by Jono Bacon | Oct 15, 2006 | Advocacy, Community, Desktop, Ubuntu
On Friday while in Stuttgart I did an interview with nice chaps at the [StikkitTechnology Podcast](https://podcast.stikkittechnology.com/). In it we talk about Ubuntu, Canonical, my job, and thoughts on free software. So, you were given ears for a reason, fill...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 13, 2006 | Community, Desktop, Humor
Well, thats it, its been an exausting day here in Stuttgart, and I have been trucking for around 18 hours today, but its been a really productive day. I had a really interesting discussion with some KDE people about the relationship between Canonical, Kubuntu, KDE and...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 13, 2006 | Advocacy, Community, Desktop, Speaking, Ubuntu, Usability
Here I am at the [10th anniversary event for KDE](https://events.kde.org/10years/) and its really cool. Last night I had two, count them, two hours of sleep before my alarm went off at 3am. I get back into England at around 11pm. Its a long day, but its worth it. The...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 11, 2006 | Advocacy, Community, Desktop, Jokosher, LUGRadio, Speaking, Ubuntu
I will be at the Technische Akademie Esslingen in Ostfildern (near Stuttgart) all day on Friday for the [10th KDE anniversary event](https://events.kde.org/10years/). If there are any Kubuntu, Ubuntu, LUGRadio, Jokosher or other Open Source people who want to meet up,...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 11, 2006 | Jokosher
All you need to know: * **Where**: #jokosher on `irc.freenode.net` * **When**: Sunday 15th October 2006, all day * **Who**: Hackers, artists, docs writers, testers and anyone else 🙂 We hit feature freeze for 0.2 on Nov 1st, so this is the last hackfest before then....
by Jono Bacon | Oct 10, 2006 | Humor
IRC is pretty important to my job. I spend all day, every day on it, talking to the community and working on various things. Today I wanted to double check my `/away` was working, so I figured I would log on twice, join a random channel and test it. So, I logged on as...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 10, 2006 | Advocacy, Community
As a child of the 80s and 90s, I often look back fondly at the computers back then. Commodore 64s, Spectrums, Amigas, Amstrads, Ataris, Acorns, and a raft of consoles all bring back memories of what many people refer to as the *golden age of computing*. When you look...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 9, 2006 | Community, Desktop, Speaking, Ubuntu
After an excellent two weeks away I am now back at work. Today is a good day to get back too – Sooz and I celebrate our 11th year together. 11 years ago I nervously asked her out at a band practise in Wootton, Bedfordshire. 11 years on I still love her as much...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 7, 2006 | Community
I have a tiny little skull, and I am currently bored out of it. I am sat in Orlando International Airport with Sooz, indulged in the most tepid of pastimes – the flight delay. My plight has been bettered by a comfy chair, an Internet connection and a laptop...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
Well, after two weeks of joyful rest, Sooz and I will kiss goodbye to the Florida sun tomorrow and fly back to rainy old England. We have had an excellent time, and thanks to those of you holding fire on some issues until I get back. I am quite worried about what my...
