12Nov/12

By and about

12 November 2012birminghamuk, misc, writing11 bus, BiNS, writingJon Bounds

There was a piece featuring me and the sale of BiNS on the BBC News site last week. As ever with ‘news’ I felt the interesting stuff didn’t make it to theRead More…

15Sep/12

The worst captain in the World

15 September 2012miscDanny Baker, football, RadioJon Bounds

I was on Danny Baker’s Radio Five show earlier, which was great. I’ve always been a big fan of his and consider him to be one of the few genuinely innovative andRead More…

17Aug/12

Photosynth Panoramas

17 August 2012miscpanorama, PhotosynthJon Bounds

I really like the Photosynth iPhone app for creating panoramas, it’s a painless process and can be done quite quickly. Of course moving people, or dogs, can create an odd effect. ThisRead More…

25Jul/12

Open government, data and transparency

25 July 2012consultation, miscbirminghamuk, consultation, open data, politicsJon Bounds

While working on Siôn Simon’s push for there to be a directly elected Mayor for Birmingham I contributed an ideas paper around the possibilities for a more open system of government inRead More…

11May/12

It’s a living thing

11 May 2012misclovelife, misc, workJon Bounds

Edgeryders is an EU project to try to work out how creatives and freelancers can make a living ‘on the edge’. One of the people working on it is good mate ChrisRead More…

09Mar/12

NewsJack — writing comedy quickly

9 March 2012misc, my projects, writingBBC, comedy, newsjack, The Jung Ones, writingJon Bounds

I like to think I’m an amusing writer, and that I can think quickly. Doing a radio show for a couple of years I think demonstrated that, and I’ve tried my handRead More…

29Feb/12

Road Trip: Round the Wrekin

29 February 2012miscart, art funding, Pete Ashton, West MidlandsJon Bounds

This post was written by chum Pete Ashton, about a project we applied for together. A few weeks ago an Arts Council funded commission came over the tootvine which looked pretty interesting. Turning PointRead More…

25May/10

World Cup Willies

25 May 2010miscfootball, world cupJon Bounds

I had a little bit of a paddy on Twitter yesterday after a slew of people were moaning about “the football”. “The football” in this instance being a fairly easily avoidable pre-WorldRead More…

22Feb/10

Someone Once Told Me

22 February 2010birminghamuk, miscart, Mario Cacciottolo, photo, Someone Once Told meJon Bounds

Here I am, looking a little grumpy, as part of Mario Cacciottolo’s really rather lovely ‘Someone Once Told Me‘ project.

30Oct/09

Data Visualisation

30 October 2009geekery, miscdata visualisationJon Bounds