by Jono Bacon | Dec 3, 2008 | Article, Community, Desktop, Ubuntu
When I was a kid, I owned a [Sega Megadrive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis) (Sega Genesis for my American friends). I spent hours on that thing. Sonic The Hedgehog. Streets Of Rage. Desert Strike. Toejam And Earl. I loved it. One game that was released...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 30, 2008 | Article, Community, Desktop
Something struck me yesterday, while Firefox 3 was throwing a hissy fit. Is there some kind of correlation between the amount of money invested in a project or product and instability? I know this sounds like a bit of a negative question, and I don’t mean to rag...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 26, 2008 | Article, Community, Desktop
I have been thinking a lot recently about the flow of ideas in and around Open Source projects. A few days ago [I asked for feedback](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=1424) about how we can better structure interaction ideas. The blog entry gathered some great...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 20, 2008 | Article, Community, Ubuntu
In the past I have talked quite a bit about diversity in this blog. Diversity is critical to the future development and growth of communities, and the strongest communities are ones with a strong sense of equality and diversity, and a governance infrastructure that...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 18, 2008 | Community, Desktop
[Andreas writes](https://www.andreasn.se/blog/?p=91) about some of the work going into the GTK CSS Engine. > “Back at GUADEC in Birmingham, when Garrett proposed using css-markup for widget themes, I thought it sounded a bit too cracky to be doable. Rob’s...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 18, 2008 | Community, Ubuntu
Ubuntu is a big project. Hundreds of teams, thousands of contributors, millions of users. Every day the project grows by a fraction of a percent, but the fraction is bigger than you might think. With such a wide ranging and diverse community, growth in the project...
