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,...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 30, 2012 | Article, Canonical, Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
Last week [Benjamin Otte shared some thoughts about GNOME](http://blogs.gnome.org/otte/2012/07/27/staring-into-the-abyss/) that were pretty stark. It gathered some steam and hit Slashdot and this all happened the week [GUADEC](http://guadec.org/) was taking place in A...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 19, 2009 | Article, Community
Those lovely people at [ZDNet](http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26136&tag=col1;post-26136) have let me write a guest post about community, and I have contributed an article called [Failure as a springboard to...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 22, 2009 | Article, Ubuntu
With [Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6](http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha6) 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....
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](https://www.jonobacon.com/2009/06/27/tracking-ubuntu-community-issues/) and I...
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...