by Jono Bacon | Jul 30, 2012 | Article, Canonical, Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
Last week [Benjamin Otte shared some thoughts about GNOME](https://blogs.gnome.org/otte/2012/07/27/staring-into-the-abyss/) that were pretty stark. It gathered some steam and hit Slashdot and this all happened the week [GUADEC](https://guadec.org/) was taking place in...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 19, 2009 | Article, Community
Those lovely people at [ZDNet](https://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26136&tag=col1;post-26136) have let me write a guest post about community, and I have contributed an article called [Failure as a springboard to...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 22, 2009 | Article, Ubuntu
With [Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6](https://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha6) now out the door and momentum building towards a rocking Karmic Koala release, it is time to name and share the direction and focus for the next step in the Ubuntu evolution that follows Karmic....
by Jono Bacon | Aug 12, 2009 | Article, Community, Ubuntu
Recently I have been thinking a lot about how we can refine and improve how we report problems and issues in the Ubuntu community. I shared some thoughts about this [a little while back](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2009/06/27/tracking-ubuntu-community-issues/)...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 1, 2009 | Article, Community
Today I have a little story followed by an idea that I want to share with you all. A few weeks back I stepped out to go and grab a coffee. I headed over to my local independent coffee shop where I get on well with the owners. Like many small businesses, they have been...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 30, 2009 | Article, Community
Today I just wanted to share a few thoughts on a much under-used and sometimes overlooked component in growing great communities: *validation*. Every community is an organically grouped bundle of people, many of which spend their free time choosing to be part of that...
