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* Jono Bacon: Failure as a Springboard to Success
published by jono on 2009-10-19 16:14:57 in the "Article" category
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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* Jono Bacon: Announcing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx
published by jono on 2009-09-22 19:35:49 in the "Article" category
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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* Jono Bacon: Reporting Ubuntu Community Problems
published by jono on 2009-08-12 03:02:40 in the "Article" category
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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* Jono Bacon: Change For Change
published by jono on 2009-08-01 13:55:46 in the "Article" category
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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* Jono Bacon: Chill Pill
published by jono on 2009-01-21 01:10:57 in the "Article" category
Many of you will know my general policy for not getting involved in flame-wars and I was not going to comment on this story, but I just wanted to share a few words. Of course, the story is saddening: a woman bought a computer to do her classwork, it contained Ubuntu, and her expectations were not [...]

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* Jono Bacon: Good People. Great Teams.
published by jono on 2009-01-08 06:01:20 in the "Article" category
A while back I asked you to all re-connect with the Ubuntu ethos. I asked for your stories of how you define your Ubuntu ethos, and there were some wonderful responses. Thank you everyone. Ethos is important. Critical in fact. It is the glue that will bind us through the turbulent years ahead as we continue [...]

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* Jono Bacon: The Unknown Life Of Józef
published by jono on 2009-01-02 10:38:31 in the "Article" category
I just want to share with you all a little story that is both sad yet inspiring at the same time. Have any of you heard of Józef Stawinoga? No? Thought not. On the Wolverhampton ring road there used to be a tent erected on a grass verge between two lanes. Although few knew anything about him, the [...]

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