Jono Bacon
Encyclopedia
Jono Bacon is a community manager
, writer
, musician
and software developer
, originally from the United Kingdom
, but now based in California
. Bacon is a prominent speaker on community management
, works as the Ubuntu
Community Manager for Canonical Ltd.
, authored The Art of Community by O'Reilly and is the founder and organizer of the annual Community Leadership Summit.
community when he created the UK Linux website, Linux UK . When he left this project he moved on to join the KDE
team, where he created the KDE::Enterprise website and KDE Usability Study. He was also been involved with helping charities using free software
, was a participant in LugRadio
and founded Wolverhampton Linux Users' Group. Additionally, he has created a heavy rock version of the Free Software Song
.
Bacon started his career as a Linux journalist before moving on in 2006 to work for OpenAdvtantage to help move organizations to Open Source solutions. On September 4, 2006, he started work for Canonical Ltd.
as the Ubuntu
Community Manager.
, Bacon has written for a variety of publications, including Linux User and Developer
, Linux Format
, Linux Magazine
, MacTech
, MacFormat
and PC Plus
. In addition to these magazines, he has also written a number of books, including "The Art of Community", "Linux Desktop Hacks", "PHP and MySQL Web Applications: Building Eight Dynamic Web Sites" and he also co-wrote "The Official Ubuntu Book" (ISBN 0-13-243594-2) with Benjamin Mako Hill
, Corey Burger, and Jonathan Jesse.
Bacon was the co-founder of the LugRadio
podcast and live events and the only member to appear on every show. He had also been a regular co-host on FLOSS Weekly
starting with episode 69, even filling in for Randal Schwartz when Randal was not available. When FLOSS Weekly moved to a new morning timeslot, Jono was unable to make the transition. Bacon also founded the Shot Of Jaq podcast with Stuart Langridge
and the show ran for a short period.
, MySQL Conference, OSBC, Linux User & Developer Conference, Blender Conference, IBM Linux Migration Seminar, European Friends Of O’Reilly, d:CODE, Association For Free Software Conference, SkyCon, UKUUG Conference West Midlands IT Association, OSS Watch
Conference, IBM Developer Workshop, Python UK 2007 (after dinner speech), various LUG
s, as well as the LUGRadio Live events of which he was a principal organiser. He also presented the Keynote at the "10 years KDE" anniversary conference in Ostfildern, Germany.
. Bacon has also inspired an audio recording application called Jokosher
, a pun on the fact that his name contains the phrase "no bacon".
In June 2008 Bacon started a new musical project called Severed Fifth
. The aim was to produce an album in his home studio and then to distribute the music in new ways. This was an experiment in how musicians can work in the internet era, outside the conventional music industry. The first demo Denied By Reign was released 21 October 2008 and features brutal death metal
. His second album Nightmares by Design, more melodic death metal
in style, was released on 11 October 2010.
Community manager
A community manager is a manager of a condominium or homeowners association . The position is frequently confused with a property manager, who deals with individual rental units or a group of rental units, like an apartment complex...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and software developer
Software developer
A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...
, originally from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, but now based in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Bacon is a prominent speaker on community management
Community management
Community management or common-pool resource management is the management of a common resource or issue by a community through the collective action of volunteers and stakeholders. The resource managed can be either material or informational. Examples include the management of common grazing and...
, works as the Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
Community Manager for Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd. is a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu Linux and related projects. Canonical is registered in London and employs staff around the world...
, authored The Art of Community by O'Reilly and is the founder and organizer of the annual Community Leadership Summit.
History
Bacon started his work with the LinuxLinux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
community when he created the UK Linux website, Linux UK . When he left this project he moved on to join the KDE
KDE
KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
team, where he created the KDE::Enterprise website and KDE Usability Study. He was also been involved with helping charities using free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
, was a participant in LugRadio
LugRadio
LugRadio was a British podcast on the topic of Linux and events in the free and open source software communities, as well as coverage of technology, digital rights and politics....
and founded Wolverhampton Linux Users' Group. Additionally, he has created a heavy rock version of the Free Software Song
Free Software Song
The Free Software Song is a filk song by Richard M. Stallman about free software. The song is set to the melody of the Bulgarian "Sadi Moma".Jamie Zawinski links to the song as "further evidence of why co-operation with Stallman is impossible"....
.
Bacon started his career as a Linux journalist before moving on in 2006 to work for OpenAdvtantage to help move organizations to Open Source solutions. On September 4, 2006, he started work for Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd. is a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu Linux and related projects. Canonical is registered in London and employs staff around the world...
as the Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
Community Manager.
Community Management
In recent years Bacon has become a prominent speaker and consultant on building communities and community management. He has authored The Art of Community by O'Reilly, is the founder and organizer of the annual Community Leadership Summit, an annual meeting point for community leaders, and writes regularly about community leadership on his blogJournalism
As a professional journalistJournalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, Bacon has written for a variety of publications, including Linux User and Developer
Linux User and Developer
Linux User and Developer is a monthly magazine about Linux.Linux User and Developer is a UK magazine written specifically for Linux professionals and IT decision makers. It is available in newsagents, via subscription, or for download as a PDF for a fee from the magazine's web page.- External links...
, Linux Format
Linux Format
Linux Format was the UK's first Linux-specific magazine, and is currently the best-selling Linux title in the UK. It is also exported to many countries worldwide. It is published by Future Publishing...
, Linux Magazine
Linux Magazine
Linux Magazine is a European professional journal. It addresses itself to readers who work professionally with operating systems based around the Linux kernel. Linux Magazine is published by Linux New Media AG and was born after the great success of Linux-Magazin...
, MacTech
MacTech
MacTech is the journal of Apple technology, a monthly magazine for software developers, system administrators, and other technical users of the Apple Macintosh line of computers....
, MacFormat
MacFormat
MacFormat is a the UK's biggest computer magazine aimed at Macintosh users. It is published monthly by Future Publishing, and has been since 1993.-Content:...
and PC Plus
PC Plus
PC Plus is a Computer magazine published monthly since 1986 in the UK by Future Publishing. The magazine is aimed at intermediate to advanced PC users, computer professionals and enthusiasts. The magazine is specifically for users of PCs and related technologies, so features articles are...
. In addition to these magazines, he has also written a number of books, including "The Art of Community", "Linux Desktop Hacks", "PHP and MySQL Web Applications: Building Eight Dynamic Web Sites" and he also co-wrote "The Official Ubuntu Book" (ISBN 0-13-243594-2) with Benjamin Mako Hill
Benjamin Mako Hill
Benjamin Mako Hill is a Debian hacker, intellectual property researcher, activist and author. He is a contributor and free software developer as part of the Debian and Ubuntu projects as well as the author of two best-selling technical books on the subject, Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible and The...
, Corey Burger, and Jonathan Jesse.
Bacon was the co-founder of the LugRadio
LugRadio
LugRadio was a British podcast on the topic of Linux and events in the free and open source software communities, as well as coverage of technology, digital rights and politics....
podcast and live events and the only member to appear on every show. He had also been a regular co-host on FLOSS Weekly
FLOSS Weekly
FLOSS Weekly is a free software / open source themed podcast from the TWiT Network. The show premiered on April 7, 2006, and features prominent guests from the free software/open source community. It was originally hosted by Leo Laporte; his cohost for the first seventeen episodes was Chris DiBona...
starting with episode 69, even filling in for Randal Schwartz when Randal was not available. When FLOSS Weekly moved to a new morning timeslot, Jono was unable to make the transition. Bacon also founded the Shot Of Jaq podcast with Stuart Langridge
Stuart Langridge
Stuart Langridge is the author of two books for technical publisher SitePoint, DHTML Utopia, and Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache as well as writing the Stylish Scripting weblog during 2005...
and the show ran for a short period.
Public Speaking
Bacon has presented at many events, including: Ohio Linux Fest, Southern California Linux ExpoSouthern California Linux Expo
The Southern California Linux Expo is an annual Linux, Open-Source, and Free Software conference held in Los Angeles, CA. SCALE grew out of a series of LUGFests put on by the Simi Conejo Linux Users Group in the late 90s. There were four of them, held every 6 months at the Nortel development...
, MySQL Conference, OSBC, Linux User & Developer Conference, Blender Conference, IBM Linux Migration Seminar, European Friends Of O’Reilly, d:CODE, Association For Free Software Conference, SkyCon, UKUUG Conference West Midlands IT Association, OSS Watch
OSS Watch
OSS Watch is the United Kingdom's advisory service for issues relating to free and open source software in the Further Education and Higher Education sectors. Since 2003 it has provided consultations and briefing materials about the legal, social, technical and economic aspects of open source...
Conference, IBM Developer Workshop, Python UK 2007 (after dinner speech), various LUG
Lug
-Places:* Lug , a Croatian village in Herzegovina* Lug, Bilje, a settlement in Croatian Baranja* Lug, Germany, a municipality in Germany* Ług, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in Poland* Lug , a village in Serbia-Transportation:...
s, as well as the LUGRadio Live events of which he was a principal organiser. He also presented the Keynote at the "10 years KDE" anniversary conference in Ostfildern, Germany.
Music
Bacon has had a long interest in music. He started playing in Conspiracy, followed by Neuraxon. He was the vocalist and a rhythm guitarist in Seraphidian. His website includes a number of songs that he has recorded separately from the band, including the aforementioned version of the Free Software SongFree Software Song
The Free Software Song is a filk song by Richard M. Stallman about free software. The song is set to the melody of the Bulgarian "Sadi Moma".Jamie Zawinski links to the song as "further evidence of why co-operation with Stallman is impossible"....
. Bacon has also inspired an audio recording application called Jokosher
Jokosher
Jokosher is a free, non-linear multi-track digital audio editor, the source code of which is released under the GNU GPL. It is being developed in Python, using the GTK+ interface and GStreamer as an audio back-end, initially just for the Linux operating system but now also with support for Windows...
, a pun on the fact that his name contains the phrase "no bacon".
In June 2008 Bacon started a new musical project called Severed Fifth
Severed Fifth
Severed Fifth is a San Francisco Bay Area band founded by Jono Bacon and featuring Defiance guitarist Jim Adams.The band is noted for its copyright model of distributing its music under permissive Creative Commons licenses, allowing the public to legally download and share music for free...
. The aim was to produce an album in his home studio and then to distribute the music in new ways. This was an experiment in how musicians can work in the internet era, outside the conventional music industry. The first demo Denied By Reign was released 21 October 2008 and features brutal death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
. His second album Nightmares by Design, more melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
in style, was released on 11 October 2010.