by Jono Bacon | Jan 28, 2007 | Music
Well, it was only a matter of time. I have joined the MySpace revolution and set up [myspace.com/jonobacon](https://www.myspace.com/jonobacon) for my solo music project housed at [Recreant View](https://www.recreantview.org/). This year I have set myself the goal of...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 28, 2007 | Music
I am astonishingly pissed off. Really, really pissed off. Ten minutes ago I discovered that [Decapitated](https://www.decapitatedband.net/) (my second fave death metal band) and [Hammerfall](https://www.hammerfall.net/) (second fave power metal band) played 12 miles...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 27, 2007 | Random
Like many others, my N800 has arrived after I was also one of the lucky few who got recommended for the get-an-N800-on-the-cheap developer programme. Nice device, and a big improvement on the 770. It feels more sturdy, is much faster, and the UI feels more mature. It...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 27, 2007 | Desktop, Jokosher, Usability
On the Monday at LCA, there was a GNOME Love session as part of gnome.conf.au. In this session a bunch of us shouted out things to discuss, and I shouted out ‘application design and usability’. What I didn’t realise was that shouting out a suggestion...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 25, 2007 | Random
OpenDocument Format. Everyone seems to love it. It is a guiding light in a heavily locked down world, in which it can secure the freedoms of document interoperability and prevent against the often unknown risks of vendor lock-in. With ODF, you can make the decision...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 25, 2007 | Music
As some of you may know, I am in a metal band called [Seraphidian](https://myspace.com/seraphidian). We play thick, chugging metal that is fat, rhythmic and groovy. We inspire from bands such as Nevermore, Overkill, Pantera, Messhuga, Fear Factory etc. We have...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 24, 2007 | Jokosher
My first talk at [linux.conf.au](https://linux.conf.au/) which was about Jokosher has gone online in video form. The LCA A/V bods did a great job of recording this, and the video includes my main talk about the history and direction of Jokosher, a demo and a Q+A...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 23, 2007 | Community, Ubuntu
Building and running communities is hard work. What is seen by some as simply a means of providing enough hands on deck to get things done is actually a much larger and more complex web of relationships, politics, resources and diplomacy. There are various factors...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 23, 2007 | Music
Checklist for a song?: * Drum ‘n bass drums * 70’s cop show chunky wakka wakka guitar * Repetitive vocals * Creative Commons licensed If you ticked all of the above, check out my new song – [Open...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 22, 2007 | Random
Tonight I got an invitation code to buy a discounted [Nokia N800](https://europe.nokia.com/phones/n800) under the developer programme. Thanks to whoever recommended me! Order has been placed and it gets here later this week. I am quite looking forward to poking around...
