Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-08 Thread Scott Loveless
Tim was active on G+ during it's early days when he was still employed at Google. I had one of those "wait a sec, I know that guy" moments. He also has a blog (remember those?) that's worth reading. https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/ On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 5:35 PM Mark Roberts wrote: > Some of

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-08 Thread Jan van Wijk
Mark! On Tue, 5 May 2020 11:02:41 +0100 (BST) mike wilson wrote: > >An ethical member of the senior management of a multinational - who'd a thunk >it? Did we make that much of an impression? > -- Jan van Wijk;

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-05 Thread mike wilson
An ethical member of the senior management of a multinational - who'd a thunk it? Did we make that much of an impression? > On 04 May 2020 at 22:34 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Some of you will remember Tim Bray from when he was on the PDML a few > years back and some of us even met him at the

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-05 Thread lrc
On May 5, 2020 3:02:41 AM PDT, mike wilson wrote: >An ethical member of the senior management of a multinational - who'd a >thunk it? Did we make that much of an impression? > Enough of one for him to leave. >> On 04 May 2020 at 22:34 Mark Roberts >wrote: >> >> >> Some of you will

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good for him! Always a good guy. Paul > On May 4, 2020, at 10:12 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Doug Brewer wrote: > >> Good for Tim! Always liked that guy. > > Here's an old story that's almost as good: > https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/22/ray-bradbury-internet-error-message-451 >

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-04 Thread Christine Aguila
Years ago I remember Tim posting that he and his wife had decided not to post any photos of their kids online. They felt the kids were too young to give consent. Always had respect for that position—have even more respect for him WRT this recent decision. Go Tim! Cheers, Christine Sent

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: >Good for Tim! Always liked that guy. Here's an old story that's almost as good: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/22/ray-bradbury-internet-error-message-451 Tim recommended to the Internet Engineering Task Force that a special error code of "451" be officially

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
Go Tim On Mon, May 4, 2020, 6:27 PM Doug Brewer wrote: > Good for Tim! Always liked that guy. > > On 5/4/20 5:34 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Some of you will remember Tim Bray from when he was on the PDML a few > > years back and some of us even met him at the PDML Photo Annual > > exhibit in

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-04 Thread Doug Brewer
Good for Tim! Always liked that guy. On 5/4/20 5:34 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Some of you will remember Tim Bray from when he was on the PDML a few years back and some of us even met him at the PDML Photo Annual exhibit in Chicago in 2010. He was working at Google at the time (heading the Android

Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Some of you will remember Tim Bray from when he was on the PDML a few years back and some of us even met him at the PDML Photo Annual exhibit in Chicago in 2010. He was working at Google at the time (heading the Android OS program, I believe) but apparently had moved on to become a big shot at