Tag: community
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What you can do for Ukraine
The invasion of Ukraine affects everyone. There are people reading this who have been deeply affected on a very personal level, and people who are removed, who see it on the news but simply can’t relate to what others are going through. There are people reading this who are fueled by what is happening, driven…
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Scenius
Otherwise known as communal genius. This is a new term that I came across in Austin Kleon’s book “Show your work!”. I don’t read a lot of non-fiction but I think it’s great and will likely write about it again, but what stuck with me most was this word “scenius”. It’s not technically a real…
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UbuntuOnAir update
It’s been a couple of months since we restarted UbuntuOnAir. We had a few ideas, and lots of aspirations, but we wanted to be realistic and work our way up. You can read about why we brought it back and why we didn’t use the more mainstream channel “Celebrate Ubuntu” elsewhere. Here I talk about…
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Why businesses should build communities
The value of an active community can not be understated. There are countless examples throughout history of communities being amazing. Here I talk specifically about the value a community can bring to businesses. Recently I noticed a number of organisations that I think would benefit from investing in building a community, and upon investigating, I…
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Ubuntu Documentation Issues
Over the lifetime of the Ubuntu project documentation has been written by thousands of people. From technical specifications, to meeting minutes, to translations in dozens of languages. But with such extensive contribution it has become fragmented, disjointed, and confusing to parse, even for the most diligent community members. I’m here to give the state of…
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Where to start with RISC-V
How to get started, where to contribute, and what to do next RISC-V made the news recently when BeagleBoard.org revealed the BeagleV (Beagle Five) SBC (single board computer). The first affordable, highly available SBC that uses the RISC-V architecture. The board isn’t yet commercially available but you can register to be considered for the first…
Open cognition 