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Jono Bacon: On Simplicity
As a pretty simple-minded person, I am a big fan of simplicity. The world is filled with too much complexity and too much detail. Many often feel the detail is necessary for particular outcomes or to solve particular problems. The lesson I have learned as I have gotten older though is that while the skill is in matching the level of detail to the mind of the observer, the real elegance is in delivering the same level of detail but in a way that feels simpler than expected to the observer. This results in delightful experiences.
Ross Gardler recently quoted Einstein who said “everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler“. This so beautifully summarizes my view of the world; life should be as simple as we can make it, but we should not compromise in our goals merely to make things simple. In other words, if we can boil our projects, processes, interfaces, and ideas down into simpler parts that still let us be productive, they become more enjoyable to engage with and thus more successful. Of course, making complex things simple is…complex. It is though, worthwhile, and for many (myself included), a fun challenge. I am sure I am not alone.
As we step into our Ubuntu Developer Summit this week I would like to encourage everyone to think about ways in which we can simplify all aspects of how create and deliver Ubuntu to others as a means to further the project and experience. This doesn’t just apply to user interface design though. How do we make our teams easier to navigate and participate in? How do we make it easier to create your first app, charm, bug fix, translation, document, mailing list post, question, answer, or otherwise? If we can make in-roads this week in simplicity, I am confident it will continue the bold stride Ubuntu is making into the future of devices and the cloud.
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Developer Summit: This Week!
Just a quick note to remind everyone that our next Ubuntu Developer Summit is taking place this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and is open and available to everyone to participate. This is the event where we get together to discuss, debate, and plan the next three months of work.
The event takes place online from 2pm – 8pm UTC. All sessions will run using a combination of Google+ streaming video hangouts and IRC, and you can see the full schedule on summit.ubuntu.com. Consequently, for those who cannot attend or might miss certain sessions, all sessions will be available pre-recorded from the session pages when the session is complete.
The event kicks off on Tuesday at 2pm with our keynote. We hope to see you there!
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The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 316
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #316 for the week 6 – 13 May, 2013, and the full version is available here.
In this issue we cover:
- Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Desktop, and 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) End of Life reached on May 9, 2013
- Virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit 13.05
- Our Community Website
- Ubuntu Stats
- Jono Bacon: Sprinting In Oakland
- Nicholas Skaggs: People behind Ubuntu quality: Javier, Howard and Jackson
- Rick Spencer: Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan, or How an App Developer Benefits from Designer/Developer Collaboration
- Ian Weisser: Brainstorm Big 5 – May 2013
- London OpenStack & MySQL Meetups May 23rd
- Samsung U1000 Sexier Than Galaxy S4 But Doesn’t Run Android [First Samsung Ubuntu Concept]
- Ubuntu vs Android Tablets, Smartphones: Canonical’s Secret Weapon
- Where’s my Ubuntu for Android?
- First looks at Ubuntu and Kubuntu 13.04
- In The Blogosphere
- In Other News
- Other Articles of Interest
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04
- And much more!
The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:
- Amber Graner
- Craig Sargent
- Paul White
- John Kim
- Javier Lopez
- Tiago Carrondo
- Jim Connett
- Jose Antonio Rey
- And many others
If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!
Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License
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Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu.com update
I’d like to give an update on upcoming plans for Ubuntu.com and to respond to recent concerns about the positioning of the community within the website.
Earlier in the year we worked on an evolution of Ubuntu.com to reflect the expanded scope of the project in the main site structure. Our re-structuring conversations went beyond the existing website to cover the broader Ubuntu web ecosystem. We wanted to review how users gained access to key websites that were not linked to directly from Ubuntu.com. For example: developer.ubuntu.com, design.ubuntu.com, askubuntu.com…
Our target users for these journeys were mainly community members or those new to Ubuntu who might be interested in getting involved or finding out more about how the community and Canonical work together to create Ubuntu.
Our proposed solution consisted of a global navigation menu that was to go across all key sites so that – no matter which site users arrived at – they would be able to reach the main destinations in our ecosystem. This was to include a new community site that has been under discussion for some time by Canonical employees and members of the community. One key factor for this community site is the ability for community members to have direct input so that the site reflects current community topics and areas of focus. By adding it to the global navigation we hoped to increase traffic and make it more accessible across the Ubuntu web ecosystem.
We created some prototypes to test our proposals in terms of interaction, design, site positioning, labeling etc. Laura Czajkowski helped us reach UK-based community members who came into the office to meet with an independent researcher to test the prototypes. Based on the feedback, we have made amendments and planned to implement the work in two phases:
Phase one of the restructure consisted of updating Ubuntu.com to reflect the expanded scope of the project.
Phase two is in progress and consists of adding the global navigation to all the key sites and making sure they work together across domains etc.
I’m sure you can understand that there is a large amount of coordination that needs to go into a restructure of this scale, across a number of sites, on different domains, that are managed and maintained by different teams across Canonical and beyond.
The limited scope of phase one meant the community link was temporarily dropped from the primary navigation menu. We appreciate why this might cause concern in the community, specially in the absence of an understanding of the broader context of our global navigation project. The global navigation project will restore the balance and provide access to various key community sites that need to be surfaced and will benefit from the increased traffic this new positioning will drive.
All of this work is in progress and we are aiming to go live with the changes by the end of this month.
I hope this will address some of the concerns in the community about this topic and that our roadmap shows how we will improve Ubuntu.com for all our audiences.
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