Jon Humphrey

Citizen Journalist • Bellingham • Member since May 23, 2017

Jon Humphrey is currently a music educator in Bellingham and very active in the community. He also has decades of professional IT experience including everything from support to development. He considers Bellingham to be the best place he has ever lived and has been here for over 8 years now. He has been interested in technology, music, and science since he was very young and holds a degree in Music Production/Technology from the prestigious Hartt School. He started writing for his high school newspaper and has even published a sci-fi novel on Amazon. Aside from his above interests, Jon spends his time repairing electronics, cars, hiking, diving, and motorcycling. He is a well known figure in the Open Source and Retro Gaming communities and does what he can to support them. He also cares very much about the environment, homelessness, and digital divide issues and does what he can on those fronts too.

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Recent comments

"Good points Randy. I would just add that the state’s map has significant problems.1. Much of the data for the map comes from voluntary responses. Which is one [...]

Oct 24, 2024 on
An Overlooked Benefit of Improved Internet Access in Whatcom County: The U.S. Census

"Excellent article David! Thank you for looking out for our community. Historically, you never want to be the country that is behind when it comes to technology and this highlights [...]

Oct 24, 2024 on
An Overlooked Benefit of Improved Internet Access in Whatcom County: The U.S. Census

"The better solution is to build public infrastructure to prevent private monopolies and territories like we have now. WAVE/Astound are terrible companies with lots of complaints just like all [...]

Sep 28, 2024 on
How To Get Nothing Done

"As Commissioner Deshmane and I have pointed out many times the mid-mile connections are another area where governments can and should help out. WAVE/Astound has a virtual monopoly, but [...]

Sep 27, 2024 on
How To Get Nothing Done

"So some historical points here. In one of my articles I dug up a video clip where Inslee himself talks about, “honoring the telecoms” when talking about broadband [...]

Sep 25, 2024 on
How To Get Nothing Done
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