by Jono Bacon | Nov 24, 2014 | Ubuntu, Community, Canonical, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
Sorry, this is long, but hang in there. A little while back I wrote a blog post that seemed to inspire some people and ruffle the feathers of some others. It was designed as a conversation-starter for how we can re-energize leadership in Ubuntu. When I kicked off the...by Jono Bacon | Nov 14, 2014 | Ubuntu, Community, Canonical, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
For many years Ubuntu has had a comprehensive governance structure. At the top of the tree are the Community Council (community policy) and the Technical Board (technical policy). Below those boards are sub-councils such as the IRC, Forum, and LoCo councils, and...by Jono Bacon | May 29, 2014 | Ubuntu, Community, Canonical, Ubuntu LoCo Teams, XPRIZE
Recently I announced I am stepping down as Ubuntu Community Manager at Canonical and moving to XPRIZE as Senior Director of Community. Today is my last day at Canonical. I just want to say how touched I have been by the response. The comments, social media posts,...by Jono Bacon | May 19, 2014 | Community, Canonical, XPRIZE
After nearly eight years of service at Canonical, I will be stepping down as the Ubuntu Community Manager and leaving my fellow warthogs at Canonical on 29th May 2014. I have always been passionate about two things in my life. Firstly, I want to go to work every day...by Jono Bacon | Apr 17, 2014 | Ubuntu, Canonical, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
My apologies in advance for the shorter blog post about this, but like many other Ubuntu folks, I am absolutely exhausted right now. Everyone, across the board, has been working their collective socks off to make Ubuntu 14.04 LTS a fantastic release on desktop,...by Jono Bacon | Apr 3, 2014 | Ubuntu, Community, Canonical, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
I just wanted to let you folks know that I am recruiting for a community manager to join my team at Canonical. I am looking for someone with strong technical knowledge of building Ubuntu (knowledge of how we release, how we build packages, bug management, governance...
Jono Bacon is Director of Community at Github and formerly led community at Canonical and XPRIZE. He wrote The Art of Community, founded the Community Leadership Summit, and writes columns for Forbes and opensource.com.
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