by Jono Bacon | Jan 29, 2012 | Community, Desktop, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
I spent some more time this weekend hacking on the Ubuntu Accomplishments spec [I blogged about recently](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2012/01/23/hacking-on-accomplishments/). I just wanted to provide a little more eye-candy of some of the progress. When you...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 24, 2012 | Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
I am a pretty terrible programmer. Anyone who has read my code can see that. Unfortunately, I tend to have lots of ideas about how we can use technology in different ways, hence why I write some code. Examples of this have included Lernid, Acire, RaccoonShow, and...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 23, 2012 | Community, Desktop, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
A little while back I [blogged about](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2011/10/25/ubuntu-accomplishments-system-spec/) an accomplishments system that [Stuart Langridge](https://www.kryogeniz.org) and I designed when he came to visit a while back. The idea was...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 13, 2012 | Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
Like many of you I get a lot of email, and like many of you I often struggle to keep up with it in the context of everything else that is going on. Recently I have been trying a few little experiments in adjusting my email workflow to see if I can be more productive....
by Jono Bacon | Aug 26, 2011 | Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
So here we are in the thick of the Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot development cycle, and I am really excited about the progress that is being made. I thought it could be interesting to show off some of the work that is going on with a quick screenshot tour. This cycle...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 7, 2011 | Community, Desktop, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
On Thursday 28th April 2011 we released [Ubuntu 11.04](https://www.ubuntu.com/), the *Natty Narwhal*. It was a big release for us. It was the first desktop release that shipped [Unity](https://unity.ubuntu.com/); our new desktop interface designed to bridge the chasm...
