Dave LIAO

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in Community FiveByFive Round-up: June 2026 Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

Right? What doesn't get tracked generally doesn't get done bought. 😄

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

Yeah, it's how I maintain my calm when traveling!

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

Some newer phones are lasting longer than we would expect, but none of them have the same "run over it with a vehicle and it'll still work" type of hardiness right now. 🥲

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

@Martin Runge - I had a smartwatch with a cellular plan a few years ago. I went out on a run, and ONLY had my watch. Someone called me, and I answered from my watch! I felt like Dick Tracy. 😄

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

Coffee is a MUST. ☕️

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

Glad we could add a little joy to your day! 🪿 I love my water bottle - my main one is a plastic LEGO-branded one, the screw top is a faux LEGO piece 🙌🏻

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

What brand/model power bank do you carry? Like it enough to mention it here? 🙏

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

A glass nail file? I didn't even know they came in that material! You reminded me that I'm overdue for a manicure, it's been ages... 🥲

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

Let's say you leave your home for groceries - an EDC isn't just for work! Is there something invaluable you can't leave home without? Back in the day, my travel EDC included a piece of folded paper and a pen. I would scribble random reminders and notes on it. 😊

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

My EDC should include earphones, occasionally I do forget them when I leave my home I take public transit a lot, so it's a bit annoying to be forced to "enjoy" the sounds of other peoples's phones 🥲

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

Haha the glasses and keys being in one pocket make me nervous

in Welcome Wednesday: What's the Holy Grail of your every-day carry kit? Comment by Dave LIAO July 1

@Stephen_Lugton - YOW! So glad you're able to share the story with us 🙌 And bravo on participating in a million step challenge again even at a "reduced" level. 500,000 steps is quite a bit - I read that the average number of steps in a marathon is something like 50-55k steps 🤣

in Welcome Wednesday: Bad ideas you've committed to? Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

I agree with you, I'll nudge the Austin leaders I know...

in Is it just me, or is the Austin group not really that active? Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

@Matt Ogle - Happy to see these changes, especially looking forward to Units! 🙌

in Performance and Scale Digest: 2026 Q2 Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen - whoa, you taught me something today!! I bow to you. Never knew you could export search results to a dashboard gadget in the moment. * Just tried it on a Cloud instance, works like a charm. ✨ * Tried it on JAC (for fun), and it took forever to load initially. I assume no one has used that feature…

in Throwback Thursday: What was the first cool Atlassian “trick” you learned? #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen - thanks for the virtual DeLorean! FYI One of my favorite sites to "travel back to" is Apple's. There was a time where they had an image map (or imagemap?) that was around 640 x 480 pixels since their web designers were designing for their most common visitors: people accessing their site on…

in Throwback Thursday: A time machine does exist! #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen - I'm pretty sure I'm still using the same slang I used in high school now! 🥲

in Throwback Thursday: What totally rad expression did you overuse in high school? #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

My first job was filing papers at an insurance company, I think? They actually didn't need me that long, so I only was there a few days. 🤣 But still, money's money!

in Throwback Thursday: What was your first job? #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

I remember going on a roadtrip with friends up to Toronto! I was little, so I only remember a few things, like the lunches we had, and very little about Canada. 🤣

in Throwback Thursday: Memorable holiday you went on back in the day? #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

Animal-wise, nothing fancy. Pet-wise? A rock? But I don't even think I took it seriously, even as a child 🤣

in Throwback Thursday: What’s the funniest/strangest animal you’ve ever owned as a pet? #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen - 🤘Up the irons!! As for my answer: anything Kylie Minogue 🪩

in Throwback Thursday: Favorite songs from your teenage years that you still rock out to? #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

Robotech (Macross) - I was a fan of Japanese animation ever since! 🙌

in Throwback Thursday: What was your favorite past childhood TV show? #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen - great question! Automation for Confluence. As soon as that happened, the idea of native cross-platform automation sparkled in my eyes. 👀 Totally thought I replied to this TBT, but guess not!

in Throwback Thursday: An Atlassian Feature That Changed Things #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 30

P.S. welcome @Brian Hankey 👋!

in Is it just me, or is the Austin group not really that active? Comment by Dave LIAO June 29

In-person events are still happening but folks need to be reminded about this group 🤣 https://ace.atlassian.com/austin/

in Is it just me, or is the Austin group not really that active? Comment by Dave LIAO June 29

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen - I've been to events like county fairs - I'm there for the food! Of course, nowadays I need to hit the gym after having a few hot dogs. 🥲

in Throwback Thursday: What’s your favorite part of a county fair? #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 29

@Kristján Geir Mathiesen - I'm not 100% certain, but it was probably ... Celine Dion. 🎤

in Throwback Thursday: What was the very first album/cassette/CD you ever bought? #TBT Comment by Dave LIAO June 29

I hope a Dia product manager sees this and works on increasing transparency on token usage in their tool!

in I Hit Dia’s Token Limit Mid-Workday: Three Limit Systems Every Atlassian User Should Know Comment by Dave LIAO June 28

✅ Passed it! Thanks for sharing this news - and kudos to the folks that help put the exam together ⚡️ (I know some of those misfits...) 🤣

in Say hello to Jira Service Management with AI certificate exam. Comment by Dave LIAO June 26

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