by Jono Bacon | Apr 1, 2011 | Community, Planet Ubuntu
*This is a personal post, and it represents my own personal views, and not necessarily the views of my employer, Canonical, or any of my colleagues*. Life is a revolving door. Inside it’s spinning aperture enter good decisions and bad decisions. What you see...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 28, 2011 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
Just a quick note to let you all know that the [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://uds.ubuntu.com/) sponsorship deadline closes tomorrow (Tues 29th March 2011). Be sure to [get your sponsorship request in](https://uds.ubuntu.com/participate/sponsorship/).
by Jono Bacon | Mar 28, 2011 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Usability
I want to share a short story with you folks as the basis for a little challenge I wanted to set. Let me start at the beginning. A little while back *John Lea*, a member of the [Canonical Design Team](https://design.canonical.com/) filed [this...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 15, 2011 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
A great method of building our community up is to get people together face-to-face to work together, develop social bonds, and have fun. We see this at every Ubuntu Developer Summit; when we get contributors together, it helps seal a sense of camaraderie as we work...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 11, 2011 | Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
The best I can do right now to help with the Tsunami tragedy in Japan and affecting areas is just help spread information of what to do. ## Tsunami Arrival Times If you are in an area affected [this page provides times of expected arrivals for the...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 24, 2011 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
Recently the Canonical Online Services team, led by Cristian Parrino, has been in discussions with the Banshee project to coordinate a suitable revenue share for the built-in Amazon store. Unfortunately, there were a few crossed wires, but a call today helped to...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 23, 2011 | Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
The [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://uds.ubuntu.com/) (UDS) is the most important event in the Ubuntu calendar. It is where we get together to discuss, design, and plan the next version of Ubuntu; in this case the Ubuntu 11.10 release. The next UDS takes place at...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 16, 2011 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
I am delighted that we are already starting to see some [Ubuntu Global Jam](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2011/02/15/ubuntu-global-jam-call-for-events/) events forming and taking place at different points between **1st – 3rd April 2010**: * Ubuntu Paris...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 16, 2011 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
For quite some time now I have been running a [live weekly video Q+A session](https://www.ustream.tv/channel/at-home-with-jono-bacon) in which I invite the Ubuntu community to join me and ask questions about the project, seek clarification on Ubuntu decisions, and...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 15, 2011 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
Every cycle we organize the [Ubuntu Global Jam](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam); an event in which our global community gets together to help make Ubuntu better. The *Ubuntu Global Jam* is a great opportunity to get together and meet other Ubuntu fans and...
