by Jono Bacon | Nov 25, 2008 | Article, Desktop
A while back, I read with great interest [Vincent’s blog entry](https://www.vuntz.net/journal/2008/10/22/494-desktop-shell-from-the-user-experience-hackfest-general-overview). I also heard from my fellow Canonicalites about the progress made the GNOME hackfest....
by Jono Bacon | Nov 24, 2008 | Desktop, Jokosher
[gnomedesktop.org](https://gnomedesktop.org/) recently did an [interview with the legendary Laszlo Pandy](https://gnomedesktop.org/node/4067) who is one of the two lead developers of [Jokosher](https://www.jokosher.org/). It is a great read. Go Laszlo! Jokosher has...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 22, 2008 | Humor
Knock knock?
by Jono Bacon | Nov 20, 2008 | Article, Community, Ubuntu
In the past I have talked quite a bit about diversity in this blog. Diversity is critical to the future development and growth of communities, and the strongest communities are ones with a strong sense of equality and diversity, and a governance infrastructure that...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 19, 2008 | Ubuntu
“*May the HOF be with you*” – Obi-Wan Kenobi A few months back I met in London with Daniel Holbach, Graham Binns and James Westby for a short sprint. I had flown Daniel over for the purposes of a face-to-face catch-up and to record some MOTU videos...
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by Jono Bacon | Nov 18, 2008 | Ubuntu
Just a quick note to let you all know that I am still looking for a fourth horseman or horsewoman to join Daniel Holbach, Jorge Castro and I. The role involves reporting on the progress and growth of the Ubuntu translations community, growing and expanding the...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 18, 2008 | Community, Desktop
[Andreas writes](https://www.andreasn.se/blog/?p=91) about some of the work going into the GTK CSS Engine. > “Back at GUADEC in Birmingham, when Garrett proposed using css-markup for widget themes, I thought it sounded a bit too cracky to be doable. Rob’s...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 18, 2008 | Community, Ubuntu
Ubuntu is a big project. Hundreds of teams, thousands of contributors, millions of users. Every day the project grows by a fraction of a percent, but the fraction is bigger than you might think. With such a wide ranging and diverse community, growth in the project...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 14, 2008 | Community, Free Culture
Just wanted to throw out a big woohoo to Bockover and co over at [Banshee](https://banshee-project.org/) for [kicking out Banshee 1.4](https://banshee-project.org/download/archives/1.4.1/). I am a big fan of what they are doing, and they are doing some really neat...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 14, 2008 | Article, Ubuntu
One of the things I love about human nature is that it can be so unpredictable at times. It is this essence of the human condition that generates untold surprise and pleasure, tender moments that define us in so many ways. Unfortunately, the very same condition causes...
