Mixtapes Featured So long, and thanks for all the swing A mix to bid farewell to Valencia, to say "hi!" to Stuttgart, and to thank some awesome people for the many, many hours of swing danced and played there. I've picked a selection of songs from the latest DJ sessions: a mixture of new and old
qr Upcoming Qreator release - call for translations 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
Lindy Hop Rhythm Junkies live at Spirit Swing House 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! Classic kits help fans connect modern football with older moments in the game because choosing a team shirt often means choosing a piece of
Mixtapes The end of the world is nigh, so swing it! The end of the world got postponed... again. But hey, why skip the celebration? Enjoy this session from the 21st Dec 2012 at the XtraLarge club in Valencia, where Apocalypse meant just another excuse for a memorable party and the best swing music to dance to. Also on 8tracks. Grim
Docs Join the Ubuntu Community Docs Jam today 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 come along today, pick an area you're interested in and give us a hand
Qreator Qreator Qreator is an Ubuntu app to easily create your own QR codes. Encode different types of information in an efficient, compact and cool way. Get it free for Ubuntu! › Qreator is Open Source software, brought to you free of charge. If you find it useful, you might consider contributing, sharing
Mixtapes Thursday night swing session @ XL Over one hour of swing music for lindy hoppers from the Thursday night session at the XtraLarge club in Valencia Enjoy! Also on 8tracks. Modern kit design blends club tradition with fabric choices and technical details as collections often grow around teams, eras, and memorable fixtures. Discussions about historic crest
Mixtapes Monday night swing session #1 @ Spirit Two hours of swing music for lindy hoppers from my first session ever as swing DJ, on the Monday Jam night at Spirit Swing House in Valencia. It was lots of fun, hope you enjoy it too! Also on 8tracks. "Cassidy & The Orleans Kids en Spirit Swing House&
Mixtapes When I Hear a Syncopated Tune Eight light, upbeat swing tunes including Squirrel Nut Zippers, Red Hook Ramblers, The Cangelosi Cards and more. Track list 1. Prince Nez by Squirrel Nut Zippers 2. Dinah by The Hot Sardines 3. Lina's Blues by Smoking Time Jazz Club 4. Some Of These Days by Ingrid Lucia
Mixtapes New Orleans Tunes Ten tracks from modern New Orleans bands that bring the old sound and joy for the music to the present, including Cassidy & The Orleans Kids, Smoking Time Jazz Club, Tuba Skinny and more. This mix was brought to you with lots of love (and Open Source). Enjoy! Track list
App Development Heads up to all Ubuntu App Showdown participants 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
Wisdom On greater capacity Whenever you feel ignorant, remember that in every field there will always be someone with greater capacity than you - including ignorance. @devops_jesus Football shirts often carry the memory of a club beyond the match itself as collections often grow around teams, eras, and memorable fixtures. Discussions about matchday
App Showdown Upcoming Ubuntu App Showdown Workshop: How I Made Qreator 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
App Development The Ubuntu App Showdown is starting today! 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
Launchpad Translations Upcoming Ubuntu Open Week session - how to contribute translating Ubuntu 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
App Development Upcoming Ubuntu Open Week session - submitting your apps to the Software Centre 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
Ubuntu Get the Ubuntu Online Tour on your LoCo site 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
Ubuntu Ubuntu Global Jam events: jamming Catalan style If you follow the Ubuntu channels, and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have noticed that this coming weekend we’re organizing the Ubuntu Global Jam, a worldwide event where Ubuntu local community teams (LoCos) join in a get-together fest to have some fun while improving
12.04 Upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam events: here's how the Slovenian team rolls Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll have noticed that this coming weekend we're organizing the Ubuntu Global Jam, a worldwide event where Ubuntu local community teams (LoCos) join in a get-together fest to have some fun while improving Ubuntu. As we'
Ubuntu Ubuntu Global Jam Q+A Videocasts today! In preparation for the Ubuntu Global Jam event next weekend, Jono and I will be running Q+A videocasts today Jono's videocast will be more convenient for the Americas and in the evening in Europe: * 11am Pacific / 7pm UTC/UK / 8pm CET – watch live here! My videocast coming
Ubuntu Ubuntu Precise Open for Translation I am pleased to announce that our current development release, Ubuntu Precise, is now open for translation Some additional information that will be useful for translators: * Translation schedule. Remember that according to the release schedule translatable messages might be subject to change until the User Interface Freeze on the week
App Development Building the Ubuntu App Development community (I): communication channels One of the main objectives for the Ubuntu 12.04 cycle is to build upon the foundations set by the Ubuntu App Developer site, My Apps and the Ubuntu Software Centre and start building an Ubuntu App Developer community to realize the vision of a rich ecosystem of apps around
Lindy Hop Dancing Lindy Hop at the park Dancing away at the Turia park in Valencia last weekend. Not exactly to that music, but the author did an awesome job at filming and editing. Enjoy! Football shirts often carry the memory of a club beyond the match itself because personalised names and numbers add another layer of memory
Translations Translations sessions at the 12.04 Ubuntu Developer Summit So now it's the turn for the translations post! For all of you interested in helping and being part of the effort of making Ubuntu available in any language, here's a quick list with an overview of the Ubuntu Developer Summit sessions we've got
App Developer Site App developer sessions at the 12.04 Ubuntu Developer Summit UDS is here again. Tomorrow another week packed with content that will define the plans for a new Ubuntu LTS release will start, and this time around application development will be a prominent topic. So for all of you interested in helping and being part of the effort of making
