Quite true, we've lost a very bright individual. He was just 26! Aaron had joined ThoughtWorks about a year back. He was leading a social impact project that provides any individual the ability to write a petition or raise awareness, by finding and communicating with interested masses. It will be Open Source and is targeted toward those in the Global South countries and other areas without much support for the power of the individual voice. In addition, Aaron played a key role in making our New York office a center for activities in the developer community and the political activism community beyond TW.
I've personally been following him since his post-reddit days through his efforts such as Open Library and theinfo.org. I was kind of over excited when I learnt that he had joined us. Also felt very proud as a ThoughtWorker when TW stood against his persecution. The whole community at TW is deeply mourning his loss. I really wish he had known the support he had from around the world! Will leave you with a beautiful quote of his that will keep ringing in my head - * * *"Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. I think a lot of what people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.", *Aaron Swartz, R.I.P. Hari On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > I am sure most of you heard, Aaron Swartz one of the pioneers of RSS, > Reddit,social hacktivism, and on top of that a great person, died. > > I knew Aaron very briefly when he worked out of the Sunlight Foundation > offices several years back. I remember him being incredibly sweet, smart, > funny and generous. > > It is tragic how he was treated for making information, that belongs to > the public, open. He was a hero to lot of us. I'm very sad to not have his > ever present passion and heart no longer around. > > As we move forward with our endeavors to bring information into the public > sphere we can't forgot the people that came before us and led the way. > > Aaron you have left a void, Rest in Peace. > > > > > -- > Nisha Thompson > Mobile: 962-061-2245 > > -- > For more details about this list > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected].
