Web engineering and design team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHs0bYWcq-E App design Clinic #4 focuses on icons, with questions from Stuart Langridge including: guidance on creating app...

I recently attended my first cloud sprint meeting held in San Francisco, and it turned out to be a great experience. It’s been 10 years since I last visited,...

So I am stretching the metaphor a bit, but I think it accurately explains my experience of the recent cloud sprint in San Francisco. The week starts with some...

I was recently asked to attend a cloud sprint in San Francisco as a front-end developer for the new Juju GUI product. I had the pleasure of finally meeting...

Graham pointed out a recent Wall Street Journal article out to me as I was going on about my recent kitchen renovation (yes, I’ve used IKEA units). It gives a...

Since we released the initial demo of Ubuntu on phones, we’ve been looking at refining the whole Suru theme — the theme on Ubuntu for phones and tablets — and...

Release month is always a busy one for the web team, and this time was no exception with the Ubuntu 13.10 release last week. In the last few weeks we’ve...

Today’s clinic included: A discussion of launcher placement, Brad Well’s Bible app – general design guidance Michael Zanetti’s uAuthenticator app – general...

Over the last year we have been working on the Juju GUI to reach a broader audience. Juju is a way of building complex cloud environments. It connects...

We might have been quiet, but we have been busy! Here’s a quick overview of what the web team has been up to recently. In the past month we’ve worked on: New...

Over the last few weeks, we’ve enjoyed running 2 Wednesday App Clinics. Thanks to all those who sent us their apps and questions. It’s been a fantastic...

Since Ubuntu touch was announced, its been fantastic to see the variety of apps you’ve been developing, from shopping lists to word games, to apps that aid...

In past years, we have had many Ubuntu users getting involved in helping with our user research. Now we feel it’s time to form a user research network, which...

Music apps that allow users to switch between player and queue mode can be quite complex. Some challenges of music apps in general: Deep navigation through...

Previously, Charline Poirier provided an excellent post about how to recruit representative participants for usability testing. To continue the story, we are...

Over the past few weeks we’ve been exploring visual directions for the calendar app. It’s a pretty exciting opportunity to create something fresh and at the...