Design
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New strategic plan!
by Canonical on 23 April 2010
Came across this on the delightful Swissmiss. We are always in the process of reviewing our development processes a both design and technical to keep them...
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Curious displays
by Canonical on 23 April 2010
Video on Vimeo by Julia Yu Tsao showing an interesting, and very futuristic, concept to display information in a physical environment.
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It’s good to talk
by Canonical on 22 April 2010
Only a few posts in and our design blog is teeming with lively debate! Don’t forget that you can comment on these posts but if you feel an idea warrants a...
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CHI paper: What would other programmers do: suggesting solutions to error messages
by Canonical on 22 April 2010
Abstract Interpreting compiler errors and exception messages is challenging for novice programmers. Presenting examples of how other programmers have...
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Farewell to the notification area
by Matthew Paul Thomas on 21 April 2010
Ubuntu is phasing out the traditional Gnome notification area, because of its ineffectiveness at notifying people of things, and its inconsistent behavior....
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Ubuntu wallpapers
by Canonical on 21 April 2010
In case anyone is missing their favourite wallpapers from Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) in 10.4 (Lucid Lynx) there is good news!The ubuntu-wallpapers-extra...
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What makes a good design critic?
by Canonical on 21 April 2010
While at CHI earlier this week, I went along to a session with the same title as this blog post. I was looking for some inspiration, something to take to a...
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Reasons to celebrate 15th April 2010
by Canonical on 15 April 2010
Karmic saw the first community wallpaper competition and delivered us a beautiful set of photographs for our desktops.Last cycle’s winners were this cycles...
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The process of certainty. And mojitos.
by Canonical on 7 April 2010
You know that feeling when you know someone very well and you buy them a present? You know they will love it and you are excited at the very thought of their...
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The Digital Economy Bill: Bananas!
by Canonical on 3 April 2010
Over at Confused of Calcutta, JP Rangaswami has written a crystal clear article on why we should be concerned about the content and treatment of the Digital...