by Jono Bacon | Oct 26, 2015 | Community
Earlier this week I did a keynote at [All Things Open](https://allthingsopen.org/). While the topic covered the opportunity of us building effective community collaboration and speeding up the development of Open Source and innovation, I also touched on some of the...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 16, 2015 | Community
Tomorrow morning at the ungodly hour of 6am I board a slight to Raleigh for the [All Things Open](https://www.allthingsopen.org/) conference. The conference starts on Monday, but I am flying out earlier for a bunch of meetings with folks from opensource.com. This is...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 15, 2015 | GitHub, XPRIZE
Some time ago I was introduced to *Peter Diamandis*, co-founder of XPRIZE, Human Longevity Inc, Planetary Resources, and some other organizations. We hit it off and he invited me to come and build community at the XPRIZE Foundation. His vision and mine were aligned:...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 10, 2015 | Desktop
Across the course of my career I have given, and continue to give, a lot of presentations at conferences all over the world. In the vast majority of them I have used LibreOffice because I like and support the project and I like my presentations being in an open format...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 30, 2015 | Bad Voltage
Tonight, **Wed 30th September 2015** at **7pm** there are five important reasons why you should be in Fulda in Germany: 1. A live Bad Voltage show that will feature technology discussion, competitions, and plenty of fun. 2. Free beer. 3. The chance to win an awesome...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 15, 2015 | Bad Voltage
Some of you may know that I do a podcast called [Bad Voltage](https://www.badvoltage.org) with some friends; *Stuart Langridge, Bryan Lunduke*, and *Jeremy Garcia*. The show covers Open Source, technology, politics, and more, and features interviews, reviews, and...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
*Disclaimer: I am not a member of the Mycroft team, but I think this is neat and an important example of open innovation that needs support.* [Mycroft](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiforeveryone/mycroft-an-open-source-artificial-intelligence-for) is an Open...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 28, 2015 | Ubuntu
Recently there has been a flurry of concerns relating to the IP policy at Canonical. I have not wanted to throw my hat into the ring, but I figured I would share a few simple thoughts. Firstly, the caveat. I am not a lawyer. Far from it. So, take all of this with a...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Recently I started writing [a column for Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonobacon/). My latest column covers the rise of the maker movement and in it I interviewed Jamie Hyneman from *Mythbusters* and Dale Dougherty from *Make Magazine*. Go and give it a read...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 19, 2015 | Ubuntu
**NOTE:** *Before you read this, I want to clear up some confusion. This post shares an idea that is designed purely for some intellectual fun and discussion. I am not proposing we actually do this, nor advocating for this. So, don’t read too much into these...
