David works on Ubuntu to bring free and accessible computing to the world. If there's any spare time, he leads, translates and hacks on Open Source projects, dances Lindy Hop and does occasional swing DJing. He sometimes talks in third person about himself.
We’re preparing a new release of Qreator, the QR code creator for Ubuntu, to be published in the next few days. This release adds a few new strings and quite a bunch of new features, including a new design, new QR codes, and the ability to edit the QR codes you create. Kudos to everyone [...]
Continue Reading →The Rhythm Junkies playing the intro during their performance at Spirit Swing House on January 4th, 2013. Enjoy one of the best modern swing bands live!
It’s Community Docs Jam today! We want to fix the www.ubuntu.com/community page to better represent our community, and who better than our community to help providing that content? So join us today, pick an area where you’re interested and give us a hand adding content. Join the Ubuntu Community Docs Jam › Image: Binded Document CC-BY 2.0 [...]
Continue Reading →After reading the Ubuntu App Showdown subreddit, getting a few pings on G+ and IRC, it seems there are some showdown participants concerned about whether their app made it on time for the contest. So here’s a quick heads up: don’t worry, if your app was submitted to MyApps on time, and complied with the [...]
Continue Reading →Whenever you feel ignorant, remember that in every field there will always be someone with greater capacity than you - including ignorance.DevOps Jesus
Just a quick reminder that I’ll be running a Workshop for the Ubuntu App Showdown in very few minutes. Update: the video is now live! I’ll be talking about Qreator, an application I developed for quick creation of QR codes from the desktop. The idea is to explain how I put it together in order [...]
You’ve probably read it in the news: as part of the ongoing initiative to make Ubuntu a target for app developers, we proudly announced the Ubuntu App Showdown contest last week. The way it works is simple and the rules are well documented, so I won’t go into the details: in short, you’ve got 3 [...]
Continue Reading →Just a heads up that in about 50 minutes, and as part of the Ubuntu Open Week, I’ll be talking again, this time about how to contribute translating Ubuntu. So if you’re either interested in learning how to do it, or if you want to ask any questions, join me on IRC in the #ubuntu-classroom [...]
Continue Reading →Just a heads up that in about 15 minutes, and as part of the Ubuntu Open Week, I’ll be talking about how to submit apps to the Software Centre. So if you’re either interested in learning how to do it, or if you want to ask any questions, join me on IRC in the #ubuntu-classroom [...]
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I’m thrilled to announce the availability of the Ubuntu 12.04 Online Tour for local community teams to localize and use on their websites. The tour has been the result of the stunning work done by Ant Dillon from the Canonical Web Design Team and should provide a web-based first impression of Ubuntu to new users, [...]
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