Episode 2: Ken Jones, Founder of Circular Software

from The Digital Publishing Podcast · host Simon M

For our second episode I wanted to introduce Ken Jones, who tells his remarkable story of growing up working in the family printing press, becoming an early digital pioneer in 'Big Publishing', and then breaking out on his own to found a successful software company building tools for the industry.We talk through his unique journey, and reflect on how a task-oriented, human-centric approach led him to produce some really deeply useful tools for the ‘real world’ problems faced by publishers, in a world of idealised standards and walled gardens.CREDITS:Produced and Presented by Simon MellinsProduction support from Dan Mellins-CohenTranscript provided by Lumina DatamaticsMusic: Better Days by penguinmusic at PixabayCopyright Simon Mellins Consulting Limited 2024 (UK company 15660523), all rights res

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For our second episode I wanted to introduce Ken Jones, who tells his remarkable story of growing up working in the family printing press, becoming an early digital pioneer in 'Big Publishing', and then breaking out on his own to found a successful software company building tools for the industry. We talk through his unique journey, and reflect on how a task-oriented, human-centric approach led him to produce some really deeply useful tools for the ‘real world’ problems faced by publishers, in a world of idealised standards and walled gardens. CREDITS: Produced and Presented by Simon Mellins; Production support from Dan Mellins-Cohen; Transcript provided by Lumina Datamatics; Music is Better Days by penguinmusic at Pixabay. Copyright Simon Mellins Consulting Limited 2024 (UK company 15660523), all rights reserved.

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