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Written by Allan Day on 2024-12-06 at 10:39

I'm excited about this one - the GNOME Foundation is looking to hire someone to help turn Flathub into a self-sustaining entity.

Many thanks to Endless for funding this work!

https://discourse.flathub.org/t/request-for-proposals-flathub-program-management/8276

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-11-27 at 17:02

This user testing data is pure gold for those of us working on the GNOME Files app.

Many thanks to Outreachy for making this possible, the GNOME Foundation for providing the funding, and Udo for her incredible work.

https://blogs.gnome.org/udoijiibike/2024/11/27/outreachy-internship-series-files-usability-test-report/

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-10-24 at 12:13

The GNOME Foundation Board is seeking input on what people would like to see from GUADEC in the future. We'd love to hear your thoughts.

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/feedback-wanted-what-do-you-want-from-guadec/24656

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-10-21 at 11:02

I have a lot of fond memories of the GNOME wiki, but its time has come. Retirement will happen this week. So long, MoinMoin. ❤️

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/wiki-gnome-org-will-be-retired-on-23-october-2024/24543

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-09-13 at 14:37

Anyone interested in joining a GNOME 47 release party in the next week or two? It'll likely be in Manchester, and may just be an excuse to go to the pub.

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-09-10 at 11:11

I've had the pleasure of mentoring two fantastic Outreachy interns over the summer. Together they completed two usability studies for the GNOME project. This is the first study, which tested a set of media apps (Loupe, Showtime and Decibels):

https://technicallywewrite.com/2024/09/09/gnomeusability

Thanks to Larry for doing a fantastic job with the write-up!

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-09-06 at 16:09

I've recently been working on designs for conflict handling in GNOME's Files app. (Like, what happens if you paste a file and an existing file has the same name.)

It took a few rounds of iteration, but I'm starting to feel happy with the result.

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-08-09 at 20:34

It took about 15 years, but this week I finally became the maintainer of a core GNOME module. 🎉

We won't talk about how I used my new power to totally break the project's release infrastructure. (All fixed now - thank you amazing sysadmin team!)

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-07-22 at 11:25

I'm on the train home from the mini GUADEC in Berlin. As always, I am sad to have to say goodbye to friends new and old.

With recent events it has been a very tough trip, but I'm so grateful for the mutual respect and kindness that has been on display over the past few days. Our community is amazing. ♥️

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-07-17 at 18:29

Board officers appointed! Phew, that took a while. Exciting to have enthusiastic new directors taking up positions.

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-07-17 at 15:32

The first meeting of the newly updated GNOME Foundation Board is just starting. We have one group in Denver, one in Berlin, and others participating remotely from home.

This is the board's annual meeting, so we'll be appointing officers, forming committees, and figuring out what we want to do for the next year.

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-07-16 at 08:45

On my way to Berlin for mini GUADEC! I'll be taking the sleeper train from Brussels later. Hopefully I will get enough sleep to be able to stay awake during tomorrow's mega board meeting...

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-07-12 at 11:47

Nominations are open for GNOME's 2024 Pants of Thanks award. This is how, every year, we recognise one person's lifetime contributions to the project.

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/call-for-nominations-for-the-2024-pants-of-thanks-award/22101

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-07-11 at 10:01

Another nice blog post from one of GNOME's current Outreachy interns. This time on the experience of a newcomer grappling with the idea of a "desktop environment".

Udo's internship is also being sponsored by the GNOME Foundation.

https://blogs.gnome.org/udoijiibike/2024/07/09/outreachy-internship-blog-series-understanding-gnome/

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-07-09 at 12:53

A very nice blog post about leading questions in user research. Larry is currently doing an Outreachy internship, which has been funded by the GNOME Foundation.

https://medium.com/@larrytabeh/understanding-leading-questions-in-usability-research-2da00f9d40ae

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-07-08 at 08:38

Last week newly elected GNOME Foundation Board members joined the board comms channels and got access to board records. Onboarding continues this week with two sessions planned for training and briefings.

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-07-02 at 10:18

Booked my travel for mini GUADEC in Berlin this month! Can't wait. 🥳

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-06-28 at 14:12

This year's new GNOME Foundation directors have been busy filling in paperwork this week, and are being added to the board Matrix channel today, right on schedule. Thanks to @downey and @zana for running the onboarding process.

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-06-21 at 08:46

If this year's GNOME Foundation Board election results are unchallenged, newly elected directors (including myself) will start their terms in one week, on 28 June.

(Terms last two years and the 2022 intake took office on 28 June - thanks to @ramcq for pointing this out)

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Written by Allan Day on 2024-06-20 at 12:52

I've been doing more work on GNOME's issue management docs this week. The issue reporting and issue review guides have both been significantly improved. 🎉

All these wonders can be found at: https://handbook.gnome.org/issues.html

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