Last Day Today

Last Day Today

Recently I [announced](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2014/05/19/goodbye-canonical-hello-xprize/) I am stepping down as Ubuntu Community Manager at Canonical and moving to [XPRIZE](https://xprize.org/) as Senior Director of Community. Today is my last day at...
Goodbye Canonical, Hello XPRIZE

Goodbye Canonical, Hello XPRIZE

After nearly eight years of service at Canonical, I will be stepping down as the Ubuntu Community Manager and leaving my fellow warthogs at Canonical on 29th May 2014. I have always been passionate about two things in my life. Firstly, I want to go to work every day...
Announcing Ubuntu Pioneers

Announcing Ubuntu Pioneers

Ubuntu has always been about breaking new ground. We broke the ground with the desktop back in 2004, we have broken the ground with cloud orchestration across multiple clouds and providers, and we are building a powerful, innovative mobile and desktop platform that is...
Announcing Ubuntu Pioneers

Ubuntu 14.04 Is Out!

My apologies in advance for the shorter blog post about this, but like many other Ubuntu folks, I am absolutely exhausted right now. Everyone, across the board, has been working their collective socks off to make [Ubuntu 14.04](https://www.ubuntu.com) LTS a fantastic...
I Am Hiring

I Am Hiring

I just wanted to let you folks know that I am recruiting for a community manager to join my team at Canonical. I am looking for someone with strong technical knowledge of building Ubuntu (knowledge of how we release, how we build packages, bug management, governance...
Ubuntu Online Summit Dates

Ubuntu Online Summit Dates

At the last Ubuntu Developer Summit we discussed the idea of making our regular online summit serve more than just developers. We are interested in showcasing not just the developer-orientated discussion sessions that we currently have, but also including content such...
Goodbye Canonical, Hello XPRIZE

Ubuntu Developer Summit Next Week

Next week we have our [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://uds.ubuntu.com), taking place online from **Tues 11th March 2014 – Thurs 13th March 2014**. Go and see the [schedule](https://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1403/) – we still have lots of schedule space if you...