by Jono Bacon | Jun 7, 2013 | Ubuntu
Today I recorded a video demo of Ubuntu running on the Galaxy Nexus and showcasing much of the progress in May to turn the phone into a usable daily phone for early testers. The demo shows recieving a call and text, web browser, social networking integration,...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 3, 2013 | Ubuntu
One feature that didn’t land in Ubuntu 13.04 was the new Smart Scopes functionality in the Ubuntu dash. This feature greatly widens the scope (pun intended) of the dash returning results for a wide range of online services as well as local results. The whole...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 1, 2013 | Canonical, Ubuntu, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
For some time now we have wanted to improve the community pages on [ubuntu.com](https://www.ubuntu.com/). While the pages there provided an overview of the community they really didn’t serve us or our new community members very well. At UDS in Copenhagen back in...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 1, 2013 | Ubuntu
A while back I [blogged about dogfooding Ubuntu Phone](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2013/05/17/dogfooding-the-ubuntu-phone-my-early-experience/); that is, *eating our own dogfood* by using it on a daily basis. I have been tracking this...
by Jono Bacon | May 31, 2013 | Personal
My parents came out to visit this week and I took a week off work to spend with them. We had not seen them for 18 months in person (pregnancy and babies make travel to England rather challenging), but we Skype video-chat pretty regularly. It was the first time they...
