Automation with Google Apps Script

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Sun 11 March 2012}

I maintain a GCal of the Ubuntu release schedule, and I just updated it to contain the proposed schedule for the Q-series. As you can imagine, adding all those events by hand can be annoying. Luckily you can use Google App Script, which is more or less JavaScript for the …

“Formalities are boring.”

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Wed 09 November 2011}

I’ve been following the discussion around the potential switch from Banshee back to Rhythmbox for Precise, and I really don’t have all that much to add. Though I did come across an interesting post from an upstream Tomboy developer that deserves some wider attention. He argues that “upstreams …

Fun with graphs

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Sun 09 October 2011}

For awhile now, I’ve felt like the ubuntu-motu mailing list has been a shadow of its former self. It turns out that empirical data backs up this feeling. I produced a histogram of mailinglist volume over time:

I also figured I should take a look at ubuntu-devel:

That graph …

Ubuntu Developer Membership Board Election

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Tue 23 August 2011}

An election for a recently opened spot on the DMB has just begun. While all the names of those nominated are familiar to me, I still need some more information to make a decision. All of the candidates are eminently qualified. Unfortunately, the call for votes didn’t include any …

Ubuntu Release Calendar

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Fri 19 August 2011}

One thing I’ve been missing recently has been having the Ubuntu release schedule in my calendar. Steve Langasek used to provide one in ical format, but it wasn’t update for Natty nor Oneiric. The Fridge has a calandar containing a schedule of events for  #ubuntu-meeting, but that doesn …