Advocacy Archives - Jono Bacon

Bringing Literacy to Millions of Kids With Open Source

by Jono Bacon | Sep 23, 2014 | Advocacy, Community, Ubuntu LoCo Teams, XPRIZE

Today we are launching the Global Learning XPRIZE complete with Indigogo crowdfunding campaign. This is a $15 million competition in which teams are challenged to create Open Source software that will teach a child to read, write, and perform arithmetic in 18 months...

Ubuntu Advocacy Development Kit Packaged

by Jono Bacon | Dec 14, 2012 | Advocacy, Ubuntu, Ubuntu LoCo Teams

Earlier this week I blogged about the Ubuntu Advocacy Development Kit; designed to be a simple, straight-forward kit that includes all the documentation and materials that you need to to join and create LoCo Teams and help spread the word about Ubuntu in your area...

Thankyou, Debian

by Jono Bacon | Aug 17, 2010 | Advocacy, Community

Debian is awesome. You know that, I know that, we all know that, and 17 years ago Debian entered into our lives. Before I joined the Ubuntu project I was an avid Debian user, and still am. Ubuntu owes a huge amount of thanks to Debian and it’s global family of...

Community Leadership Summit Update

by Jono Bacon | Jun 13, 2009 | 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...

Interviewed on FLOSSWeekly

by Jono Bacon | Apr 19, 2009 | 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...

First Videocast Tomorrow

by Jono Bacon | Apr 14, 2009 | Advocacy, Art Of Community, Art Of Community Entries, Community, Speaking, Ubuntu

Quick note: tomorrow (Wed 15th April) at 11am Pacific I will be doing my first real live video cast here discussing various topics including Ubuntu, the Jaunty release, Art Of Community and the Community Leadership Summit. I will also be fielding your community...