[Chicago] RIP Aaron Swartz

[Massimo DiPierro]

This is very bad news indeed. I did not know Aaron personally and I have never met him but I learned a lot from many of the technologies he developed including web.py, markdown, and reddit. Thank you Aaron.

On Jan 12, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Randy Baxley wrote:

> NYT is catching up.
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0
> 
> These types of things happen way too often.  Our minds are extremely complex and wonderful and yet so often the world in which we live seems like jar of rubber glue.
> 
> I am a little smart but folks Aaron Swartz and Steve Huffman amaze me.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure how many of you remember the ChiPy debates ( Feb 2006 ? ) around Reedit and web.py.  I think Ed Summers spoke and we did not realize Aaron was in the audience until later.
> 
> 
> On Jan 12, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/12/rip-aaron-swartz.html
>> 
>> -- 
>> Brian Ray 
>> @brianray
>> (773) 669-7717
>> 
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