I did not know him and I am new to smalltalk but I loved his podcasts and screencasts, simple , elegant , no need to impress exactly the way I like it. Always sad to see someone go, my condolences to his family , I am sure he was quite the man to be around.
On 4/19/14, Stephan Eggermont <[email protected]> wrote: > On the visualworks mailing list, David Buck wrote: >>For those who haven't heard on Facebook, James Robertson passed away >>suddenly on Thursday April 14, 2014. James was a power house of >>information for Smalltalk and worked furiously through the years to >>promote it through his blog and podcasts. James was an employee of >>ParcPlace through the ParcPlace/Digitalk merger and through the move to >>Cincom. When he left CIncom in 2010, he became an independent >>contractor. He was always an early adopter of technology. He jumped into >>the blog scene when it wasn't yet a scene and started recording podcasts >>when podcasts were still new. Over the years, he recorded thousands of >>podcasts, screencasts, videos of conference talks and interviews making >>them accessible to everyone by podcast channels, youtube and through his >>blog. >> >>Funeral information can be found at the following link. > > http://sollevinson.com/notice.php?lr=loc&id=25422 >> >>I'm waiting to hear details about a memorial service to be held later >>this week. >> >>For all of us who were touched by his life, we say farewell to a good >>friend. >> >>David Buck > > >
