On Trust

On Trust

You know, trust is pretty important to me. I put a lot of faith in the people I trust. Much of the ethos and structure behind free software is based upon trusting people. This has always been important to me, and part of the fabric of my life, long before I ever...
Talking Heads

Talking Heads

Great first day of the [Ubuntu Open Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek) yesterday. My [initial smugness](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=831) about the number of attendees was over-shadowed by the smug-overdrive that I launched into when we had over...
Ubuntu Open Week is here!

Ubuntu Open Week is here!

Well, the [Ubuntu Open Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek) kicks off this week and we welcome everyone from all walks of life, distros, skills, opinions and curiosities to come along and get involved. The aim of the week is to help grow the awesome Ubuntu...
Ubuntu Open Week

Ubuntu Open Week

*(sorry for the rapid stream of blog posts, normal service will resume soon)* Recently I have been working on a series of IRC events to help get new people into our community. As such, next week (Mon 27th Nov 2006 – Sat 2nd Dec 2006) the Ubuntu community holds...