Jimmy Seddon Community Champion

Hello Everyone! It's Wednesday again! As the weather continues to get more pleasant in my part of the world. I know many friends and work colleagues who are starting renovations to their houses or building backyard/balcony gardens. So my question for you this week is, are you working on any projects this year? Maybe you…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! This past weekend was the opening weekend for our local community summer market. They will be in the parking lot of the community centre every Saturday from 9am - 1pm. There are all sorts of businesses that setup stalls to sell their goods and my wife and I absolutely love checking it out! In…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I'm really sorry I missed everyone last week. I was buried in a Jira & Confluence Server to Cloud Migration, that started on the weekend and involved late nights and early mornings all of last week. While we are still working through the last of the hiccups, I wanted to take a moment to express my…

Hello Everyone! It’s that time once again to take a look at everything that has happened in the past month! From major events, to product announcements, to amazing people providing great tips & best practices to help the Community, I guarantee there is something here for everyone. Let’s get started! Announcements &…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! It's been a while since I did one of these, the holiday season has ended. For some, the holidays are a rough time, for others early January when the hype from the holidays wears off can be rough. Whatever you have going on, if you need a hug, take one from me! I've been there, and you aren't…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! This past weekend I finally said enough is enough! I've had a number of boxed and bag full of things from moving last year in the back corner of my office that I still hadn't unpacked. Well it's done now! It took most of the day Sunday, but I have everything unpack and all my posters hung in my…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I have been writing these weekly posts since December of 2021, with a couple of exceptions where I have missed a week here or there. One question I have received many times is: How do you keep coming up with something to post about? To be honest, some weeks it's much easier than others. I will get…

Hello Everyone! It’s that time once again to take a look at everything that has happened in the past month! From major events, to product announcements, to amazing people providing great tips & best practices to help the Community, I guarantee there is something here for everyone. Let’s get started! Announcements &…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! If you haven’t checked out the Community-Led Classes, you really should. These are courses that are taught by your fellow Atlassian Community experts. It’s worth joining the group to be notified about new classes being posted. This week, I’m giving the Welcome Wednesday platform over to the…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! It’s the moment you all I have been waiting for! It’s where I get all of you to help me with engagement on this post, and completing each component results in my own donations to a very worthy cause! Each year I campaign for Extra Life which supports my local Children’s Hospital (The Children’s…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Two days ago, our house go a little busier. The kids have been asking to get a cat every since our dogs passed away and our plan has been that we would get one from my in-laws farm when a new litter was born. About a month ago, we got to meet one of the new little arrivals (there we two sets from…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Yes, the time has almost arrived for Team ‘25. I extremely excited about a few things for this year: I will be attending in person again My partner in crime will be attending as well We won’t be headed back to Vegas I’ll be running another charity challenge (stay tuned for details) No question…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Towards the end of last year, we unfortunately had both of our very elderly dogs pass away about a month apart. Before their passing, I would always take the dogs out for a walk every morning. At the same time that we all were getting a little exercise, I would have some time away from everything…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! For everyone that will be headed to Anaheim in a couple of weeks, you are probably starting to think about everything you need to prepare to attend. If this will be your first Team event you are in for a treat! However, if you go in unprepared it can be a pit overwhelming. In case you missed it,…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I’m sure you are starting to see a number of things all around Team ‘25 and how great things are going to be. For everyone that is no able to attend in person, I’m sorry we are going to miss you. I know this can feel bittersweet as you want to be excited about the announcements, but it just…

Hello Everyone! It’s that time once again to take a look at everything that has happened in the past month! From major events, to product announcements, to amazing people providing great tips & best practices to help the Community, I guarantee there is something here for everyone. Let’s get started! Announcements &…

Hello Everyone! It’s that time once again to take a look at everything that has happened in the past month! From major events, to product announcements, to amazing people providing great tips & best practices to help the Community, I guarantee there is something here for everyone. Let’s get started! Announcements &…

Happy Monday Everyone! If you have read any of my previous Miscellaneous Monday posts, you will know that I love keeping try to it’s namesake and I enjoy sharing random knowledge you never knew you needed to know. I was gifted the Warcraft Remastered Battle Chest for Christmas. I spent a bunch of free time over the next…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Many of you know that I do a lot of charity work for my local children’s hospital throughout the year (speaking of which I will be there for a Radiothon event tomorrow!). Would you like to be able to support charity yourself? It’s as simple as attending any of the events we’ve been highlighting…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I have previously talked about how I’m not one for “big new years resolutions“. But, I am in favor of smaller, measurable, personal goals. I think having small milestones you can be working toward where you can visibly see progress and feel good about making progress “ARE“ important. So, my…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! There are a ton of events happening all around the world. From, official events like Team Tour: Government & Connect: High Velocity to Community events like the Rovo World Tour & Jira for All Teams Roadshow. There should be something for everyone. To all the Community Event Leaders out there, if…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I took over making these posts back on Dec. 16th, 2020. The original purpose of these posts was to welcome all the new members that have decided to take the first step and join the Atlassian Community. This week, I’d like to go back to the basics. If you are new here this week, Welcome! We would…

Hello Fellow CUG Leaders! We had the opportunity to take part in one of the 15 seat Jira Essentials Certification Prep classes. I thought I would take a couple of minutes to write my thoughts and opinions of the course as well as the reactions of our users who attended this class. So, what did we think? This was an…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! This has been a "hot" topic as of recently that everyone I have been speaking to recently is talking about. For where I live, it's freezing. There are places that are colder and there are others experiencing a heat wave. My question for you this week? What's the weather like where you are? And, if…

Hello Everyone! It’s that time once again to take a look at everything that has happened in the past month! From major events, to product announcements, to amazing people providing great tips & best practices to help the Community, I guarantee there is something here for everyone. Let’s get started! Community Highlights:…

If you have read any of my articles or watched any of my videos on preparing for certifications, you may remember that I have a laundry list of tips you need to watch out for when taking exams online. Last summer I moved closer to family. However, there isn’t a Testing Centre close to me anymore. The previous Testing…

My wife and I picked up a few things for our kids to celebrate Valentine’s Day on Friday. While we were deciding what to get for the kids we started chatting about our favorite items from when we were younger. A number of those are still favorites for both of us today. My question for you all this week: What’s some of your…