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This makes me want a plant for my desk!
So I have a pretty regular desk, fairly uninteresting EXCEPT for those who know my Job Title (JIRA Queen), I have one prized treasure, a coaster on my desk given to me by a co-worker.
When I got the email notifications for this discussion I thought this was going to be the stuffed taco:
A flugelhorn! Best musical instrument name ever.
hahaha, this is also a nice taco - but the other one is more cute
Welcome @Lars Bachmann! I am too uncoordinated to play football, but my daughter is named Wilhelmina, so I like the name of your club
I don't know who I'm going to root for in the World Cup this year now that Netherlands and USA are both out!
Welcome @erwandf! What your company does sounds very interesting and fun to work on
@pb why have you not gotten me this coaster yet.
And here is a picture :-)
Oh man! Passion planners are great - that's been a Christmas gift for my wife ever since they first came out. She's got a nice healthy stash (organized of course) of the ones from previous years. Which is a great reminder - it's time to order 2018!
Hard to beat that!
@Monique vdB OMG
Obsessed.
@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- yep, it's a signed copy too and I'm in it somewhere.
@Leslie Lee- there is often a pile of paper with scribbled notes and a cat on it. But I get too easily distracted by stuff if I leave on the desk, so I tend to try to keep it tidy. Mostly by hiding it all on shelves just off camera!
@Community Manager- you might have seen how the natural lighting washes me out on camera in conference calls, hence the lamp behind the monitor. The wall of the chapel behind us doesn't seem to stop much daylight!
@Monique vdB Russian tortoises usually live for 40 to 60 years, so my 6-year old daughter has promised to take him when I die (though she loves him so much, I bet he goes to college with her).
Right now, we have a card game called Farmers' Market Rally that is in pre-production to be printed early next year. It is kinda like Splendor meets Sushi Go. I have a Civilization-style board game that I'm designing that is set in 1700-1800 Ireland.
Here's a current photo of Ptolemy basking. He's a little grumpy in the afternoon because he just wants to be left alone to nap.
I'm Josh, the lead Jira and Confluence admin from Bose in Framingham, Massachusetts. I've been working with Atlassian tools since we brought in Jira for one team of 15 and it's grown to over 3000 users and all of product development since then. I have Jira and Confluence Administrator certifications.
My desk isn't that interesting. Some old swag from summits past. But always have to have two monitors.
But for extra credit, here's my collection of badges from conferences:
So impressive, Josh! 🏆
@Troy Taylor 😍😍😍
I love him. I want Ptolemy to be our community mascot. Like Taco from Trello. We'll send out stuffed Ptolemys as swag!
I love both Splendor and Sushi Go, so please let me know when Farmers' Market Rally is available; I will definitely pick it up!
@Susan Hauth _Jira Queen_ lol - that coast says it all! So awesome!
I'm a channel manger at Atlassian - I work with solution partners across US Central and Canada. I'm a huge advocate of the community and especially the AUG's in areas where I work.
Here's my desk - I work remote for Atlassian so dedicated space that is personalized is key to me being productive. One new addition that is super helpful is the light up sign on the right (says "Welcome to my office") - when the light is on this indicates that I'm not available if family comes into my office - either on a call or doing deep work.
I'm all about natural lighting and have two windows in my office - when the weather is nice, they're always open.
I'm Ana and I'm a Support Engineer here at Atlassian. So far I've worked with Jira and Confluence Cloud, Bitbucket Cloud and more recently Sourcetree and Bitbucket Server. I work from our awesome Amsterdam office
Here's my desk. On it you can see the medal of my first ShipIt victory, my breakfast (I'm a nicer person after I've eaten it ), Kudos, toys and merchandise. Not in the picture: my stationery organizer with pens in different colors, post-its, etc and my planner notebook that I can't leave without (ok, I could, but I'd probably forget so much stuff!).
I am Canadian and I had to look up what "Clearly Canadian" was. I don't think I have ever had one of those. I will have to see if I can find one here. We must have it if it is "Clearly Canadian."
Clearly, @MadelineBarr
I approve of any Ptolemy-likeness being used as a mascot. He loves any and all attention.
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:
Welcome, @MadelineBarr! I love the theme that's emerging of this thread on people's screens
I love that quote too. Reminds me of another one I like: "Perfect is the enemy of good." And Anne Lamott's "Sh&@tty first draft" idea. As a perfectionist, I've really worked to internalize this one!
Oh, like the enemy quote.
I haven't heard of Anne Lamott and quickly looked her up. I have a technical writing certificate and I do some creative writing, so I will definitely look into her work. Thanks.
I love stationery. 🙏🏼
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