Are you good folks aware of what is happening on 27th – 29th August 2010. But of course, it is the Ubuntu Global Jam! In the last few cycles we have organized and run an event called the Ubuntu Global Jam. The idea was simple: encourage our awesome global Ubuntu community to get together in the [...]

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Hope all of you lovely people are doing well and are primed and ready for an awesome Community Leadership Summit 2010 this weekend on Sat 17th and Sun 18th July 2010! We have an absolutely incredible list of registered attendees and the event is shaping up to be an fantastic opportunity to discuss community management, [...]

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Recently I was invited to go on the Oracle TechCast video show to talk about community within the context of MySQL. I was joined by Luke Kowalski, Oracle VP in the Corporate Architecture Group, and we discussed a range of topics. The primary message I took to the show was that (a) we should not pre-judge [...]

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It is not long until the Community Leadership Summit 2010 from 17th -18th July in Portland and it is shaping up to be an awesome event! We have a wonderful collection of community leaders, managers and enthusiasts coming, and the event is entirely free to attend. I just wanted to remind you of a few things: Getting [...]

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Just a quick FYI: tomorrow I will be hosting my weekly At Home with Jono Bacon videocast at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern / 6pm UTC and I will be covering the following topics: HOWTO: Upgrading To Maverick HOWTO: Filing Bugs Community Team Plans for Maverick Q+A I hope to see you all there at the live recording!

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We just posted the schedule for BarCamp Tokyo 2010:

• 09:00-10:00  Arrival and Breakfast
• 10:00-10:15  Welcome/Orientation
• 10:15-10:30  Sign-up for Morning Sessions
• 10:30-12:00  Morning Sessions
• 12:00-13:00  Lunch & Sign-up for Afternoon Sessions
• 13:00-18:00  Afternoon Sessions
• 18:00-19:00  Dinner & Sign-up for Evening Sessions
• 19:00-21:00  Evening Sessions
• 21:00-21:00  Close

These are just the time slots, of course. All of the actual session topics will be filled in on yellow stickies and moved around on white boards (very high tech) at the event in real time. So things will be pretty flexible. Anyway, if you booked to go to BarCamp, come by at 9 a.m. Stay all day. And all night.

Much more about BarCamp in Tokyo and Yokohama here.


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For those attending BarCamp Tokyo 2010 this Saturday the 29th, I look forward to seeing you soon! If you've never been to a BarCamp, here are two examples of what these events look like from right here in Japan: BarCamp Tokyo 2009 | BarCamp Yokohama 2009. And there is some basic information about BarCamp here and here. BarCamp Tokyo 2010 is just four days away, and it should be a really great day. We'll have some nice donations from some sponsors (multiple servings of food, shirts, stickers, pens, software, and the building itself, of course).

But as Karamoon said in his opening speech last year, BarCamps are basically living human wikis. People make BarCamps. People sharing interesting content and experiences openly and actively in many-to-many relationships. It's all about direct participation. That's the key. There are no special speakers standing on elevated stages lecturing at people safely separated from passive and silent audiences. Everyone engages. Everyone contributes. Everyone teaches. Everyone learns. And everyone picks up the trash.

So, start thinking about what you will present. Or what conversation you'll lead. Or what idea you'll plant. Or what project you'll start and with who. Formal, informal, technical, non-technical, software, hardware, community, panel discussions, debates, photography, artwork, evangelism, marketing, hacking, leadership, activism, internationalization, science, innovation, development techniques, environmental issues, solutions to the world's most difficult problems, health and safety challenges, economics, etc. What ties all these things together is a spirit of doing and building and sharing and that's what community is all about.

We have plenty of time and space for everyone to present something. We have multiple rooms for short 15-minute talks, and a larger room for longer 1/2 hour sessions (or even longer events if needed since the schedule is made up on the spot and must remain flexible). And if you don't actually deliver a talk, that's ok, but please participate by engaging in discussions with speakers and others and in hallway conversations or over lunch or dinner or at the bar afterwards. You could very well find yourself directly involved in a new life changing experience just by showing up and discovering a new project to which you can contribute. Your input is valuable. Your voice matters. The world changes by people doing things at the grassroots level, not from the top down. This is where the ideas come from. This is where the real value is generated. Down here where people do things.

The facilities we'll have for the day are seriously beautiful. Bring your cameras. The views of Tokyo are great. Bring your laptops. We'll have free wireless. Bring your ideas and keep your mind wide open. Also, keep checking the wiki this week for more information and schedules.

NOTE: If your name is listed on the wiki that means you are committed to come. If you can't make it, please remove your name so you give someone else the opportunity to participate from the waiting list.

We are getting close ...


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Here are some images from the Tokyo Make Meeting 05 2010 this weekend at the Tokyo Institution of Technology in Okayama. I saw a bunch of guys from the OpenSolaris and Linux communities and also the crew from Tokyo Hackerspace. Great fun. Lot of interesting hacking going on in Tokyo. See Make on Twitter.

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With the Ubuntu Developer Summit beginning on Mon 10th May, some attendees may face travel disruption due to the recent Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption and resulting ash cloud which is affecting travel to and from some parts of Europe. FOR THOSE TRAVELING For those of you who are traveling to the event, you should liaise with your travel [...]

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Folks, I just wanted to remind you that the Community Leadership Summit 2010 is happening on the 17th and 18th July 2010 (the weekend before OSCON) in Portland, Oregon. This is the second incarnation of the popular event designed to bring together community leaders and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested in growing [...]

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Not long until the release now, and on Thursday there are two release parties I really want to be at, but I can only make one. So…I figured I would share them here so you folks can get along. London Release Party – taking place at Davy’s at St James’ Winebar – More Information. San Francisco Release [...]

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On Thursday we release Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and I have one simple dream for that day: I want to make Ubuntu a trending topic on Twitter. …I know, I know, we should all use identica.ca, and indeed, I do. Twitter though represents a huge opportunity to socialize the new Ubuntu release with a huge demographic of [...]

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When I started out on my Open Source adventure, my desktop looked like this: Today, it looks like this: Wow. That is all.

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As Ubuntu continues to grow and refine, particularly in bringing excellence in design to the platform, there has been some concern in some parts of the community that it is less attuned to power users who want to tweak many aspects of the system than it once was. I agree. That in my mind is [...]

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Just a quick note: as usual, I will be running my weekly Ubuntu and Community live videocast – At Home With Jono Bacon. It takes place today Wed 22st April 2010 at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern / 7pm UK / 8pm CET. Today the schedule is: Ubuntu Release Parties Update Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Update I Am Hiring HOWTO: Advocate [...]

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