On Simplicity

On Simplicity

As a pretty simple-minded person, I am a big fan of simplicity. The world is filled with too much complexity and too much detail. Many often feel the detail is necessary for particular outcomes or to solve particular problems. The lesson I have learned as I have...
Ubuntu Developer Summit: This Week!

Ubuntu Developer Summit: This Week!

Just a quick note to remind everyone that our next [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://uds.ubuntu.com/) is taking place this week on *Tuesday, Wednesday* and *Thursday*, and is open and available to everyone to participate. This is the event where we get together to...
Ubuntu Developer Summit: This Week!

Sprinting In Oakland

Last week I traveled to Oakland to spend a week with my colleagues at Canonical for the Client Sprint. The aim of the sprint was to ensure the many different teams working on Ubuntu Touch at Canonical are in sync and working as efficiently as possible. This largely...
Ubuntu 13.04 Released

Ubuntu 13.04 Released

Ubuntu 13.04, the Raring Ringtail, was [released today](https://www.ubuntu.com/). Go and download it for [Desktop](https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop), [Server](https://www.ubuntu.com/download/server), [Cloud](https://www.ubuntu.com/download/cloud), and for our...
On Simplicity

Ubuntu Touch Progress

Ubuntu is on an exciting journey, a journey of convergence. Our goal is to build a convergent Operating System that brings a uniformity of technology and experience across phones, tablets, desktops, and televisions, and smoothing the lines between those devices in...
Valuable Lessons

Valuable Lessons

Henry Ford, a great inspirational figure in the history of technological development once said that “when everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it”. Ford faced great technological...