by jono
on November 8, 2010
in Community, Free Culture, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
Recently I blogged about some concerns that I have had about increasing disrespect in the Open Source, Free Software, and Free Culture communities. My blog entry shared some of the work I started on an OpenRespect Declaration, but I wasn’t sure if I should publish it. I did some thinking on this, and reviewed some [...]
by jono
on November 9, 2009
in Canonical, Free Culture
Melissa from the Creative Commons pointed me to the rather good news that Canonical’s offer to match Creative Commons donations up to $3000 has already been matched: Just five days ago we announced that Canonical would be generously matching every donation dollar for dollar for the next week – up to $3,000. Well, we met [...]
by jono
on November 5, 2009
in Canonical, Free Culture, Ubuntu
Here at Canonical we are all big fans of the Creative Commons. For those of you unfamiliar with them, they have created a set of Free Culture licenses that make it simple for people to release open content. They also run a variety of resources to make finding and remixing content simple and empowering. In [...]
by jono
on October 22, 2009
in Community, Free Culture, LUGRadio, LUGRadio Live
Tomorrow I fly to England back to Wolverhampton for LugRadio Live 2009. I have been over in California now for over a year and it will be the first time I have got to see many of my friends since I moved. It will also be the final re-union of the LugRadio team for the [...]
by jono
on August 19, 2009
in Art Of Community, Community, Free Culture, Ubuntu
After months of writing, editing, copy-editing, reviews and production, I am pleased to announce the general availability of The Art of Community! The book is printed and on its way to bookstores – it may take a few days for it to hit your local bookstore or regional online store. This is a book that [...]
by jono
on June 13, 2009
in Advocacy, Art Of Community, Art Of Community Entries, Community, Free Culture, Speaking
A while back I announced the Community Leadership Summit 2009 in San Jose on the 18th and 19th July 2009. Well, I think it is time for lil’ update on what is shaping up to be a rocking event. The aim of the summit is get community managers, leaders and organizers together to discuss, debate [...]
by jono
on June 13, 2009
in Free Culture, Ubuntu
Folks, we are back with another Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase! The Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase is an opportunity to bring the best of two great worlds together by showing off high quality Free Culture content in Ubuntu. At the heart of Ubuntu’s ethos is a belief in showcasing Free Software and Free Culture, and with [...]
by jono
on April 19, 2009
in Advocacy, Art Of Community, Art Of Community Entries, Community, Free Culture, Severed Fifth
A few weeks back I had the pleasure of doing an interview on the rather excellent FLOSSWeekly podcast with Leo Laporte and Randal Schwartz. On it I talk Community, Ubuntu, Art Of Community, Canonical, Severed Fifth and more. Check it out here.
by jono
on April 12, 2009
in Art Of Community, Art Of Community Entries, Community, Free Culture, Speaking, Ubuntu
Just a quick message to let you all know that today I announced the Community Leadership Summit 2009 on the 18th and 19th July 2009 in San Jose, California. The event takes place the weekend before OSCON in the same venue: the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. The goal is simple: if those passionate about [...]
by jono
on January 14, 2009
in Art Of Community Entries, Article, Community, Free Culture
Today I am proud as punch to announce the Art Of Community. A while back I was approached by Andy Oram, a senior editor at O’Reilly to write a definitive book about how to grow, build and energise a community. This book will be called the Art Of Community. The book covers a wide range [...]