by Jono Bacon | Sep 10, 2007 | Desktop, Random
I just want to take a second to also throw my support behind IBM for their [announcement of involvement in OpenOffice.org](https://www.openoffice.org/press/ibm_press_release.html). OpenOffice.org is extremely important for the free software desktop to succeed, and IBM...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 10, 2007 | Jokosher
We have an interesting situation with [Jokosher](https://www.jokosher.org/). We are close. So. Very. Close. Just a little more bug fixing and we can get out a release that everyone can use reliably. However, we need help. We need people to come and test Jokosher, and...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 9, 2007 | Speaking
Well, tonight was a first – I delivered my first ever after dinner speech. It happened at PyCon UK, and I was asked a few months ago to do it. I was a little nervous, having never done one before, but it seemed to go really well and the crowd were very...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 7, 2007 | Ubuntu
I am pleased to announce that [Daniel Holbach](https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/), a long time leader in the [MOTU project](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU) and friend of developers everywhere, has moved to my community team inside Canonical. Daniel will now be working as...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 6, 2007 | Music
Yes! As has been rumoured for a while, Iron Maiden’s next world tour will see them playing material from their 80s albums Powerslave and Somewhere In Time. I will never forget being a wee child and hearing Somewhere In Time for the first time and pestering my...
