Category Archives: Upstream

Building an Ubuntu SDK App: rev 8

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Michael Hall

Back again for one more article on developing an Ubuntu SDK app.  This one might be short,  but it covers one of the cooler bits of magic that QML gives you: Transitions.  But first, be sure to read the previous … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Apps Collection

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Michael Hall

I’ve blogged three times now, here, here and here, highlighting some of the apps being written with the Ubuntu SDK.  Well after covering 44 of them, and more already popping up since yesterday’s article, we’ve decided that we need to … Continue reading →

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Another Ubuntu SDK Apps roundup

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Michael Hall

The excitement around the Ubuntu SDK and application development is still going strong, both on the Ubuntu Touch Core Apps side and with independent developers. So strong, in fact, that it’s time for another round of updates and spotlights on … Continue reading →

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More Ubuntu SDK Apps

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Michael Hall

If you missed it, I posted an earlier round of SDK apps a couple weeks ago.  Well the pace of new app development didn’t slow down, so here I am again with another round of apps being written with what … Continue reading →

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Adding privacy setting support to your Unity Lens

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Michael Hall

During this latest round of arguing over the inclusion of Amazon search results in the Unity Dash, Alan Bell pointed out the fact that while the default scopes shipped in Ubuntu were made to check the new privacy settings, we … Continue reading →

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A sneak peek inside Ubuntu Skunkworks

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Michael Hall

The Ubuntu Skunkworks program is now officially underway, we have some projects already staffed and running, and others where I am gathering final details about the work that needs to be done.  Today I decided to look at who has … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu App Developers community on Google Plus

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Michael Hall

Now that Google+ has added a Communities feature, and seeing as how Jorge Castro has already created one for the wider Ubuntu community, I went ahead and created one specifically for our application developers.  If you are an existing app … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Skunk Works

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Michael Hall

A few weeks ago, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth announced a new project initiative dubbed “skunk works”, that would bring talented and trusted members of the Ubuntu community into what were previously Canonical-only development teams working on some of the most … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Michael Hall

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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Help Wanted: Build a new documentation portal for Ubuntu App Developers

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Michael Hall

Back in San Francisco, during UDS-Q, we had a discussion about the need for better online documentation for the various APIs that application developers use to write apps for Ubuntu.  The Ubuntu App Showdown and subsequent AppDevUploadProcess spec work has … Continue reading →

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