Comments on: Professor William J. Mitchell, pioneer of urban computing, RIP http://boingboing.net/2010/06/12/professor-william-j.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Genutz http://boingboing.net/2010/06/12/professor-william-j.html#comment-809608 Genutz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-809608 City of Bits was awesome, RIP! City of Bits was awesome, RIP!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/12/professor-william-j.html#comment-811416 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-811416 He wasnt THE most brilliant. He didnt even have THE best taste. But he was the most relentlessly positive, energetic, forceful and ambitious. He was a small town man who never stopped. It wasnt just ambition for himself. It was ambition for the world. He was a booster. Kind and funny. The world needs more like him. I will miss him dearly. He wasnt THE most brilliant.
He didnt even have THE best taste.

But he was the most relentlessly positive, energetic, forceful and ambitious. He was a small town man who never stopped. It wasnt just ambition for himself. It was ambition for the world. He was a booster. Kind and funny. The world needs more like him.

I will miss him dearly.

]]> By: Aaron Z http://boingboing.net/2010/06/12/professor-william-j.html#comment-809378 Aaron Z Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-809378 He was an amazing man -- one of the most caring, thoughtful, and deeply analytic professors I've ever met at MIT. He will be missed. The Media Lab has tragically lost of its greatest assets. He was an amazing man — one of the most caring, thoughtful, and deeply analytic professors I’ve ever met at MIT. He will be missed. The Media Lab has tragically lost of its greatest assets.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/12/professor-william-j.html#comment-809399 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-809399 oh my... bill was a brilliant thinker and tinkerer... he will truly be missed though his creative thinking will remain as an active part of everyone that worked with him. oh my… bill was a brilliant thinker and tinkerer… he will truly be missed though his creative thinking will remain as an active part of everyone that worked with him.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/12/professor-william-j.html#comment-809688 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-809688 Bill gave me the chance to attend the Media Lab in 1998 and his support and generosity opened many doors for myself and many people I know. A great man and a very important thinker. David Cox <!-- http://www.davidalbertcox.com --> Bill gave me the chance to attend the Media Lab in 1998 and his support and generosity opened many doors for myself and many people I know.

A great man and a very important thinker.

David Cox

]]> By: Jon Brouchoud http://boingboing.net/2010/06/12/professor-william-j.html#comment-809436 Jon Brouchoud Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-809436 Definitely a brilliant thinker. His work was fundamentally transformative in the way I think about technology, architecture, and the built environment. After reading e-topia in grad school, and briefly corresponding with him, I completely changed the course of my thesis project, and ultimately, my entire career path. Definitely a brilliant thinker. His work was fundamentally transformative in the way I think about technology, architecture, and the built environment. After reading e-topia in grad school, and briefly corresponding with him, I completely changed the course of my thesis project, and ultimately, my entire career path.

]]> By: clamasugi http://boingboing.net/2010/06/12/professor-william-j.html#comment-809442 clamasugi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-809442 His is definetly a tragic loss. His is definetly a tragic loss.

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