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It’s still Thursday here in the US…. 3.14... Pi. π Do you need more reasons to grab a pizza for dinner or a slice of pie for dessert today? I think not. (Even if it’s Friday where you’re at, we’ll allow it (I mean, really, 3.15 is just Pi+. So, pizza and desert for you guys. Now that's true "Friday Fun". Huzzah!)) In honor…

Sorry for the lull in Trello Community content over the last few months. I've been transitioning into a new role, but I've brought my love of Trello with me! Physical shipping is a key piece of my new position and I've absolutely fallen in love with the Package Tracker power-up which is powered by Shippo. With this…

We had an awesome virtual presentation from Trello senior product designer and Trello list confetti master Levin Mejia. His presentation on Power-Ups and automation in Trello taught this old dog a few new tricks. Check out the meeting recap from @Community Manager 

I realize I am a day late for Veteran's Day. A day that we, in the U.S., honor the troops who have sacrificed for our freedom and we reflect on the lives of those who did not make it back from battle. It's never the wrong day to thank a hero. So, I'd like to say thank you to all of those here in the Trello Community who…

Happy Friday, DFW Trello-ites! Good news! We have begun streaming our Trello events. So, those of you who are unable to attend due to location, timing, disdain for humans, or just because your couch is too comfy can join us via the all-powerful internet. You can join us live or virtually June 18th as the…

This month the DFW Trello User Group will be discussing "How to build Trello boards to tackle any job". We will spend some time talking about the five big types of boards people use. Here’s the five big types: 1. Tracking boards are for managing projects with different phases. 2. Storing boards are used for keeping track…

No, the Trello group isn't being absorbed by the Dallas AUG. Last night the two groups combined powers. Like a comic book team-up of Captain America and Iron Man, we joined together to give a double dose of powerful ways to save time by using keyboard shortcuts in both Trello and Jira. Using only the keyboard, you can…

Today's spotlight is on Slack, Atlassian's new chatty partner. Slack is a great way to stay in the loop with everything that's happening on your Trello boards. Add the Slack power-up to your board and get notified when members are added, lists are archived, cards are created, and tons of other stuff. Want to really…

The NFL playoffs are in full swing. Regular season has ended, the wild card winners have moved further into the post-season, and the division matchup will be known by EOD Sunday. What team are you cheering for? Are you planning a big watch party this weekend? Going to a sports bar to join your rowdy fellow fans? Avoiding…

A new year means the opportunity to reflect on the past year and set yourself up for a a better year to come. One way to set yourself up for success in 2019 is to make sure your personal and professional Trello boards are up to date and free from clutter. Review your boards. Are there any that are no longer in use? If so,…

We had another great group last and the presentation was excellent. @Michael Wolfe showed some of the powerful automation that Butler can bring to your Trello boards. The workshop allowed participants the opportunity to explore ways to combine manual triggers, repeating events, and event triggers to bring your boards to…

It's the last work day of the week in my office. We will be shutting down this afternoon and everyone will get that glorious four day weekend for which we are all truly thankful. In the spirit of giving thanks for success and health for the past year@Michael Wolfe and I decided to smoke/cook a feast for our team.…

This is the first installment of "Power-Up Spotlight". I will be spotlighting a different Power-Up a couple of times a month. Our first spotlight is on Butler. Butler helps to automate your Trello boards. You can schedule automations, create rules that trigger automations, or create buttons that you can use to manually…

Great group of Trello users at last night's event. I got to meet a lot of interesting new folks and learned a bit from the group as well. I presented on some best practices when starting a Trello board and tied it in with the Thanksgiving Planning board I mentioned in an article earlier this week. I also gave a brief…

Holiday planning can be a bit daunting. There are few things worse than having your guests gather around your beautiful Thanksgiving dinner just to discover that you forgot to make gravy, left the rolls in the fridge, or you don't have enough wine to survive an evening with your entire family. Luckily you can avoid a…

Trick or Treat?! Well, that one's easy. Gimme that treat! Perhaps Michael Myers will finally leave poor Jamie Lee Curtis alone. Maybe Linus will get to prove his Great Pumpkin theory. One thing we can definitely count on is that there will be some scary delicious cocktails tonight and that's a treat that can't be beat. So,…

As a project manager, I have discovered that different developers want to bring their previous branching method with them when they join the team. Some developers are used to performing individual work, branching from and merging right back into the master branch. Others have worked on large teams where old branches were…

Last month the Trello blog featured round one of a social media series on all the places users take Trello. See it here! It was cool to see all the different places and spaces that users from different walks in life were using Trello. So, I'd like to see where this group uses Trello. Please post a pic of you using Trello…

I love Halloween. LOVE it. I enjoy decorating. I love strobe lights and fog machines on Halloween night. I like hosting Halloween parties (I used to have an annual Zombie Casino party on Halloween), but haven't thrown one in a couple of years since moving. I like answering the door to trick or treaters in my Zombie makeup…

Thank you to everyone that came out last night. It was a fun casual evening of discussing future user group events. The pizza was outstanding, the Märzenbier was chilled to perfection, and the attendees were warm and receptive. We intend to have future groups in a variety of areas around the DFW Metroplex including Fort…

In the USA, 'nine to fivers' are already watching the clock for quitting time and the beginning of a three day weekend. On Monday we honor soldiers from past and present on Memorial Day. We also tend to have big cookouts, picnics, or barbeques and, for me and my friends, we typically hangout near a large body of water (I'm…

I think it would be nice to have an Atlassian User Group tie-in to the Atlassian Community. Both are excellent resources for finding answers and connecting with others with a common interest. A field for AUG could be included in your profile. I have some thoughts on ways to include AUG in the Community. * Display an AUG…

We are hosting our own Jira Server and will make it public; my users will be connecting via SSL. My question is if I need to worry about making sure Jira and Confluence are using an SSL connection to mysql? Jira, Confluence, and mysql are all on the same server.