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Fixing Ubuntu Software Center Descriptions
Posted on July 30, 2010 - · Reader Comments (1)
The Ubuntu Software Center is making some rocking progress, but as everyone’s favorite Dr Vish suggests, it is only a container for other content, and we need to fix and improve the descriptions of apps inside Ubuntu to make it easier for users.
This is a wonderful contribution to Ubuntu. Want to get involved? Simple, check out Vish’s awesome post.
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Posted on July 30, 2010 - · Reader Comments (97)
Red Hat, Canonical and GNOME Contributions
Earlier this week at GUADEC, the always affable Dave Neary presented his GNOME Census work. Unfortunately, I was not there to see it, but I read his excellent post on the topic.
One of the reactions from the survey was that Red Hat are responsible for 16% of the contributions to GNOME whereas Canonical are responsible [...]
Posted on July 27, 2010 - · Reader Comments (0)
Ubuntu Global Jam: Start Your Engines!
Are you good folks aware of what is happening on 27th – 29th August 2010. But of course, it is the Ubuntu Global Jam!
In the last few cycles we have organized and run an event called the Ubuntu Global Jam. The idea was simple: encourage our awesome global Ubuntu community to get together in the [...]
Posted on July 27, 2010 - · Reader Comments (2)
Awesome GUADEC Espresso and Coffee Bar
I have always been a fan of helping in any way I can to encourage people to support small organizations and businesses who are doing their best to be successful by working hard and providing a friendly, honest service.
For the earlier part of this week I am in The Hague at GUADEC, and I stumbled [...]
Posted on July 26, 2010 - · Reader Comments (0)
Team Reporting
Some time ago we created the Team Reporting facility in Ubuntu, and I am pleased to see that LoCo Teams are using Team Reports to kep us all up to date on the awesome progress going on across the community.
I just wanted to remind you good folks of where to find the reports and how [...]
Posted on July 26, 2010 - · Reader Comments (4)
The Five Horsemen
Last week I was in Prague with my team; the first with Ahmed since he joined. It was an awesome week and it was useful to checkpoint our progress.
We also took the first ever full team photos of us, first in our room and second at the end of the week having a drink:
Thanks to [...]
Posted on July 17, 2010 - · Reader Comments (1)
Community Leadership Summit 2010 This Weekend!
Hope all of you lovely people are doing well and are primed and ready for an awesome Community Leadership Summit 2010 this weekend on Sat 17th and Sun 18th July 2010! We have an absolutely incredible list of registered attendees and the event is shaping up to be an fantastic opportunity to discuss community management, [...]
Posted on July 15, 2010 - · Reader Comments (6)
Ahmed Kamal Joins The Horsemen
I am pleased to announce that Ahmed Kamal has joined my team at Canonical to build the Ubuntu Cloud Community.
Although Ahmed’s formal background is Electronics and Communications engineering, he was always a Linux geek at heart. He touched his first Linux CD in 1998 with Red Hat 5.x and has been hooked ever since. He [...]
Posted on July 15, 2010 - · Reader Comments (6)
Severed Fifth Update
I just wanted to provide another quick update on the latest goings on in my Free Culture music band, Severed Fifth. As ever, you can always get the latest updates on Severed Fifth on our website, in the forums, and on Twitter.
The New Album
The up-coming as yet untitled new album, which follows up from 2008’s [...]
Posted on July 15, 2010 - · Reader Comments (2)
Rocking The LoCo Council
I just wanted to take a moment to highlight the incredible work going on with the Ubuntu LoCo Council who are working hard to govern the Loco community and ensure everything is running smoothly.
The LoCo Council have also been two key IRC events in each month that everyone is welcome to attend:
LoCo Council monthly IRC [...]
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Failure as a Springboard to Success
Those lovely people at ZDNet have let me write a guest post about community, and I have contributed an article called Failure as a springboard to success.
The article talks about how if we embrace our failures in our communities, it can help us become better community members, and provides a model for doing so. This [...]
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Announcing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx
With Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 now out the door and momentum building towards a rocking Karmic Koala release, it is time to name and share the direction and focus for the next step in the Ubuntu evolution that follows Karmic.
To do this I want to pass on some words from Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of [...]
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Reporting Ubuntu Community Problems
Recently I have been thinking a lot about how we can refine and improve how we report problems and issues in the Ubuntu community. I shared some thoughts about this a little while back and I have been talking with many people inside the Ubuntu community, at the Community Leadership Summit, and with our Community [...]
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Change For Change
Today I have a little story followed by an idea that I want to share with you all.
A few weeks back I stepped out to go and grab a coffee. I headed over to my local independent coffee shop where I get on well with the owners. Like many small businesses, they have been struggling [...]
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On Validation
Today I just wanted to share a few thoughts on a much under-used and sometimes overlooked component in growing great communities: validation.
Every community is an organically grouped bundle of people, many of which spend their free time choosing to be part of that community. With the majority of communities being associative volunteer-based groups, our contributors [...]
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