Design

Not that kind of bored

by Canonical on 14 March 2010

Inspired by this brilliant picture and wee post over at the Panic Inc. blog I’ve not been able to shake the idea of making a similar status view for us to use...

Love it from it’s Lucid ears to little Lucid toeses!

by Canonical on 12 March 2010

I really can’t tell you how exciting a place to be Canonical towers is right now! Yes, it’s hard work keeping up with all the feedback from the community,...

Those pesky buttons

by Canonical on 10 March 2010

Many of you have been asking for some correspondence regarding the button position in the window manager.Here it is.At Ubuntu we have a golden opportunity not...

OS X Ubuntu USB Creator

by Canonical on 9 March 2010

I’ve spent some time attempting to make a Cocoa that lets you burn an Ubuntu ISO to a USB memory stick on OS X.I think I’ve got as far as I’m gonna get with...

Weekly design team picture

by Canonical on 8 March 2010

Here’s a photo of Iain, design team project manager, edited to expose his love of colour:

New in Lucid…

by Canonical on 5 March 2010

If you’re running lucid with the latest updates be sure to try click n’ drag the window from anywhere in the top dark area. In other words, the windeco and...

Making the computer work for YOU

by Canonical on 5 March 2010

Yukihiro Matsumoto put it better than I ever could: Often people, especially computer engineers, focus on the machines. They think, “By doing this, the...

Reasons to celebrate: 4th March 2010

by Canonical on 4 March 2010

My first year working for Canonical draws to a close with my team delivering a new identity for Ubuntu.I am very proud of the result and would like to thank...

Only 25 Paper Cuts left for Lucid!

by Canonical on 2 March 2010

That’s right, we’ve fixed 75 paper cuts for Lucid already! We only need to fix 25 more to reach 100, but with many important freezes occurring over the next...

Sunday night

by Canonical on 1 March 2010

Just uploaded a pic to the Lucid wallpaper pool hoping it makes the cut. Also, I took a nifty pic of Michael last week. Turned out quite well considering the...

Cat at the Lotus

by Canonical on 20 February 2010

Cat at the Lotus Originally uploaded by kwwiiThis is a tale of weary over-worked designers, days spent toiling in the colour factory. Nights searching,...

Amazing lunch at Canonical

by Canonical on 19 February 2010

20100216-_DSC7110 Originally uploaded by kwwiiOtto’s friend Elsa has a catering service, WASHOKU we’ve used in the past but recently they went from good to...