by Jono Bacon | Sep 4, 2008 | Ubuntu
Two years ago today [I came to work at Canonical](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=737) as the Ubuntu Community Manager. When I started at Canonical, it was just me working with Mark to define my role and focus and to determine what I wanted to do to help grow...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 1, 2008 | Ubuntu
Just a quick reminder to all budding music and video artists that the [Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase) closes for submissions on Thursday 4th Sep – get your entries in there now to have your work seen by literally...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 27, 2008 | Ubuntu
[DIGG THIS!](https://digg.com/linux_unix/Second_Ubuntu_Developer_Week_announced) I am really pleased to see that Horseman Holbach has [announced](https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=189) [Ubuntu Developer Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek). 🙂 Ubuntu...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 25, 2008 | Ubuntu
The unstoppable Matt ‘mdz’ Zimmerman has caved in and now has a [blog](https://mdzlog.wordpress.com/). He has posted some interesting stuff already, so go and check it out. He is also on [Planet Ubuntu](https://planet.ubuntu.com/).
by Jono Bacon | Aug 16, 2008 | Ubuntu
You know what, [5-A-Day](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day) is doing really, really well. The idea is simple – much in the same way people are encouraged to eat five portions of fruit or vegetables a day, we encourage our incredible community to work on five bugs...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 9, 2008 | Community, Ubuntu
Well, this weekend the [Global Ubuntu Bugjam](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam) kicks off, with Bug Jams happening all around the world including *Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Perú, Puerto Rico, California, Chicago, Michigan, Michigan, Maryland, Massachusetts,...