John Robinson is from Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. He gained a BA(Hons) in Radio Film and Television Studies with Mathematics from Christ Church College, Canterbury, and took a post-graduate course in Journalism at Sheffield College before moving to Poland to teach English. He then moved into website design and programming, and worked at DHL before moving into education. For ten years he has taught Computing and Contextual Analysis at North Lindsey College in North Lincolnshire. He lives with his wife and two children. His writing mainly takes in music, technology, and media analysis. His music is electronic, pastoral and ambient.