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

[Erica Moss]

Glad to have you here, @Stephen Waring. 😄

[Stephen Waring]

Thanks! :)

[Gail Welch]

Hello from CT! I am a consultant and I am fortunate to be able to work from home. I develop e-learning materials for a long-time client and cover Jira and Confluence amongst others.

This is my desk!

There is always Tea (I am a displaced Brit!)

When the day gets tough I swivel my chair 45' and stare out the window!

[Monique vdB]

I love your view @Gail Welch! I hope you have some bird feeders out there. :)

[Erica Moss]

Ditto what Monique said about the view! 😍

[Shannon Meehan _K15t_]

Hi @Community Manager - also love the taco, but more intrigued by Dear Evan Hansen. I just read a great article about it in the New York Times which highlighted the emotional rollercoaster that Ben Platt takes on each night and how incredible he is in the role. Definitely on my list for my next trip to New York! 

[Erica Moss]

@Shannon Meehan _K15t_ I honestly don't know how he did what he did for 2+ years! Important to note: Ben is no longer in the lead role, but I have high hopes for his replacement!

[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!

[Monique vdB]

Yay, welcome to the community! I always wanted a desk fish too but didn't want to have to keep it alive. (I loved those ecosystem balls until I found out they were inhumane.) Here was my solution. Her name is Francesca, aka Bubbles.

You may also want to check out the vendor guidelines if you haven't already. We offer the option for vendors to write general interest articles for the community. You're clearly a great writer and I bet you could write some awesome articles :)  

[Erica Moss]

@Matt Altieri Wow, I feel like I know you already! Such a great intro post. With your expertise & passion for Atlassian, you're a great candidate for our Community Champion program — look forward to seeing more of you!

[Matt Altieri]

Nice to meet you both @Monique vdBand @Community Manager! Glad to be a part of the community ... I should have joined sooner! Oh well, better late than never. 

Thank you both very much for the warm welcome! :)

[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. 

[Erica Moss]

Welcome, @Adil Qureshi! I think we need a follow-up post with Goldendoodle pics. Just sayin'!

[Monique vdB]

Goldendoodle pictures can be put here for your convenience: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Off-topic-discussions/Friday-fun-show-us-your-pets/td-p/637317

[Adil Qureshi]

@Monique vdB @Community Manager I have posted on the pets forum!! 

[Erica Moss]

@Adil Qureshi 😍😍😍

[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 

[MadelineBarr]

Oh that's so cute! Love it!

[MadelineBarr]

Hi Alex,

I am a JIRA Software and Confluence application admin at McMaster University (an hour from Toronto) and we also use ITIL.

Which JIRA application are you using?

We use JIRA Software for the Agile tools, but we also have JIRA Service Desk (I don't admin that system but I am familiar with it). We also have JIRA Software and Confluence 'talking' to each other. 

We are planning on creating our knowledge base in Confluence and connecting it to JIRA Service Desk soon. I will be heavily involved with this and I've done it before in a sandbox environment.

Welcome to the community. 

Madeline

[alex ostritsky]

Hey Madeline

We are using (piloting) Service Desk. Subscription we bought has confluence licenses as well. We are very early on in the project and the pilot and just setting up our projects to see how they work. One question that came up right away is about KB. Is there a standard KB available for traditional desktop support (is computer on ? is your internet up ?) - or are we going to end up writing our own KB for basic stuff ?

[Erica Moss]

Welcome, @alex ostritsky! 👋🏼

[eb_purdys]

Hi! I'm here to gain way more knowledge about JIRA admin capabilities. Nice to see this community in action.

[Erica Moss]

Hi, @eb_purdys — welcome to the party! 😄

[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.

[Thomas Schlegel]

Hello and welcome to our community,  @Alice - it's never too late for the party 🎉 😄