So young, we are so few, very sad. He pioneered making smalltalk known to the world using screencasts.
There is a lesson for us all, right there. Thank you James, wherever you are, you’ll be missed and be sure your example lives on us sebastian o/ On Apr 19, 2014, at 8:11 AM, 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 > >
