by Jono Bacon | Jun 4, 2010 | Acire, Community, Opportunistic Developers, Python Snippets
Yesterday I announced that the new [Severed Fifth](https://www.severedfifth.com/) website is launched on Monday, and with it will begin the second phase of the project and the build-up to the second album. For the first album I ran out of steam as I had just signed up...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 4, 2010 | Severed Fifth
For those of you who are curious about the next steps for [Severed Fifth](https://www.severedfifth.com/); my Creative Commons music project: * On Monday I launch the brand new website. * Writing for the second album is nearly complete and I will be streaming the...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 1, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
Just a quick FYI: tomorrow I will be hosting my weekly [At Home with Jono Bacon](https://www.ustream.tv/channel/at-home-with-jono-bacon) videocast at **11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern / 6pm UTC** and I will be covering the following topics: * HOWTO: Upgrading To Maverick *...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 1, 2010 | Why Launchpad Rocks
*This article is [part of a series of articles](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/category/why-launchpad-rocks/) about why I feel Launchpad is a great home for your Open Source project. I am writing these articles not as an employee of Canonical, but instead as a...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 1, 2010 | Why Launchpad Rocks
*This article is [part of a series of articles](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/category/why-launchpad-rocks/) about why I feel Launchpad is a great home for your Open Source project. I am writing these articles not as an employee of Canonical, but instead as a...
by Jono Bacon | May 28, 2010 | Desktop
In the Ubuntu 10.10 cycle we have committed to implementing application menus in the Ubuntu Netbook Edition release of Ubuntu. There are many benefits to this approach, but I will you to the [design rationale](https://design.canonical.com/2010/05/menu-bar/) that was...
by Jono Bacon | May 28, 2010 | Canonical, Community, Ubuntu
As many of you will know, I manage the Ubuntu Community Team at Canonical, which has horsemen Holbach, Castro and Planella in it. A large chunk of my job is to take into account the wide range of needs from our different stakeholders (community teams, Canonical teams,...
by Jono Bacon | May 24, 2010 | Why Launchpad Rocks
*This article is [part of a series of articles](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/category/why-launchpad-rocks/) about why I feel Launchpad is a great home for your Open Source project. I am writing these articles not as an employee of Canonical, but instead as a...
by Jono Bacon | May 21, 2010 | Why Launchpad Rocks
Today I want to start contributing to a solution for something that has been agitating me for a while. That is, *simply not enough people know who wicked-cool [Launchpad](https://www.launchpad.net) is*. I am what I would describe as an *opportunistic programmer*. I...
by Jono Bacon | May 8, 2010 | Community
With the [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS) beginning on Mon 10th May, some attendees may face travel disruption due to the [recent Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption and resulting ash...
