Kristján Geir Mathiesen Community Champion

It's Thursday! Can't remember what year it was but I was living in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland and I had saved up coins for quite a while in order to purchase a record; my very first record! The record costed 199 krónur and I brought a plastic bag of 1, 5, and 10 krónur coins with me to the little record store Skífan…

It's Thursday! Last week was my birthday and this week is #TBT´s birthday. It is hard to believe that this is the 260th #TBT post that I've written. But it is! For five years, I have posted a #TBT post every Thursday. It has been such a fun ride. Thank you all for the great memories you've shared with us. You've been so…

It's Thursday! However, this Thursday we will be doing something a bit different because today, June 17th, is Iceland's independence day. Happy independence day to all my fellow countrymen! Question of the day: What is the independence day of your homeland? Let’s make it a great Thursday! KGM

It's Thursday! The year was 1987. The day was June 17th. The bands were Madness and Fine Young Cannibals. This was the first concert with a famous band that I went to. I remember it quite well because I was living in Iceland at the time and not very many bands ventured over there due to the small population and probably…

It's Thursday! In Iceland, the earliest one can get a drivers license for a car is 17 years old. I couldn't wait to get my drivers license! I had been working every summer and Christmas break since I was 11 years old to save up for a car. In the end, my mom and I bought the car together. Brand new 1987 Toyota Corolla,…

It's Thursday! My parents had a business long before I was born. All of us sibling would work there. It was my first work and I worked there for all my Easter, Christmas, and summer breaks while at school. My first job outside of the family business was at Hard Rock Café, Reykjavík, Iceland. I worked there as a bus boy…

It's Thursday! 25 years ago, in the year 1996, I became a father for the first time. Our son Daníel was born in middle of June. I was still in college and hadn't started working a "real" job yet :) Worried about the future and how to provide for my family - what kind of job I would get once college was over. What were you…

It's Thursday! We went back to Iceland last year as a family. It was great! We brought with us all of our old VHS cam recorder tapes (you know, the small ones). We are really looking forward to transferring them onto digital media so we can watch old footage of our kinds when they were young. I also found a couple of…

It's Thursday! In 1984, when I was a young teenage, the movie Karate Kid came out. It was shown at an Icelandic theatre and I went to see it. Loved it! Had all the things I liked plus more. That was the first movie I saw Elisabeth Shue act in. Yepsi Pepsi, she was my first celebrity crush :) Also such a great movie…

It's Thursday! 25 year ago (in 2001), the Nokia 3310 was one of the most popular cellphones on the market. The film "Cast Away", starring Tom Hanks, was playing at movie theaters. And Napster was all the rage. CD folders and disc towers were the in thing. Oh, and MP3 players were starting to enter the market like bats…

It's Thursday! Welcome to last day of Team '26 Anaheim! I hope that you have been able to follow along either online or here on location. It's been a great conference with tons of announcements and information. Soooo, how will you spend the last day? Let’s make it a great Thursday! KGM

It's Thursday! Team '26 Anaheim is happening in less than 3 weeks! Crazy how fast time flies. I am super stoked about Team and that I am able to attend in person. I am also thankful for the online offer Atlassian has. I have to make sure to pack good walking shoes, hoodie, backpack, and my water bottle. Soooo, what are you…

It's Thursday! I once worked at a company where the person responsible for the service delivery owned Jira and Confluence. That company went all out with employing these two tools as the solution to any problem or anything that needed a "system." He made a pretty cool, elaborate Confluence page for the weekly service…

It's Thursday! The Icelandic word "vorboði" literally means "spring-proclaimer". In Iceland, the small birds fly to the south in the fall to live during winter. And they come back in the spring. So seeing those little birds again in the spring, is a true vorboði. There have been poems written about them or at least they…

It's Thursday! I’ve been thinking about the scale we use to measure "big wins" in our lives or really anything in our lives. The reality is that we aren’t all operating from the same blueprint. Life isn't a standardized test; it’s a custom build. What feels insurmountable to me might be easy-peasy for you. And a "big win"…

It's Thursday! It’s true that looking back at our school years can be a bit of a mixed bag. Not every hallway conversation or exam season or sport season was a highlight reel. Some of those memories are even better left in the rearview mirror. But if we let the "meh" moments take up all the space, we miss out on the gems!…

It's Thursday! The year is 1987. It is in middle of June. I've had my drivers license for just over a month at this point. It is about 10:30 at night and I am on a red light. I want to make a U turn but don't want to wait for all the on coming cars so I decide, as soon as the light turns yellow (it goes red-yellow-green in…

It's Thursday! Do you remember your very first Jira issue, either the one you created or the one assigned to you? What was it about, and how did it feel working with Jira for the first time? I started using Jira in 2010, when the company I was working for switched over to JIRA as its ticketing system. I was a group leader…

It's Thursday! Here is a picture of me laying on the floor on the second floor of my childhood home. I´m guessing that I'm 5 or so. Wearing my PJs, playing with some Legos. I was really into cars back then. You can see the Shell gas station and on the right is a garage (auto shop). I think that one had a car lift as well.…

It's Thursday! This Saturday is Valentine's Day. So here is early happy Valentine's Day! We did not celebrate Valentine's Day in Iceland when I was growing up. But having lived in America, I´ve become acquainted with it. Here is a bit of its history, if you are interested. At least someone's version of its history. Sooooo,…

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It's Thursday! When I was younger, I played a lot with cars and toys on the floor. I was crawling a lot. As a direct result, the knees would wear out fast on my pants. So my mom would patch them up with these really handsome, low-profile patches :=) I vividly remember having pants with patches on the knees.Sooooo, what…

It's Thursday! Like many people, I’ve made (and broken) my fair share of New Year’s resolutions. One of the most common ones New Year’s resolutions is probably "This year I will get in shape". I imagine it has a particularly impressive failure rate. I know this because, more than once, I've set that resolution... Back in…

It's Thursday! It is a new year! I am thankful for this community and the associations I've had with y'all during 2025. It has been a great year. Thank you for all your comments and fun stories, pictures, and whatever else you have shared. Gracias, merci, danke, grazie, Ευχαριστώ, obrigado/obrigada, cпасибо, 谢谢, ありがとう,…

It's Thursday! Wanted to wish everyone happy Christmas and a wonderful time with family and loved ones. May this season peace in your souls and lives. Let’s make it a great Christmas day! KGM 

It's Thursday! Back when I was a kid, the Christmas lights outside were generally the regular size light bulbs but in colors green, yellow, red, or blue. My wife does not light blue Christmas lights as decorations for anything (outside the house, on the tree, inside windows, ...). Blue lights for Christmas is a total no-go…

It's Thursday! It was in the glorious year of 1987 that I went to Arizona as an exchange student. It surely changed my live dramatically. I can't even imagine how my life would have turned out had I not gone. It was a great experience. Also a hard experience. I got the opportunity to play a new sport called, by me,…

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…