Article Archives - Jono Bacon

Dan Ariely on Building More Human Technology, Data, Artificial Intelligence, and More

by Jono Bacon | Apr 21, 2016 | Article, Community, Uncategorized

Behavioral economics is an exciting skeleton on which to build human systems such as technology and communities. One of the leading minds in behavioral economics is Dan Ariely, New York Times best-selling author of Predictably Irrational, The Upside Of Irrationality,...

Staring Into The Abyss: Some Thoughts

by Jono Bacon | Jul 30, 2012 | Article, Canonical, Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu

Last week Benjamin Otte shared some thoughts about GNOME that were pretty stark. It gathered some steam and hit Slashdot and this all happened the week GUADEC was taking place in A Coruña. I wasn’t at GUADEC 🙁 but I can imagine there was some fervent discussion...

Failure as a Springboard to Success

by Jono Bacon | Oct 19, 2009 | Article, Community

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...

Announcing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx

by Jono Bacon | Sep 22, 2009 | Article, Ubuntu

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...

Reporting Ubuntu Community Problems

by Jono Bacon | Aug 12, 2009 | Article, Community, Ubuntu

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...

Change For Change

by Jono Bacon | Aug 1, 2009 | Article, Community

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...