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We’re trying to improve the icons we have in Launchpad so they’re more usable across different cultures and types of users, and our first step is to do some user testing on our current icons. The Canonical User Experience team has set up a survey to gather information on how users see our icons, so…
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As promised, Launchpad has been fully open sourced (as opposed to the initial idea, nothing has been held back). Get it now, fix your favorite pet bug, and improve tens thousands of people’s experience. Mark Shuttleworth really deserves a lot of praise for this bold and brave move, open sourcing not only the code, but…
About a month ago, I went to Canonical’s office in London for a sprint, and made good use of my Sunday by visiting the National Gallery. One fantastic thing about London, is the fact that all museums are free, not just because otherwise a few years back I couldn’t of afforded going, but because the…
A week ago I started going through my blog’s logs, and realized that I’d had a jump in visits from Google. Digging a little bit deeper into it, I realized that a lot of people seem to be searching for “working at canonical” phrased in different ways. From what I can gather, it’s split up…
So, some of you already know, and some of you, including myself, will be a bit surprised. Starting Monday, I’m going to start working full time for Canonical. I’ve been active in the Ubuntu community since very close to the beginning, then jumped to working on Bazaar and surrounding projects, which, btw, has one of…
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