Kristján Geir Mathiesen Community Champion

It's Thursday! For years, my December activities were the standard fare: decorating the tree, endless holiday parties, and avoiding the mall. But then, a few years back, I moved to Utah and discovered a couple of absolutely fantastic, new traditions. First up: the Alpine Living Nativity. Check out the implied picture in…

It's Thursday! You guys ready for a funny, ironical food story? This is a true story! Five years ago, in the middle of Covid, my wife and I tried this new membership from Walmart. Free home delivery with a minimum order of $35. It is Thursday night, we are deciding what to have for Friday dinner. I suggest pizza. Since my…

It's Thursday! And not just any ordinary Thursday (at least in America). It's Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving to all you folks who are celebrating it today! I hope you have a great day with friends and family. Let’s make it a great Thursday! KGM

It's Thursday! I believe I am 9 or 10 months old in this picture. Found it with my albums the other day. Check out all that hair! I miss that hair... Sooooo, whip out them baby pictures and let us see how you looked like as a baby :=) Let’s make it a great Thursday! KGM

It's Thursday! I know that taking exams is not the most fun experience in the world for many of us but it has been my experience that the more professional exams I take, the easier it gets. The first Atlassian exam I took was ACP-100, which was called "Jira Administration for Server" back then. Took it on July 13th, 2018.…

It's Thursday! Happy early Halloween! Hope you are ready for tomorrow :) My wife is all excited about Halloween this year and found this costume for me: I couldn't find a better picture but basically there is a skeleton for the upper body, clothed in the yellow jacket and it's legs are put in the person's trousers. It's…

It's Thursday! Check out them suspenders/braces that I'm wearing there. Pretty fance, eh! :) I inherited a few Action Man figures from my older brothers. They had army gear; like back packs, riffles, helmets, etc. as accessories. You can see a tipi (tepee) behind me with the door open. I can't remember where that came from…

It's Thursday! Rovo just told me that "research indicates that smell is a uniquely powerful trigger for emotional and long-lasting memories, more so than other senses"! There we have it. And if we want to learn more: "Smell-related memories can persist for a long time, sometimes even decades, and can be recalled with…

It's Thursday! When we had young kids, we would try to make Friday nights somethings special. Both because it was the start of the weekend and also to have a carrot for the kids to finish their chores. Like, we would often clean the house on a Friday and trying to get the kids to help us. "We´ve got finish cleaning so we…

It's Thursday! This is my son and my great aunt, Jakobína. She married my grandfather's brother. She lived to be a 100 years old. She was a wonderful person and I would often visit her on Sundays, after I got my drivers license. Being a direct and to the point kind of person, she also had a huge heart. She was always very…

It's Thursday! Here are some pictures from 1978 of my parents and my sister standing outside of Sea World in San Diego. Check out the matching jackets we had! :) Oh and check out the entrance gate! Not quite the same today... It was an amazing experience for me! I was only 8 years old and never seen anything like this. So…

It's Thursday! A few weeks ago, I was in New York at an on-site work meeting for couple of days. It was great meeting workmates in live in 3D. We went to play mini golf one of the nights and got ice cream. Afterwards, one in the group said she wanted to walk back to the hotel (about 45 min walk) and we all decided to walk…

It's Thursday! I can't believe it is Thursday already! The week just flew by really fast. When I was growing up in Iceland in the late 70's and 80's, there was a juice concentrate that my parents would purchase: Egils þykkni. I couldn't find an old picture but this is how it looks today. Wasn't the best. To me it tasted a…

It's Thursday! I was flipping through the photo album and this paper fell out of it. It is a print out from 4th of July 1990 of a criminal record, showing my only criminal record offense, at least so far in my life. Not sure why I had to get a copy of my criminal record nor why I kept it. I think it was in 1989, when we…

Hi gang! A team lead wants to sync the retro page in Confluence with the Sprint in Jira. Specifically, get the date in "Sprint goal" to appear on the Confluence retro page. And I am looking for a way to do this without using 3rd Party Plugin. How could we do that without coping manually? Could we use smartvalues somehow on…

It's Thursday! In Iceland, you can get your driver's permit for a car when you turn 17 years old. My instructor was a wife to a police officer. She used a blue Volvo 244, like the one below, to teach me how to drive. Of course it was a stick shift. Sooooo, how old were you when you learned how to drive? Let’s make it a…

It's Thursday! Happy birthday tomorrow, America! And happy Canada Day on July 1st, just couple of days ago. I hope that both days were and will be great! Let’s make it a great Thursday! KGM

It's Thursday! As many of you know by now, I grew up in Iceland. Iceland does not have great growing season so what we get there are potatoes, rhubarb, beats, and such. Sometimes as kids, we'd steal a couple of stalks of rhubarb from someone's garden... After moving to America and finally buying a house, my wife and I…

It's Thursday! It was on a 7 year old instance when I was first starting out learning how to administrate Jira. I had been a Jira user for all 7 years but not an admin. When I was shown the ropes, I didn't realize that some of the options for Post Functions were actually there because of 3rd Party Apps! In my naivety, I…

It's Thursday! Inconceivable! This is the 208th #TBT post that I have written. During the last 4 straight years, on every single Thursday, the Atlassian Community has seen a Throwback Thursday post #TBTI just want to thank YOU all for making this journey so fun and enriching. For contributing memories and stories, which…

It's Thursday! The other day, a former colleague pointed out to me that there was still an old workflow, in the Jira Data Center I used to work on, with my name on it. Apparently, I am the last person to edit this particular workflow, almost 10 years ago! Check out this screenshot:Sooooo tell us, what is the oldest…

It's Thursday! In Iceland, we finish our compulsory education at age 16. I think it was sometime during the fall of my last year in school, so we were 15, that my friends and I were talking about this being our last year at this school. We had all seen 80’s movies with Prom dances and I think we had also been watching some…

It's Thursday! My wife and I just watched a great movie called "You gotta believe". (Good movie; I recommend it!) It´s about a dad who coaches his son's little league baseball. There is a scene in it where the boys on the team ride their BMX bikes to a shop that sells baseball cards. Got me thinking about what I collected…

It's Thursday! Spring is just around the corner in this part of the world. I just LOVE spring - especially May and June in Iceland, where I grew up! All the plants are coming alive and the air is full of wonderful smells. Lambs are being born and the world just seems full of live and energy. Totally my favorite time of the…

It's Thursday! I have a great friend, which lives only 10 minutes away from me, that is an avid hiker. We actually only reconnected couple of years ago. I've gone on some hikes with him. One day he texts me and asks if I want to go on a sunrise hike with him. I said yes! So he picked me up around 5PM. We drove about 3…

It's Thursday! Okay, so I was looking for a credit card and went through an old wallet I keep them in, along with some other cards. I came across this old driver's license and saw the little sticker. My sticker has the number 2870 on it. Some of you might know what this was used for... This was actually my membership…

It's Thursday! It’s amazing how much of a feast Team ‘25 has been! It has been super great to meet with new and old friends. Attend sessions and learn about new features and upcoming changes. Thank you all who have contributed in making Team’25 such a great success. We have one more day of deliciousness. What have you…

It's Thursday! Almost that time of the year again: Team '25 starts in 47 days! Amazing how time flies. Have you signed up? If not, then you still can --> sign up here.Sooooo, are you attending Team'25 in person or viewing it online?Let’s make it a great Thursday! KGM

It's Thursday! Last week, I went on a men's boot camp down in Williams, AZ. It was so awesome. Got to know great men and sweet brotherhood formed. It was held in a facility that holds summer camps for youth during the summer (called Lost Canyon). Soooo, what summer camp memories do you have?Let’s make it a great Thursday!…

It's Thursday! Whenever I am driving long/longish distances in America, I get myself a small, empty plastic cup and a bag of sunflower seeds. That's my favorite - actually, maybe not my favorite but my essential. I feel like I always have to have sunflower seeds. I like taking pop corn on the road as well.Sooooo, what is…