14. Jon Bounds, Blogger

Jon Bounds works as a freelance social media and multimedia consultant and producer and is best known for creating the cult website "Birmingham: It's Not Shit" (B:iNS).

He spent nearly four years working for the BBC designing and building interactive exhibits, permanent and
themed interactive displays and film, and also worked as a technical editor, commissioning editor and author on multimedia design books - including titles on Flash, Director, QuickTime and Final Cut.

Jon has been working with online media since discovering the Internet while studying Computer Science at
Birmingham University, first as a hobby then latterly professionally.

He spent nearly four years working for the BBC - as technical co-ordinator of the Public Space at BBC
Birmingham, where he designed and built large-scale interactive exhibits, permanent and themed interactive
displays and film - by originating ideas and producing or commissioning material in a variety of media.

He has written for the press on topics such as Birmingham music and culture and currently writes a blog for The Birmingham Post, which looks at how people use the Internet.

He also operates a blog on his own site www.jonbounds.co.uk as well as on B:iNS.

He recognises that Birmingham historically has had a poor image, but he says he enjoys trying to change that.