Category Archives: Gnome

The great standardization vs innovation battle

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Shane

Do standards hold us back? Its a good question to ask ourselves as people who work with technology, should we be always looking to innovate? First of all are all standards bad and the answer is a big no. Doing … Continue reading →

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Making free smarter

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Shane

Zeitgeist is awesome and can already do some cool stuff. Here are some examples of stuff that it can do but if it gets support from the development community. Rhythmbox could make up a playlist of songs that you play … Continue reading →

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Help Gnome get a Sysadmin

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Shane

I just thought id mention Gnome are trying to hire a new Sysadmin so if you can become a friend of Gnome. Plus you get some cool gifts to boot, I would but I have a money shortage myself. They … Continue reading →

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The importance of awesome

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Shane

Im going to plug a bunch of projects and stuff I like in this post so I hope you guys like it. Shot of jaq is bloody awesome. Well us ubuntu people are a little bit biased here because its … Continue reading →

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Gnome 3 world wide release parties

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Shane

At the last Gnome marketing meeting an interesting idea came up. That was to have a ubuntu loco style release party for Gnome 3 this fall. The proposal is here, im sure sponsors are welcome. I have to stress its … Continue reading →

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Debunking Gnome 3 myths

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Shane

Some people are slightly confused about what Gnome 3 actually is. The biggest myth is Gnome Shell == Gnome 3 Actually its very far from the truth, in fact there is a lot of work that has nothing to do … Continue reading →

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Lowering the programming barrier

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Shane

I love quickly and quidgets just for the simple reason they lower the barrier for potential programmers to join in and start easily. But it makes me think that gtk is getting old and its showing its oldness by not … Continue reading →

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