Kristján Geir Mathiesen Community Champion

The day I wrote this post was my youngest daughter's birthday. Later that day, my sister brought the news that her daughter had given birth to a daughter. So now my daughter and my great-niece share the same birthday. My wife, her mom, and my wife's step-grandma are all 20 years apart. So every 10 years, there are three…

Team '26 Europe will be held next week in Amsterdam - starts next Tuesday! I am stoked since there will be lots of app announcements, networking, and fun. This will be my first Team Europe. Super stoked to see my friends again. Soooo, are you registered for Team '26 Europe (in person or virtual)? What was your first…

The week has gone by quickly. Today is the last day of Team '26 Europe. I want to thank all who have contributed in making Team ’26 Europe such a great success. I've been able to hold a couple of live learning demo sessions with Emma Wolstencroft as well as host a segment on Team Talk. Then I have also spent quite a bit of…

I am not gonna deny it: I am starting to run out of ideas for these posts. Sitting here with my mom in her living room and talking with her gave me an idea. We started talking about Sunday dinners. She would sometimes bake a whole chicken in her roasting pan, which had a lid. Then there would also be corn, salad, and…

Four years ago, I did a post about this but I recently came across some photos so I really want to do another post about this. However, no I did not want to be a sailor or fisherman, despite of these photo. I wanted to be an inventor. Just thought they were hilarious. Check out those knee patches! Soooo, what did you want…

It's Thursday! We played this card game called "Kleppari" (insanity or crazy place - I don't have a clue what is called in English). You divvy up the cards evenly. Then each lays 5 cards down, the first one face up and the rest face down. Then lays a face up card on the first face down card and the rest face down. Finish…

Hey Community! 👋 @Emma Wolstencroft and I recently held a Live Learning session on Rovo Platform Skills, and we had a lot of fun showing a few of our favorites in action. You know those 80s movie scenes where someone starts with a messy problem, the synth music kicks in, and suddenly everything is organized before the…

Hey Community 👋 As part of the ongoing effort to keep Atlassian credentials current and valuable, the Managing Jira Projects for Cloud (ACP-620) and Jira Administration for Cloud (ACP-120) exams will be merged into a single exam in January 2027. As part of this effort, the Managing Jira Projects for Cloud (ACP-620) exam…

The very first version of Jira was released in 2002. And the first version of Confluence on March 25, 2004. It has been over 22 years! All kinds of features, functions, and gizmos have come and gone in the last 22 years. Not to mention many acquisitions like GreenHopper, HipChat, Opsgenie, Halp, ThinkTilt, to mention a…

It's Thursday! I just learned this week that a former work colleague lost her 16 year old daughter in a horrible car accident in Iceland. A reminder of how quickly events and situations in this life can change. A reminder for us to cherish the time we have together with family and loved ones. A reminder to not take life…

It's Thursday! When I was an exchange student in the glorious year of 1987, I was introduced to Dairy Queen and their wonderful Blizzards. I can't remember but it probably took me couple of trips before I settled on the Reese´s peanut butter cup as my fave. I also do like the chocolate dipped strawberry one! Then, about 10…

It's Thursday! I grew up in Iceland and we mainly had cold cereal and milk for breakfast. Maybe a toast once in a while. But when I went as an exchange student to Arizona, in 1987, I was introduced to American breakfast: pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, French toast - the whole 9 yards! Quite a bit different…

It's Thursday! I grew up with Monopoly. That was played quite a bit at my parent´s house. I also remembering playing different card games (52 cards) and Battleship. Did you have a go-to game that always came out on rainy days or family nights? Monopoly marathons that ended friendships? Risk battles that lasted all weekend?…

It's Thursday! Last January, I flew back home to Iceland to celebrate my mom's 90th birthday. I am the youngest of five siblings. My dad passed away 33 years ago so she has been on her own for that long. I try to visit once a year. It was great being able to be with her on her birthday. All of her kids, grandkids, and…

It's Thursday! Man, I grew up in the 70's and back then it was all about patching the clothes to make them last longer. I think I will let this picture do all the talking. Pretty wicked patches now that I think about it! Soooo, what memories do you have of clothes from the past? Let’s make it a great Thursday! KGM

It's Thursday! I just came across this picture of my sister, taken in the early 80´s. Don't tell her but she is not the main object of today's #TBT. Notice the plastic cars on the window sill behind her? A Spiderman van on the left and silver/black Mustang on the right. Do you folks remember these from way back? I would…

It's Thursday! When I was in 7th grade (Icelandic 7th grade, think we were 13 or 14 at that time) back in mid 1980's, we lobbied our teachers to allow us to go on a school trip to Vestmanneyjar (an island south of Iceland). This picture is taken during that trip. Looks like I am handing my friend Högni a rose. Couple of…

It's Thursday! Thor was 67 years old when our paths crossed. I didn't know him from Adam but we both had Icelandic roots in common. I associated with him for 28 years, until his death at age 95. He was always very kind and encouraging to me. He would gently ask deep questions that got me to scratch deeper and turn over a…

It's Thursday! Throwback to the first song I could halfway play on drums—in my basement, 2014. I bought a no‑name kit on Amazon for $250, had never played before, and I’ll admit: I’m impatient. Rudiments? Meh. I just wanted to play a song. (And especially a song from my teenage years in the 80's). It was AC/DC’s “Back in…

It's Thursday! When I was growing up, we played outside a lot. I remember that the street/area below my house was not paved. We used to "Country Paris" (I don't have a clue what it is called in English). We would draw a circle in the gravel with a stick. Here is a description of the game in Icelandic (you can use Google…

🙋‍♀️Did you know that the Atlassian Cloud Foundations has become a FREE Certificate? Well, it sure has! 🤠 Big news for the Atlassian community, the ACA-915 Atlassian Cloud Foundations certification is getting a major upgrade! We're converting it to the ACH-820 Atlassian Cloud Fundamentals Certificate, making it more…

It's Thursday! One of our daughters is married to a guy who is going to school. So at the moment, they don't live close to us. Couple of weeks ago, she gave birth to another son; they already have a two year old son. The older brother has been pretty good and soft with his brother. However, he is just two so once in a…

It's Thursday! Trying to think back. We had to take woodshop in Iceland and home something class (learn how to knot and sew). I think I made a bird looking creature out of wood, not sure. But when I was an exchange student in Arizona, back in the late 80's, I made a nightstand out of cedar wood. That was a nice one! Well,…

It's Thursday! I remember the mid 1990's when the internet was going to us masses. Getting AOL disk in the mail, giving me a free trial month (or week or something). Signing up meant I needed to create a user name and email address. I am trying to remember mine but can't... I will add it in the comments when I remember. I…

It's Thursday! I worked for Nýherji (later Origo) for quite some time but in different roles. Nýherji started using Jira in the summer of 2010, as a replacement for the old ticketing system, think it was AmberCat. At that time, I was a group manager of 10 or so hardware technicians. So I started using Jira to monitor the…

It's Thursday! I think Erling, my friend, and I were 9 or 10 years old when our parents sent us to YMCA summer camp. It was supposed to be a week (or 5 days). The first day wasn't even over when I become super homesick. Suffered through the night but the next day after breakfast, I wanted to see the camp director. Went…

It's Thursday! Once in a while, there is a breakthrough feature that gets released that really changes the way we work, think, and approach tasks and projects at work. Don't get me wrong. Atlassian does spit out bunch of good stuff. But in this post, I want to focus on a breakthrough feature. I think for me it Atlassian…

It's Thursday! I was 8 years old when I got my first watch (Christmas of '78). Actually, I got two of them :) One was a regular watch and the other was a digital watch. I don't remember all the details of it but it had red digits, which were pretty bright! It was similar to the one in this picture: I really liked this…

It's Thursday! Team 26 Anaheim is about 47 days away! My first Team was Alassian Summit 2019 at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas. I was living in Florida at the time. Working as an Atlassian administrator, I asked my employer if I could go and they said yes! It was a great event. Bash was held at the beach at the Mandalay Bay…

It's Thursday! My friend and I had a "video night" last week. We watched Pretty in Pink. What a classic! Well, one of many good songs in the move is "If you leave" by OMD. That is such a great song! Well, it got stuck in my head Did you know this song was written in under 24 hours? "The end of the film Pretty in Pink, set…