by Jono Bacon | Dec 10, 2012 | Community, Ubuntu
Some ago I used to host weekly public IRC meetings for my team at Canonical. Back then we used to primarily use it as an opportunity to provide a status update of what we had been working on. The meetings then tapered off a little bit as we needed to use the slot for...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 10, 2012 | Community, Ubuntu
On Friday I [wrote an article](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2012/12/07/on-richard-stallman-and-ubuntu/) responding to a [post by Richard Stallman](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do). Over the weekend both posts caused quite a flurry of...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 9, 2012 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
For quite some time now we have had some information about how to join the Ubuntu community at [www.ubuntu.com/community](https://www.ubuntu.com/community). This documentation has traditionally been pretty limited, doesn’t really help get people started...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 7, 2012 | Community, Desktop, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
*This is a personal post and does not neccessarily represent the views of Canonical or the Ubuntu community*. Today Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU project and [Free Software Foundation](https://www.fsf.org) wrote a [critical...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 6, 2012 | Community, Planet Ubuntu
A few months ago the second edition of my book [The Art of Community](https://www.artofcommunityonline.org/) was released. You can [buy the book in print or for your e-reader/tablet, or you download the Creative Commons licensed...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 28, 2012 | Community, Ubuntu
Last week was [Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UCADay), but for the last few weeks I have been on paternity leave, so I didn’t get a chance to blog about it. I just wanted to take a few minutes to offer some thanks. Choosing people for...