by Jono Bacon | Mar 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
This afternoon I took a little time to work on some changes in [Acire](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PythonSnippets); my little graphical front-end to a library of Python Snippets. I wanted to share this work as I think it will continue to help Acire be a useful little...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 19, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
**PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS NOW OBSOLETE – PLEASE INSTEAD REFER TO [THIS POST](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/) REGARDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS MERELY HERE FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE.** Today I...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 16, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
As many of you wonderful people of the Internet should be intimately aware of, the [Ubuntu Global Jam](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam) takes place from the **26th – 28th March 2010**. That is only a few weeks away, and while we have some great events...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 16, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
One of the most wonderful sub-communities in the Ubuntu world are our [LoCo Teams](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams); the global span of Ubuntu advocacy groups that are out there every day helping to spread the word about Ubuntu. These wonderful people are on the...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 16, 2010 | Canonical, Community, Ubuntu
As many of you will know, I manage the Ubuntu Community team at [Canonical](https://www.canonical.com/) where Daniel Holbach, Jorge Castro and David Planella work. Together we strive to make the Ubuntu community a fun, productive and engaging environment. This work...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 15, 2010 | Desktop, Opportunistic Developers
Recently I [asked for some help on how to download a file without blocking the GUI](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2010/03/15/downloading-large-files-async-with-gio/). Thanks to everyone who contributed their expertise in the post comments: I now have my program...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 15, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Internet, on **Tues 16th March** at **11am PST / 2pm EST / 6pm GMT** I will be doing a live [At Home With Jono Bacon](https://www.ustream.tv/channel/at-home-with-jono-bacon) videocast dedicated to the [Ubuntu Global...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 15, 2010 | Desktop
Slightly technical question for my friends on [Planet GNOME](https://planet.gnome.org). I have been hunting around for some help online with no luck, so I figured I would post here and hopefully this blog entry can be a solution for those who have similar questions. I...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 12, 2010 | Community, Speaking, Ubuntu
I just wanted to let you good people of the Internet know that I will be delivering a brand new talk entitled **Unwrapping The Community Manager** at [OSBC](https://www.osbc.com/) in San Francisco at **11.40am** on **Thu 18th March 2010**. In the presentation I will...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 10, 2010 | Reviews
*This blog entry represents the views of me, myself and I, and does not represent the views of my employer (Canonical) or System 76. While I have decided to write a review of this specific machine, there are many vendors out there who ship Ubuntu on their machines and...
