Steve Cisler faleceu há poucos dias. Eu cheguei a trocar muitos e-mails e uma ligação telefônica com ele. Mais um de quem muita gente vai sentir falta. Tem algumas homenagens a ele acontecendo pela web. Recebi há pouco da lista nettime:
There is a new blog for condolences and memories about Steve Cisler,
who passed last week.
http://communitynetworking2008
He served on the board of the Internet Society, and was among the
first people lobbying for the allocation of radio spectrum for
wireless computer networks-an effort that led to the establishment of
the 802.11b standard commonly used today.
He worked for the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at
Santa Clara University on a project to network the Tech Award
Laureates (25 each year) http://techawards.org/ from 2001 to the
present. They have a photo and article up about his work at http://
www.scu.edu/sts/
Steve was extremely well-known in community networking movements
around the globe.
Steve was a Senior Scientist at Apple Library for many years and ran
the Apple Library of Tomorrow project, which made grants to places as
diverse as the Pueblo of Zuni and the Library of Congress.
A frequent conference speaker, he was also admired for his pithy trip
reports about travel to some remote (and not so remote) community
networking efforts.
He also served in the Peace Corps and in the US Coast Guard.
A memorial celebration is planned for June 2 in the San Jose area.
