by Jono Bacon | Feb 15, 2010 | Opportunistic Developers, Ubuntu
A few awesome opportunistic developer updates: * Firstly, I have been adding some parties every day during [Ubuntu Opportunistic Developer Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpportunisticDeveloperWeek). These include a couple of hacking parties in which you should...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 15, 2010 | Shot Of Jaq
In the continued mission to inspire and encourage opportunistic developers to write cool little apps that scratch an itch, no matter how specific and niche, I have started work on *App Of Jaq*: a desktop app that scratches my itch to build the [Shot Of...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 12, 2010 | Random
Today my dad was informed that he will be awarded a masters degree at Cambridge University where he has been studying recently. While I am overflowing with pride over his achievement, what really makes me smile is the incredible journey that led him there. Born and...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 11, 2010 | Community, Desktop, Ubuntu
Earlier this week I announced the plan to put together [Ubuntu Opportunistic Developer Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpportunisticDeveloperWeek): a week of IRC tuition sessions aimed at helping opportunistic developers scratch their itches and write fun and...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 10, 2010 | Desktop, Opportunistic Developers, Ubuntu
Recently I announced [Project Awesome Opportunity](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OpportunisticDeveloperWorkflow); an ambitious goal to build awesome collaboration facilities into Ubuntu that makes working together on projects as simple as possible. *Project Awesome...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 10, 2010 | Desktop
Something we have been spending some time working on in this cycle has been fixing the mess that is the system tray. This is based upon an [awesome specification submitted to Freedesktop by KDE](https://www.notmart.org/misc/statusnotifieritem/index.html). The spec has...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 9, 2010 | Desktop, Opportunistic Developers, Ubuntu
Twitter, identi.ca and Facebook have become an increasingly common medium in which people are communicating. While Google Wave vies to be the next generation of communication (as we waxed lyrical about [on the recent Shot Of...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 9, 2010 | Ubuntu
Look at this lovely bag of swag: *Image courtesy of Melissa Draper.* Want to own all this goodness, including Ubuntu Backpacks, women’s t-shirts, key chains, 1 year digital subscription to Linux Pro Magazine or a 1 year print subscription Ubuntu User, and a copy...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 8, 2010 | Desktop, Opportunistic Developers, Ubuntu
In the continued interests of helping to make Ubuntu rock as a platform for scratching itches and making awesome apps, I am putting together a new online learning event: [Ubuntu Opportunistic Developer Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpportunisticDeveloperWeek),...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 8, 2010 | Music
I had a crack at creating some electronic music. I know, *not* metal. I figured I would share this, and I have never done this before, so be gentle. 🙂 Check out *Master Of The Situation* in [MP3](https://jonobacon.com/files/jonobacon-masterofthesituation.mp3) and...
