[1 of 4] I blame Anil Dash for dragging me down memory lane. Go check out his article, “How Markdown Took Over the World” first, which features a “hero image” of the 2002-era G4 iMac...
https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/
[2 of 4] That led me to dig up the photos I took at O’Reilly ETCon 2002, which was about the hot technology of the time: peer-to-peer.
Lots of the “peer-to-peer” gang there, including Cory Doctorow, Nelson Minar, Damien Stolarz, Wes Felter, Sam Ruby, Quinn Norton, Meg Hourihan, Jason Kottke, Clay Shirky, Zooko, Lisa Rein, “Jillzilla,” Lucas Gonze, and of course, Aaron Swartz.
@AccordionGuy look at that little lad. So unfortunate. https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-end-of-ragequitting/
@codinghorror I’m glad I got to know him, and to watch “Attack of the Clones” with him.
@codinghorror Here’s a preview from an upcoming article, featuring photos from my 2nd week on the job at Microsoft at PDC 2008...
