Blog posts written by Inayaili de León Persson

Inayaili de León Persson
24 October 2013

Latest from the web team — October 2013

User Experience Ubuntu

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 worked on: Ubuntu 13.10 release: we’ve updated www.ubuntu.com for the latest Ubuntu release Updates to the new Ubuntu OpenStack cloud section: based on some really

Inayaili de León Persson
24 October 2013

Inayaili de León Persson
26 September 2013

Latest from the web team — September 2013

Article Ubuntu

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 juju.ubuntu.com website: we’ve revamped the information architecture, revisited the key journeys and updated the look to be more in line with www.ubuntu.com Fenchurch

Inayaili de León Persson
26 September 2013

Inayaili de León Persson
16 April 2013

Spring cleaning ubuntu.com

Design Ubuntu

Yesterday we’ve launched an updated version of ubuntu.com, which we hope will improve navigation throughout the site and provide visitors with a better understanding of what Ubuntu is. Research is an important part of what we do, and this update isn’t an exception. The improvements we have made in terms of content and...

Inayaili de León Persson
16 April 2013

Inayaili de León Persson
25 March 2013

Good Ubuntu books?

Notes Ubuntu

A few weeks ago we received a copy of the “No Starch Press” book “Ubuntu Made Easy”, by Rickford Grant with Phil Bull. The book’s main goal – which we fully approve of! – is to introduce Ubuntu to newcomers by taking readers through the various projects, with step-by-step instructions which demonstrate how to do

Inayaili de León Persson
25 March 2013

Inayaili de León Persson
3 January 2013

Designing the new Ubuntu for phone pages

Article Ubuntu

As you’ve probably seen, Canonical has just announced Ubuntu on phones. We’re all very excited about it, especially since so many of us have been working hard on this project. Here’s an insight into the design of the new phone pages on ubuntu.com. Deciding what to say The tricky part when designing pages to show

Inayaili de León Persson
3 January 2013

Inayaili de León Persson
30 October 2012

A fresh-looking Design Blog

Article Ubuntu

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally done it: the Design Blog has a new look! Let me take you through the main aspects we wanted to improve on. Why change? The last blog design was nearly four years old. With its small font sizes and crammed pages, the text was difficult to

Inayaili de León Persson
30 October 2012

Inayaili de León Persson
20 July 2012

Design Is a Job

Design Ubuntu

In the past few weeks I’ve been trying to catch up with all the reading that I haven’t been doing in the past few months. One of the books in my to-read pile that I was particularly eager to read was Mike Monteiro’s “Design Is a Job”, published by A Book Apart. I was not

Inayaili de León Persson
20 July 2012

Inayaili de León Persson
27 January 2012

Ubuntu Brand Guidelines get their own site

Article Ubuntu

If you’ve ever had to create Ubuntu or Canonical related design materials, chances are you had a look at the Brand Guidelines, which, until now, have only existed in the form of bulky PDFs. Those days are over, as we happily introduce the brand new Ubuntu Brand Guidelines site, where you can read the guidelines

Inayaili de León Persson
27 January 2012

Inayaili de León Persson
26 January 2012

Some guidelines for warm grey text on the web

Article Ubuntu

Warm grey is one of the neutral colours from Ubuntu and Canonical’s colour palette. It has been added to the palette for balance, being a bridge between the vibrant orange and aubergine. The brand guidelines specify that warm grey (hex value: #AEA79F) can be used for: backgrounds, graphics, pictograms, dot patterns,...

Inayaili de León Persson
26 January 2012

Inayaili de León Persson
27 September 2011

The new Ubuntu App Developer website

Design Ubuntu

We’re happy to unveil the brand new Ubuntu App Developer website today, a place where developers who want to create Ubuntu applications can find all the information they need and get in touch with the Ubuntu app developer community to share ideas, ask questions and get all the news and events. Ubuntu App Developer’s website

Inayaili de León Persson
27 September 2011

Inayaili de León Persson
17 June 2011

Sharing Ubuntu with the world

Article Ubuntu

We all know Ubuntu is great, but we want even more people to know just how great. With this in mind, we thought we’d give the visitors of ubuntu.com the tools to spread the word about Ubuntu. As of today, you can see Tweet and Like buttons on some of the key pages of the

Inayaili de León Persson
17 June 2011

Inayaili de León Persson
28 April 2011

A fresh new look for Ubuntu.com

Canonical News Ubuntu

Natty Narwhal isn’t the only thing new today in Ubuntu. Along with it, and as you may have already noticed, we have updated some areas of the Ubuntu website, including a fresh new homepage. What’s new? This overhaul of the website focuses on improving and refining the experience for users who are new to Ubuntu

Inayaili de León Persson
28 April 2011

A fresh new look for Ubuntu.com

Article Ubuntu

Natty Narwhal isn’t the only thing new today in Ubuntu. Along with it, and as you may have already noticed, we have updated some areas of the Ubuntu website, including a fresh new homepage. What’s new? This overhaul of the website focuses on improving and refining the experience for users who are new to Ubuntu

Inayaili de León Persson
28 April 2011

Inayaili de León Persson
29 September 2010

29 days later

Article Ubuntu

It’s been 29 days since I’ve started working at Canonical and, let me tell you, they went by really fast. In the past few weeks I have worked on lots of projects and there is a lot more in the pipeline. I’ve mainly been working on the “realign” (rather than “redesign”) of canonical.com and ubuntu.com;

Inayaili de León Persson
29 September 2010