Jono Bacon
Jonathan Edward James Bacon is a writer and software engineer, originally from the United Kingdom, but now based in California. He works as a consultant on community strategy. He is the founder of Stateshift, a consulting firm focused on developer relations and go-to-market strategy.
Jono Bacon
- Name
- Jono Bacon
- Birth Name
- Jonathan Edward James Bacon
- Born
- 17 September 1979
- Birthplace
- Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England
- Occupation
- * Author
- Spouse
- Erica Bacon (née Brescia)
- Full name
- Jonathan Edward James Bacon.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Education
- Wootton Upper School and University of Wolverhampton.
- Languages
- English.
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Jonathan Edward James Bacon is a writer and software engineer, originally from the United Kingdom, but now based in California. He works as a consultant on community strategy. He is the founder of Stateshift, a consulting firm focused on developer relations and go-to-market strategy.
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Jono Bacon (born 1979) is a British computer scientist, engineer and guitarist, among other activities. The computer scientist was born Jonathan Edward James Bacon in Wolverhampton.
Jono Bacon studied at University of Wolverhampton and Wootton Upper School. The computer scientist worked for XPRIZE Foundation and lived in Walnut Creek. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Jono Bacon • Birth Name — Jonathan Edward James Bacon • Born — 17 September 1979 • Birthplace — Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England • Occupation — * Author • Community Manager • Consultant • Musician • Podcaster • Speaker • Spouse — Erica Bacon (née Brescia) • Children — 1 • Website — jonobacon.com
History
History
Bacon started his work with the Linux community when he created the Linux UK website. When he left this project he moved on to join the KDE team, where he created the KDE:Enterprise website and KDE Usability Study, before shifting his attention to GNOME. Bacon started his career as a Linux journalist before moving on, in 2006, to work for OpenAdvantage, to help move organizations to Open Source solutions. From 4 September 2006, until 28 May 2014, he worked for Canonical Ltd. as the Ubuntu Community Manager. From 29 May 2014, until 30 October 2015, he worked at XPrize as the Senior Director of Community. From 14 November 2015, to May 2016, Bacon worked as Director of Community for GitHub. He currently works as a consultant on community strategy.
Journalism
Journalism
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" with Benjamin Mako Hill, Corey Burger, and Jonathan Jesse. His most recent book, People Powered: How Communities Can Supercharge Your Business, Brand, and Teams (Harper Business, 2019), explores how organizations can build and scale communities to drive growth and engagement. Bacon was the co-founder of the LugRadio and Bad Voltage podcasts and was a co-host on FLOSS Weekly.
Music
Music
Bacon played in several metal bands as singer and guitarist. From 2008 to 2012, he and Defiance guitarist Jim Adams ran the metal band Severed Fifth, which released three albums and distributed its music freely under a Creative Commons license.
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Jono Bacon is recorded as journalist, software developer, musician, engineer and guitarist. Recorded at birth as Jonathan Edward James Bacon.
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- 1.LugRadio. Long is the way – 18th June 2007: Season 4 Episode 21 : 76.51 (podcast). 18 June 2007.
- 2.jonobacon.org. Clan Jono. 5 December 2005.
- 3.Stateshift. www.stateshift.com.
- 4.Developer Adoption in 2025: Trends, Tools & Strategies. instruqt.com.
- 5.Jono Bacon. My Open Source Story. April 2022.
- 6.Paul, Ryan. Ubuntu community head tests music economics with open content. Ars Technica. June 2008.
- 7.Jono Bacon. Goodbye XPRIZE, Hello GitHub. 15 October 2015.
- 8.FOSS Force. Jono Bacon Leaves GitHub. 25 May 2016.
- 9.Nicholas Petreley, Jono Bacon. Linux Desktop Hacks – O'Reilly Media. Oreilly.com.
- 10.Pearsonhighered.com. Pearson – Practical PHP and MySQL®: Building Eight Dynamic Web Applications – Jono Bacon. 14 November 2006.
- 11.Bacon, Jono. People Powered: How Communities Can Supercharge Your Business, Brand, and Teams. Harper Business. 2019. 978-1400214884.
- 12.FLOSS Weekly. TWiT.tv.
- 13.The Metal Archives. Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives – Seraphidian.
- 14.Bio. jonobacon.com. n.d.
- 15.Advising And Consulting Services. jonobacon.com. n.d.
- 16.Currie, TC. GitHub Responds to User Dissatisfaction over Issue Tracking. TheNewStack. 2016-02-23.
- 17.Shuttleworth, Mark. Jono Bacon steps up. Mark Shuttleworth here be dragons (blog). 2006-08-08.
- 18.Graner, Amber. Herding cats with Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon. Ubuntu User. Linux New Media AG. 6. 8–9. 2010. 2040-8080.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Bacon, Jono. The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation (Theory in Practice). O'Reilly Media. May 2012. 978-0596156718.
- Bacon, Jono. People Powered: How Communities Can Supercharge Your Business, Brand, and Teams. HarperCollins Leadership. 2021-02-09. 978-1400214914.
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