May 2023

Atlassian Updates - Request Type Workflow, Release tab and Jira Product Discovery out of beta

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 05/29/2023 - 04:00

Time to go through some exciting changes and updates from the Atlassian ecosystem.

Change the workflow and issue type of a request type

Recently there was a new feature in the JSM projects where the workflow of the request type can be changed swiftly. I believe Atlassian wants to treat Issue Type as the workflow and when I changed the workflow, it also changed the issue type. Learn about it here.

Release tab

Org-mode - overlay vs pause

Submitted by ravisagar on Sun, 05/28/2023 - 10:27

Let us learn how to add a pause in your slides to focus on something and at the same time let us check how it is different from overlay+- which is useful in bullet points.

#Emacs #Beamer

I chose Alma Linux instead of Rocky Linux

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 05/24/2023 - 17:56

Let me share why I chose Alma Linux over Rocky Linux for my new server as a Cent OS alternative.

#AlmaLinux #RockyLinux #CentOS

sxhkd to create notes quickly

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 05/22/2023 - 10:23

For opening my emacsclient to take quick notes I use sxhkd not a shell script.

#sxhkd

Org-mode - Inactive Timestamps

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 05/22/2023 - 10:22

From now onwards I will be using inactive timestamps in my meeting meetings.

#Emacs #OrgMode

I love Jira but..

Submitted by ravisagar on Thu, 05/18/2023 - 06:11

Jira is a great tool and I quite like it because it worked for me.

#justtalk

Learning Jira without technical background

Submitted by ravisagar on Thu, 05/18/2023 - 06:10

You need to have some technical background and skills to start your career in Atlassian ecosystem.

#CareerAdvice #TechnicalBackground

Using Drupal for Project Management?

Submitted by ravisagar on Tue, 05/16/2023 - 19:01

There are modules in Drupal that will let you do basic issue tracking or even project management.

#Drupal #Jira

I tried Google Bard

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 05/15/2023 - 18:24

First impression of Google Bard is good.

#GoogleBard

Team Managed Projects for JSM

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 05/15/2023 - 16:50

Now you can create team managed projects for Jira Service Management as well but you should stay away from it.

#JiraServiceManagement #TeamManagedProjects

Jira Cloud - Tips to create filters

Submitted by ravisagar on Fri, 05/12/2023 - 17:17

Let me share some tips to create and manage your filters. We will talk about filter naming conventions and Jira REST API.

#JiraCloud #JQL

Jira Cloud - Comment visibility issues

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 18:24

I think the comment visibility feature on Jira Cloud is broken. The padlock to change the permissions doesn't always get displayed.

#JiraCloud #CommentVisibility

Org-mode - Create beautiful CV or Resume

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 05/10/2023 - 18:02

I have been using org mode and LaTex to create and manage my CV for more than a year now and I am quite happy with it.

#Emacs #Resume

Future of Jira Administrators

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 05/08/2023 - 16:42

Are you worried about your Jira Admin skills after moving to Jira Cloud. Do you think Jira Administators' job would not be relevant in future?/

#CareerAdvice #JiraAdmin

Jira Cloud - Command palette is good

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 05/08/2023 - 16:41

I enabled command palette from my personal settings in Jira. It will let you quickly do common tasks like transitioning issues and assigning it. It looks good to me.

#JiraCloud #CommandPalette

Jira Cloud - Why so much noise?

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 05/08/2023 - 16:40

Jira is a great tool but for new users its adoption is not smooth because the UI is too noisy.

#JiraCloud #Noise

Org-mode - LaTex default image width

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 05/08/2023 - 16:38

When using image in your LaTex or Beamer export you may want to set the default width of your images. It is very easy.

#Emacs #LaTex

Zathura - Hide status bar

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 18:58

To use zathura in distraction free mode you may want to hide the status bar. This may be useful if you want to use zathura for presentations.

#zathura #statusbar

My YouTube earnings

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 18:56

Let me give you some idea about my YouTube earnings.

#YouTube #Earnings

Atlassian Forge - We built an app

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 18:54

We have built an app using Atlassian Forge. So far we are happy with what we have done. I also encourage your to try forge.

#AtlassianForge #StayOnTop

Private to public community

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 18:53

I am opening up my community to everyone. Let me know if you access.

#Community

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