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 | Apr 13, 2016 | Mycroft
Last year a new project hit Kickstarter called Mycroft that promises to build an artificial intelligence assistant. The campaign set out to raise $99,000 and raised just shy of $128,000. Now, artificial intelligence assistants are nothing particularly new. There are...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
I just wanted to share a quick note to let you know that I will be sharing future posts both on jonobacon.com and on my Medium site. I would love to hear what kind of content you would find interesting for me to share. Feel free to share in the comments!...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
I just wanted to share a couple of upcoming speaking engagements going on: Interop in Las Vegas – 5th May 2016 – I will be participating in the keynote panel at Interop this year. The panel is called How Open-Source Changes the IT Equation and I am looking...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 10, 2016 | Community
On 14th – 15th May 2016 in Austin, Texas the Community Leadership Summit 2016 will be taking place. For the 8th year now, community leaders and managers from a range of different industries, professions, and backgrounds will meet together to share ideas and best...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 25, 2016 | Free Culture, Free Software, Open Source, Uncategorized
In August I am speaking at Abstractions and the conference organizers very kindly offered to provide a speaker fee. Thing is, I have a job and so I don’t need the fee as much as some other folks in the world. As such, I would like to donate the speaker fee to an...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 18, 2016 | Programming
Some of you may be familiar with LinuxVoice magazine. They put an enormous amount of effort in creating a high quality, feature-packed magazine with a small team. They are led by Graham Morrison who I have known for many years and who is one of the most thoughtful,...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 1, 2016 | Desktop
OK, folks, I want to share a random idea that cropped up after a long conversation with Langridge a few weeks back. This is merely food for thought and designed to trigger some discussion. Today my computing experience is comprised of Ubuntu and Mac OS X. On Ubuntu I...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 30, 2016 | Bad Voltage
About 15 years ago I met Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge when he walked into the new Wolverhampton Linux Users Group I had just started with his trademark bombastic personality and humor. Ever since those first interactions we have become really close friends. Today...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 29, 2016 | Community, GitHub
On Saturday I will be flying out to linux.conf.au taking place in Geelong. Because it is outrageously far away from where I live, I will arrive on Monday morning. 🙂 I am excited to be joining the conference. The last time I made the trip was sadly way back in 2007 and...
