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 help define the future Canonical/Ubuntu photo treatment. Thanks to all those who agre…
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, he asked me for my name, which I told him. He started making odd “hrm” noises and repeating m…
Frozen in time (c) Alyssa Nicole via Flickr This week we caught a chill in the form of our UI…
105 papercut bugs have been fixed in Maverick already! Read on to find out how you can help us clear even more.
Hi guys I’m Andrea Cimitan! ;) Sorry for the delay but here we are, with an abundance of updates for…
In honour of a comment made about design this week, we are rocking out as the heading to this weeks…
I was reminded of this video by a piece of music that came on shuffle as I was working. Splendid short film, beautiful colour, and that noise!
In this latest post from Dalton Maag Lukas Paltram updates us on the development thinking that went into the italics in the new Ubuntu font family.
Here’s a way to show off your movie-making creative skills AND promote whatever you think the coolest things in 10.10 are: make a Maverick Movie!
It’s that time again! We’ve been accepting submissions on the Ubuntu Artwork Flickr group for a while now but with the deadline fast approaching for Beta we need to get together a shortlist and finalise the photo wallpapers that will be in the next Ubuntu release in October.
Gestures are a powerful interaction language that will be as relevant for desktops as it is on phones and tablets. Ubuntu 10.10 has a gesture framework that allows for gesture chaining or composition into rich “gesture sentences”. You can use multi-touch gestures for window management with Unity in 10.10 Netbook Edition or on your desktop by installing Unity directly.
My new friend has gone missing! Have you seen Rick?
It’s Friday the 13th! Thankfully it’s past midday so safe to write this post. We’ve had a busy week although…
In our second post from Dalton Maag we get an insight into the origin of our very own Ubuntu font.
Very kindly donated to me by Ale on the design team here at Canonical. Maverick, Rick for short, sits proudly on my desk. He joins the lovely plush Lynx from the last release. Incidentally you can buy your own Lynx as well and help save the Lynx from extinction with a donation to the SOS [...]
When conducting and writing up user research findings, I make a point of defining the experience goals alongside participant’s actual…
As work on the font continues we thought it would be good to get some insight from the people working on developing it. In the first of these posts, Bruno Maag explains where the team are and what’s coming.
Photo (cc) Matt McGee
You’re an up and coming band. You’re gonna get signed soon. You’ll get played on the radio. You’ll tour the world. You’re gonna teach Nigel Godrich and Brian Eno a thing or two in the studio. You’re gonna have so…so many group…
We hit another important milestone today! Find out what pesky papercuts have been resolved!
One of our key objectives when we started conceptualising the new themes was their ability to be immediately recognisable as…