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Guadec Day 2: In pursuit of critical mass
Today I was reminded of this quote by Jane Goodall:
If everyone could think a little bit about small choices they make every day: What do you eat, does it result in animal cruelty? What do you wear, how was it made, does it damage the environment? When people start thinking like that they do change. [...]
Guadec Day 1
This week I am at Guadec in Den Haag. For those less familiar with working on open-source projects Guadec is the annual gathering of developers, users and businesses primarily focused on GNOME. GNOME, for those of you who don’t know is the core desktop element of Ubuntu.
Explanations for the uninitiated now delivered, I will proceed [...]
Art in the open
Are you a musician? Do you make beautiful illustrative wallpapers? Do you take amazing photographs? Do you make clever and inspiring videos or animations?
You may be interested in the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase.
Do you make open-source tools for creating any of the above?
I hope you will be interested in the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase.
Do you [...]
Opinions. Have them.
Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
Reasons to celebrate 29th April 2010
One of the first things I did when I joined Canonical just over a year ago was conduct some user research. The idea was to identify some broad areas that needed to be addressed and so I devised sessions that included topics like dealing with music and photos, browsing the Internet, chatting with friends, etc. [...]
What makes a good design critic?
While at CHI earlier this week, I went along to a session with the same title as this blog post. I was looking for some inspiration, something to take to a UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) session perhaps, something to turn into a blog post, food for thought.
The session at CHI included a food critic, a [...]
Reasons to celebrate 15th April 2010
Karmic saw the first community wallpaper competition and delivered us a beautiful set of photographs for our desktops.
Last cycle’s winners were this cycles judges and everyone has delivered.
Ladies and gentlemen I give you the results of the wallpaper competition!
Congratulations to the winners and huge thanks to the judges. I know, from my experience as [...]
The process of certainty. And mojitos.
You know that feeling when you know someone very well and you buy them a present? You know they will love it and you are excited at the very thought of their delight? Part of you is a little scared though. A few butterflies in the stomach. What if I have misread? What if they [...]
The Digital Economy Bill: Bananas!
Over at Confused of Calcutta, JP Rangaswami has written a crystal clear article on why we should be concerned about the content and treatment of the Digital Economy Bill.
Wherever you live, whatever your interests I urge you to read it.
If you live in the UK, whatever your position I urge you to write to your [...]
Design by enthusiasm