Category Archives: LoCo

Articles involving the Ubuntu Florida LoCo itself.

Will you have Ubuntu Touch at your Jam?

Global Jam This weekend, March 1st – March 3rd, the Ubuntu Community is holding our twice-annual Global Jam. So far this cycle we have announced and released the Ubuntu Touch shell for phones and tablets, and what better place to … Continue reading

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Six geeks, one sleepless night, and £5133.70 for charity

Well, we did it.  The six members of the Canonical Community Team stayed awake and (mostly) online for 24 straight hours, all for your entertainment and generous donations.  A lot of people gave a lot over the last week, both … Continue reading

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App Development at UDS-Q

My big focus during the week of UDS will be on improving our Application Developer story, tools and services.  Ubuntu 12.04 is already an excellent platform for app developers, now we need to work on spreading awareness of what we … Continue reading

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Cartoon Me

The always amazing Martin Owens has decided to make me the subject of some of his latest artwork.  I must say I’m flattered to be picked, though I may have to start shaving more often. Neither of us know what … Continue reading

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How Ubuntu Oregon Runs Jams

As part of an ongoing series of blogs about LoCo Team Jams, I spoke with Benjamin Kerensa (bkerensa), the team contact for Ubuntu Oregon about their Global Jam activities.   Tell me about yourself and how you are involved in Ubuntu … Continue reading

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Contributing to Unity for non-developers: Quicklists

So you want to contribute to Ubuntu’s Unity desktop, but you’re not a software developer?  No problem, there are still plenty of things you can do.  And not just in terms of documentation and translations either, there are ways to … Continue reading

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A new way to Jam

We’re coming up on the next Ubuntu Global Jam, the point in every cycle where the community gets together for a weekend of contributing to the next release of Ubuntu.  And this time we’re shaking things up a little bit. … Continue reading

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Singlet, part 0.2

I’ve finally had a little extra time to get back to working on Singlet.  There’s been a lot of progress since the first iteration.  To start with, Singlet had to be upgraded to work with the new Lens API introduced … Continue reading

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Community Appreciate Day

Recognition is the currency of the open source community.  When somebody does something that helps you, the proper way of paying them for their time and effort is, quite simply, to thank them and let other people know that they … Continue reading

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LoCo Team BBQ: The Meat

Now that the rub  is ready, it’s time to prepare the meat.  For this weekend’s festivities, we have: 2 pork shoulders, 2 whole chickes, 4 large turkey legs, an assortment of chicken wings and drumsticks, a rack of ribs and … Continue reading

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