of an awesome research team (see pic, I'm on the left) that works to understand what users want from our products and try to make that a reality!! It's great to be part of community which is awesomely managed by @Monique vdB and @Community Manager.

Fun facts - I have two Bengal cats and a Goldendoodle. 

[Matt Altieri]

Hey everyone! Matt here, DevOps Evangelist at Device42. When I'm not writing blog posts, documentation, or release notes, I'm working to let IT folks all around the world know about the awesome software our Developers are writing here at HQ in West Haven, Connecticut! (I know, you don't exactly think startup "tech company" when you think Connecticut ... pretty cool, eh!?)

That aside, I love cars (and dogs!), and have been a hands-on tech geek for as long as I can remember. Lots of kids take things apart, so as far as I've heard, but I spent my childhood and younger years taking things apart AND managed to re-assemble them (I'm thinking I got it from my Grandfather on my father's side, who was a self-trained engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft, no formal schooling).

I have always been drawn to things with engines: Anything from rebuilding (and customizing!) lawnmowers and their engines to COX string control and then radio control airplanes and helicopters, to computers to cars and motorcycles as I got older. I'm a really big fan of newer cars [fuel injected, OBD 1+], as at least in my book, there's not much cooler then combining the awesome power of combustion with turbocharging and the equally awesome power of computers to make it all run like it came out of a factory, and stay together, too!

The way I look at it, if you haven't had to re-flash your ECU, your car is stock! :)

On my desk: An ASUS ROG laptop tucked under a pair of 23" monitors, a USB docking station over to the left with a pair of wireless headphones charging from it; To the right, a small shelf with everything from tea and honey to energy drinks to gushers and devil dogs (new: chocolate covered ... they're delectable!). Tissues, cough drops, advil and tylenol, and clorox wipes as well [not a neat freak; just a fan of clean], and of course a lovely "Blue Yeti" Mic for media creation and the like along with a rosewill mechanical keyboard.

Oh, and an empty bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola; I'm not exactly sure why. I guess I really like idea of real coke from a glass bottle. It seems to take itself more seriously than plastic, and think more of itself than a can.

I've been talking about (well, more thinking about than talking) getting a small fish tank for my desk. I'm on the fence, but I've been keeping fish for more than a decade, and my fish seem to live forever (don't overfeed them, and keep tanks clean!).

For the record, I am a big fan of Atlassian software. I've been a JIRA / Confluence user and administrator for quite a while, having used it (and come to really, really like it) over the course of my last few jobs ... it's a long story, but it started when I worked for Yodle in NYC, and I brought it with me to my last office ... it's been with me ever since. I was really pumped when I got here and we were using both JIRA and Confluence, and then really pumped when I found out that we were integrating Device42 with both...!

If you want to know a bit more, you can check my home on the web at http://www.mattaltieri.com -- or of course reply here!

[Stephen Waring]

Hello,

Steve here, I'll be spending most of my quiet time over Christmas sorting out our JIRA install at Global in London!

Cheers,
Steve

[Marcos Garcia]

Bonjour from Montreal!

I'm Marcos, DevOps Engineer at Sogema Technologies, a company changing the world with meaningful projects in developing nations.

We're currently working on bringing fully automated software technologies to the governments of countries in West Africa and Latin America. It is an honor to work here. 

On my desk: The minimum possible required to get the most work done.

 

[Erica Moss]

This is perfect. 🙏🏼

[Erica Moss]

Hi! Feel free to email communitymanagers@atlassian.com. Thanks!

[Erica Moss]

Dual monitors — now that's a cool setup. 😎

[Kimm Michaud]

Hi community!  My name is Kimm and I'm a former Jira and Confluence (server) admin (currently looking for opportunities in Toronto, if you know of anyone) from Milwaukee, WI.  I've also worked with BitBucket, Bamboo and Trello.

This is my desk at home.  While I don't have any animals there currently, I do get visits from time to time from the cats.  I also have a tin of hand lotion, a bicycle pint glass (water.  boo), a hand exerciser ball and a small Gromit statue to remind me to laugh.

[MadelineBarr]

Hello, I’m Madeline Barr and I am an application administrator for Confluence and JIRA at McMaster University (Ontario, Canada).  I’ve been working with Confluence since version 2.2.7 and we are about to upgrade to 6.2.4. I haven’t been working with JIRA as long. I can’t remember which version I started working with but we’re about to upgrade to version 7.5.1.

My desk area is rather large though I mainly use the hydraulic desk in the picture. The other half of my desk seems to be a magnet for treats, candy and bake goods that people want to share. I don’t mind though – free treats, who would mind?

My desk is somewhat messy but it works for me.

I have:

• A autumn picture of a nearby conservation area on the wall
• An elephant sculpture from Africa
• Marge Simpson
• Green sticky notes on my monitor from when my son visited my office years ago. He is always surprised , year after year that I still have it
• Some lose change (Yes, there is some Loonies and Toonies in there)
• A Pink Panther stuffy – best cartoon character ever
• A quote from the blog of Seth Godin about how “You’re doing it wrong” Just something I need to remember

[Angela Smith]

@Daniel Eads {unmonitored account} I love that you knew what that was! I love this thing, it is my first full year and love the story how it started with Kickstarter and the TED Talk.

Each Sunday my husband and I take at least 30 minutes to plan for the week, I feel accomplished and ready to tackle the world! I ordered my 2018 one and it just came earlier this week. They have some new styles, I chose Rose Gold. 

[Monique vdB]

A flugelhorn! Best musical instrument name ever.

[Monique vdB]

I am here for that insane cocktail with a bag of air. HERE FOR IT.

[Monique vdB]

@Matt Doar ^^^ 

[Thomas Schlegel]

It was handmade by a former colleague of mine. She made two of them for their most favorite colleagues :-)

Unfortunately, now, she has other favorite colleagues somewhere else. 

[Monique vdB]

I love the shape of that coffee mug.   I would need it to be about five times bigger though. :) 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

And yes, that O'Reilly book on the right of the bookshelf does say "Doar" on the spine.

[Vanessa Trinh]

wo ahh

[Niru V]

Hi Everyone, I am a Software Test Analyst new to this Atlassian community. Reason I am here is to learn more about using Jira X-Ray and Xporter for producing Software Test Reports. Please suggest me if there is a group for posting queries about Jira X-Ray and Jira- Xporter. Believe this joining this community will be a good learning experience. As I sit at a hot desk, I wont be able to share a pic of my desk :) 

[Michael Bohlender]

So here we go ... Welcome all :)