couchdb-glib 0.1
As the first step on CouchDB desktop integration, here’s version 0.1 of couchdb-glib, a GLib-based API to talk to CouchDB. This initial version only allows reading and does all operations synchronously...
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CouchDB contacts in Evolution
Continuing with my CouchDB on the desktop series, here’s the 1st screenshot: It’s Evolution addressbook components showing contacts from a CouchDB database. As stated in previous posts, all contacts in...
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GCDS expectations
With just a few hours before I leave to Gran Canaria, here’s a list of things I personally would like to get from the conference: I’ve been to all GUADEC’s except for 2 (Stuttgart and Istanbul), and...
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GCDS summary
After an exhausting week at GCDS, a similarly exhausting weekend partying in Pamplona for San Fermín, and an again exhausting return to day to day work, just found some time to write some notes from...
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Syncing Tomboy notes with Ubuntu One
Lots of people keep asking the same question (how do I sync Tomboy notes with Ubuntu One?), so, since there is a nice tutorial already, posting it here to get to a wider audience: the tutorial. Since...
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Syncing Evolution contacts to Ubuntu One
The other day was about Tomboy notes, today, Evolution contacts syncing to Ubuntu One! For the basic setup, see this tutorial. So, once you have contacts in the Evolution CouchDB Ubuntu One...
View ArticleUbuntu One SyncDaemon API
Ubuntu One‘s SyncDaemon (the process that takes care of synchronizing your files between the cloud and the desktop) has a DBus interface for applications to control and get notifications from it about...
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“GNOME 3″ on Ubuntu
With the great work from Robert Ancell and Sebastien Bacher, who worked on packaging the new GLib/GTK3 stack, and with the recent packaging of a few GNOME 3 applications (eog, Nautilus, the new control...
View ArticleUnofficial GNOME3 on Ubuntu PPA
A friend of mine was having problems with the GNOME3 packages in Ubuntu, and after some questioning, he told me he was using a PPA from this Launchpad team: https://launchpad.net/ubuntugnome The GNOME3...
View ArticleLeaving Canonical
Today marks the beginning of my last week at Canonical, where I’ve been working for the last 2.5 years. Because of the conflicts between the direction the company is driving to and my personal...
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