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This week in design – 20 August 2010
by Canonical on 20 August 2010
In honour of a comment made about design this week, we are rocking out as the heading to this weeks update on work in the design team. One area we’re rocking...
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Meet Shinya Kimura
by Canonical on 20 August 2010
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!
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A true italic
by Canonical on 20 August 2010
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.
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Get your photos on millions of computers!
by Canonical on 16 August 2010
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...
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Multi-touch Support Lands in Maverick
by Canonical on 16 August 2010
Canonical is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu’s multi-touch and gesture stack. With Ubuntu 10.10 (the Maverick Meerkat), users and developers will...
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Gone for a walk?!
by Canonical on 16 August 2010
My new friend has gone missing! Have you seen Rick?
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This week in design – 13 August 2010
by Canonical on 13 August 2010
It’s Friday the 13th! Thankfully it’s past midday so safe to write this post. We’ve had a busy week although it’s been a bit quiet as people have been away on...
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Finding the Ubuntu font design
by Canonical on 13 August 2010
In our second post from Dalton Maag we get an insight into the origin of our very own Ubuntu font.
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My new friend
by Canonical on 13 August 2010
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...
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How are your users feeling? Example from Rhythmbox
by Canonical on 11 August 2010
When conducting and writing up user research findings, I make a point of defining the experience goals alongside participant’s actual real life goals. This...
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The first milestone
by Canonical on 10 August 2010
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...
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Why would you give your music away for free?
by Canonical on 9 August 2010
Photo (cc) Matt McGeeYou’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...