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Meerkats like the sun?!

by Canonical on 9 September 2010

Today I got another e-mail from a statue. There’s a perfectly normal sentence … This time from a beach where Rick says he’s having an amazing time relaxing...

Exciting things in the post!

by Canonical on 8 September 2010

A couple of months back Marcus and I got a call from a magazine in Japan who wanted to produce stickers for Ubuntu. We’d _just_ signed off the new logo and...

We are hiring: Design Engineer

by Canonical on 6 September 2010

We are looking for a Design Engineer with superb technical and communication skills to join the Design Team. Is that you?

This week in design – 3 September 2010

by Canonical on 3 September 2010

This week was a short one in the UK but it seems as though we set out to fill it with as much as we possibly could! For a start we hit beta this week. If...

In Brazil?!

by Canonical on 3 September 2010

Came in this morning to a mail from Rick, my Meerkat who went for a walk a little while ago. Apparently he was giving a keynote at Linuxcon!! More as I get it

Just an average day in 2014

by Canonical on 3 September 2010

While I’m not convinced that Sweden will actually win the world cup there’s lots to like about this “five minutes into the future” look at how we might share...

Why do you use Ubuntu?

by Alejandra Obregon on 2 September 2010

We’ve been looking at making developments to the Ubuntu website that explore and highlight the reasons for using Ubuntu above and beyond the features of the...

Happy Beta day everyone!

by Canonical on 2 September 2010

Happy Beta Release day one and all. If you’ve not yet upgraded surely now’s the time

Ubuntu default wallpaper

by Canonical on 1 September 2010

So, the default wallpaper… My initial vision: Seeing so many screenshots of the Ubuntu desktop during the second to last release all sporting identical...

Raw Photo Treatment Photos and More

by Canonical on 29 August 2010

I just uploaded a few examples of the “raw” photos taken recently at the Canonical London office. Hopefully some of these photos, when properly edited, will...

On being famous…

by Canonical on 27 August 2010

I called the registrar’s office the other day to ask a question. The person on the phone was very helpful and quickly answered my question. In order to do so,...

This week in design – 27 August 2010

by Canonical on 27 August 2010

Frozen in time (c) Alyssa Nicole via Flickr This week we caught a chill in the form of our UI Freeze. That meant that from here on we should only be fixing...