http://www.metafilter.com/tags/stevecisler Posts tagged with 'stevecisler' at MetaFilter. Thu, 29 May 2008 16:26:13 -0800 Thu, 29 May 2008 16:26:13 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72093/RIP%2DSteve%2DCisler%2Dthe%2Dman%2Dwho%2Dturned%2Dthe%2DDummys%2DGuide%2Dto%2Dthe%2DInternet%2Dinto%2Da%2Dhypercard%2Dstack <a href="http://ibiblio.org/pjones/wordpress/?p=2503">Steve Cisler - first Internet librarian</a> died on May 15th. "Steve was a unique intellectual populist. I believe his driving force was to put the power of computing resources, and the ability to communicate with same, into the hands of all who could benefit" <a href="http://www.designnine.com/news/node/1161">Librarians</a>, <a href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/headlines/20080523.shtml">techies</a>, <a href="http://www.comtechreview.org/summer-fall-1999/guns_wars_and_blank_screens.htm">activists</a> and the <a href="http://tingilinde.typepad.com/unconnected/">unconnected</a> alike will miss him terribly. This <a href="http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0805/msg00033.html">tribute from Ted Byfield</a> went out to the nettime mailing list. A more official obit from the Mercury News "<a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/obituaries/ci_9356437">Steve Knew A Lot About A Lot</a>". If you knew Steve you can <a href="http://communitynetworking2008.blogspot.com/2008/05/community-networking-champion-steve.html">post memories of him here</a> or <a href="http://communitynetworking2008.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/hello-world/#comments">here</a>. <small>[<a href="http://www.bio.net/bionet/hypermail/bioforum/1993-September/005994.html">cite for thread title</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72093 Thu, 29 May 2008 16:26:13 -0800 apple applecomputer librarian obit obituary stevecisler jessamyn