by Jono Bacon | Jul 29, 2011 | Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Random
My brother, Martin, is working hard right now to prepare to set a new Guinness world record for the fastest land speed record for a car powered by coffee. Crazy, yes, awesome, *definitely*. I am so proud of him, my nephews, and the rest of the team. What’s...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 22, 2011 | Art Of Community, Art Of Community Entries, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
In August 2009, my book, [The Art of Community](https://www.artofcommunityonline.org/) was published. After a rigorous writing schedule I was delighted to see it finally hit the (real and e-) bookshelves. As part of the agreement with O’Reilly, I was keen for...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 22, 2011 | Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
This weekend is the [Community Leadership Summit 2011](https://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/); an annual event designed to bring together community leaders and managers to share best practice, ideas, and solutions. The event is entirely **free** and takes place...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 20, 2011 | Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
Every cycle we organize the [Ubuntu Global Jam](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam); an event in which our global community gets together in their local area to help make Ubuntu better. The *Ubuntu Global Jam* is a great opportunity to get together and meet other...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 15, 2011 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
The [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://uds.ubuntu.com/) (UDS) is the most important event in the Ubuntu calendar. It is where we get together to discuss, design, and plan the next version of Ubuntu; in this case the very important Ubuntu 12.04 Long Term Support (LTS)...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 14, 2011 | Community, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
I am an Evolution user. While people seem to rag on Evo, I quite like it. In Oneiric though there has been discussion about switching to Thunderbird. I have always been a firm believer in *eating your own dogfood* where possible, so I decided to start using...
