Jimmy Seddon Community Champion

Hello Everyone! I can’t believe it’s almost April! I have another collection of wonderful articles you need to check out. As always, this is just a sample of all the amazing content that is on the Community. Once you are done with these, be sure to go check out the rest of the great content that is available! First, a new…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! It's the first Wednesday of April. I have a very simple question for everyone this week. What are you having/What did you have for lunch today? Wednesdays are the day that my wife and I order lunch. We usually go to the local family run Chinese restaurant. Today, I will be having General Tso's…

Hello Everyone! Welcome to yet another wonderful Wednesday! I got a Spotify membership for Christmas and I've been a little overwhelmed by the amount of content available. I'm also one of those people that needs something on in the background while I'm working. When I was at the office it was to drown out the chatter. Now…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! We are a couple of weeks into 2021 and I know that I personally am still in lockdown with orders to stay at home as much as possible. When I was at the office I was one of those people with a bunch of toys on my desk. At home I have a shelf behind me that has a bunch of my toys. My question for…

Hello Everyone, and welcome to another wonderful Wednesday! The weather has been getting warmer out and the snow has been melting in my part of the world. This got me thinking about some of the things I would love to do in the warmer months. One of those, would be taking my son to the amusement park. He’s getting old…

Hello Everyone! Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday! In the part of the world I live, we are entering the season where it is still very cold at night, but it gets quite warm during the day. This also has the side effect of a number of people getting clods or the flu around this time. When I was younger, my Mom always…

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone! What are you doing to celebrate today? If this isn't something you celebrate, what holiday are you looking forward to? I'm not big into celebrating St. Patrick's Day, but I enjoy the colour green so I usually make sure to wear green to show my support. Please share in the comments. Have a…

It feels like only a short time ago, I saw a promotion on the Online Community for the Atlassian Team Playbook. I have had a lot of success in the past bringing new Atlassian products or ideas to the teams I work with. Looking at the Playbook myself, I saw potential to help make the work day easier for team members. A…

Hello Everyone, Happy Mario Day! (MAR 10) Mario has been around for almost my entire life. He's definitely on the short list of universally recognizable company icons, and who can't love this Italian plumber! I'd love for everyone to share other well known icons/symbols/mascots that you love! Leave them in the comments…

Hello Everyone! It's another Wednesday. I don't have any thought provoking question this week. I know last night I really needed a hug and I was fortunate enough to have very supportive friends and family I could chat with. I know we all have our own challenges right now. So I thought today I would simply offer a virtual…

Happy Friday Everyone! I can’t believe another month has passed already, but I’m extremely excited to share with you some of the amazing things that have been going on around the Community. As I mentioned last month, this is just a small sample of the amazing content that is out there. I would encourage each and every one…

Happy New Year Everyone! Welcome to 2021! I hope everyone has enjoyed some time off at some point during the holiday season. As we begin the new year it's time to start thinking about the major things we want to accomplish this year. For me that always involves expanding my knowledge in some form or capacity. This week I…

Hello Everyone! One of our dev managers came to me to ask how from a reporting perspective we can easily account for random low velocity sprints? When I dug deeper into the question the problem they are trying to solve is that for the most part team velocity has been pretty constant (which is good) but every once in a…

Welcome Everyone! With the Atlassian Team Tour Government Symposium happening early next week, and the Team 2021 event just around the corner. I thought this was the perfect time to ask if virtual-only conferences has you excited to attend of if you are put off by the idea. I know a number of people who feel that you don't…

Hello Everyone! Valentine's Day is just around the corner and love is in the air. My wife and I don't really buy into most of the "traditional" Valentine's Day celebrations. But, one things we used to do was go to the movie theatre. There are a tons of movies that really make you feel the spirit of Valentine's day. One…

Hello Everyone! We have made it through the first month of 2021 and it has proved to be just as unpredictable as 2020 was! However, one thing you can count on is that there is an overwhelming amount of amazing content to read on the Atlassian Community. In fact, there are so many good articles that have been posted this…

How did this all start? Many of you are aware that I am equally passionate about video games and everything Atlassian. What you may not know is that I'm also very involved in either donating or volunteering for charity. One that has married my desire to help with my love for video games is Extra Life. This charity is all…

Hello Everyone! Welcome to another wonderful Wednesday. Yesterday was Groundhog Day. For anyone not familiar with this celebration. It involves watching to see if a groundhog sees it's shadow to determine if spring is around the corner or if we are in for a longer winter. This was also made more famous by the 1993 movie…

Welcome to another wonderful Wednesday everyone! I think many of you can probably relate to this scenario. It's between 2-3pm in the afternoon, your feeling tired, and you need "something" to help you get through the rest of the day. You cave and decide to grab something from the vending machine to help you make it through…

I have been using Jira & BitBucket for close to seven years now. But I’ve never had the opportunity to use Confluence until about three months ago when I changed companies. My previous company used an alternative tool for knowledge management and collaboration with no desire to consider Confluence. Now that I have had the…

I think we can all agree that 2020 definitely had its challenges. I could go on about all the things that were difficult this past year because there were plenty. But, as I reflect on the year, there were a number of amazing things that happened that as well wouldn’t have been possible without the global pandemic and…

Hello Everyone! Welcome to the Community Round-up! This is a new series that will be posted monthly in the Welcome Center to help keep you informed of things that you may have missed throughout the month you might be interested in checking out. We all know that the announcement of the end of server coming up was a shock.…

Greetings Fellow Community Travelers! We are very close to the end of 2020! I know for many of you, New Year's plans will likely be very different from years gone by. Personally, for me, they won't change very much. Our typical plans involve making some snacks (like air-popped popcorn) and watching movies. We will take…

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!! It is my honour to be filling in for your weekly dose of Friday Fun this week! I'm going to bring back a question that was asked last year because it is very present in my mind right now and given the current situation it is one of the easiest things for me to pour my energy into. What are you…