by Jono Bacon | Sep 25, 2012 | Canonical, Community, Ubuntu
Recently there has been some concerns about the privacy of the [new feature](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2012/09/23/on-the-recent-dash-improvements/) we recently added to the dash in which it can query external resources to provide related results. I just...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 23, 2012 | Canonical, Community, Ubuntu
In the last few days there has been some discussion in the community about some improvements that have been added to the dash in Ubuntu 12.10. I wanted to take a few minutes to share some thoughts about these improvements and some of the concerns raised. If you are...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 18, 2012 | Community
Yesterday was my birthday, and I [kicked off a fund-raiser](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2012/09/17/birthday-boy-lets-do-something-good/) for [Save The Children](https://www.savethechildren.org). Thanks to the fantastic generosity of you wonderful people, the...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 17, 2012 | Community
Today I turned 33. Another year and another birthday, and another shocking realization that I am an adult and not a [long-haired 18-year-old dork playing Metallica in his bedroom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r-yQBKe2gI). Fortunately I am *not* said dork (well,...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 11, 2012 | Canonical, Community, Ubuntu
I just wanted to let you folks know that unfortunately I won’t be joining you in person at the next [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://uds.ubuntu.com/) in Copenhagen in October. The timing of the event is too close for comfort to the due date for our first baby...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 6, 2012 | Canonical, Community, Ubuntu
Recently I have been working with *David Planella* and *Michael Hall* on my team around a [new specification](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppDevUploadProcess) for empowering app developers to deliver their content in Ubuntu. This post provides some background information...