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Month: January, 2008

Ubuntu title banners

26 January, 2008 (23:19) | Ubuntu-np | No comments

I tried some title banners for the website, but Thorsten got in the ring and knock me out Here are his banners :

This was the last artwork needed. Now I will finish with some SQL tweak, and the websites will be ready for upload and private testing for a while!

How to motivate a programmer

26 January, 2008 (23:12) | Ubuntu | 4 comments

We got an interesting discussion a few days ago at work : how can we motivate a programmer to work harder?
A salesman get a commission for each sale, and a good salesman can double or triple its base salary. That, gives motivation. But how can we do that with a programmer?

A bonus per feature added? […]

Ubuntu Dell Inspiron 6400 : a quick review

26 January, 2008 (22:52) | Ubuntu | 5 comments

A month ago I ordered one of the new Ubuntu Dell on the Dell France website : the Inspiron 6400. The base price was around 450 euros, and I took almost all the upgrades, for a final price of around 750 euros. The specs are : a Intel dual proc, 2Gb of RAM, 160Gb HD, […]

Ubuntu websites titles mockups

19 January, 2008 (15:53) | Ubuntu-np | 4 comments

Edit: new ones:

I’m not an artist, ok? The website look where will go the logos, for reference.

And the most annoying bugs :

Image links ready!

13 January, 2008 (22:08) | Ubuntu-np | No comments

Still on the road to the Ubuntu idea braistorming and most annoying bug websites, here are some more artwork contributed by thorsten: the “image links”. These images are supposed to be posted on various websites and forums to support an idea/bug and ask for votes.

Welcome back to the old days, and null pizzas

12 January, 2008 (14:01) | Misc | 1 comment

You remember the old days when it was the websites that were deciding what you should use? “Best viewed in IE 5.5 in 1024×768″, or even worse the ones that were refusing if you didn’t had the browser of their choice? Yeah I know, a few websites still have these restrictions, but usually it is […]

Moving to Paris

11 January, 2008 (12:53) | Misc | No comments

It’s the end of the holidays!
Since the end of my courses in Singapore in November, I traveled in Japan, came back to France in Vaugneray, near Lyon, to see my family, and entered a state of deep laziness (well, almost) before actually starting to work. And I just moved yesterday to Paris, a city I […]

Here are the logos!

7 January, 2008 (11:38) | Ubuntu-np | No comments

On the way to the Ubuntu idea brainstorming website and the Ubuntu most annoying bugs website, we reached another step : we got the logos! Thanks to Thorsten again.
Idea brainstorming logo:
(svg here)
Most annoying bugs logo:
(png here, svg here)

Lack of leadership

3 January, 2008 (12:23) | Ubuntu | 1 comment

As mentioned before, I recently “discovered” the Ubuntu art team, and all the talents and potential inside. It’s a wonderful place where creativity is unleashed, and new really nice theme ideas are coming up every day on their wiki and ML, on the road to a new default theme.
Unfortunately it seems this potential is far […]

Si j’étais un artiste…

1 January, 2008 (20:51) | FOSS | No comments

Several times I have wished I had much more artistic skills. An beautiful and appealing UI can make a difference! Look for example at K3B: this is a real pleasure to use this app! But unfortunately, I can only struggle to do some basic graphics…
Luckily enough, some artists are around, e.g. in the Ubuntu art […]