So Sad - No Fluff Just Stuff

So Sad

Posted by: Nathaniel Schutta on April 6, 2007

I was very saddened to read this today on Kathy Sierra’s blog:

This will be the last post here quite some time, until I figure out what to do next.

While I completely understand where she’s coming from, I will *greatly* miss her voice in the blogosphere. My day was always a bit brighter when my aggregator showed there was something new on Creating Passionate Users and I for one hope that Kathy quickly finds a way to continue spreading her message in a way that she’s comfortable with. I further regret never having seen her present live - I’ll just have to settle for the podcasts. It is so very sad that some incredibly small people were able to distinguish a light so bright. Here’s to you Kathy, you will be missed.

Nathaniel Schutta

About Nathaniel Schutta

Nathaniel T. Schutta is a software architect and Java Champion focused on cloud computing, developer happiness and building usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written multiple books, appeared in countless videos and many podcasts. He’s also a seasoned speaker who regularly presents at worldwide conferences, No Fluff Just Stuff symposia, meetups, universities, and user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches students to embrace (and evaluate) technical change. Driven to rid the world of bad presentations, he coauthored the book Presentation Patterns with Neal Ford and Matthew McCullough, and he also published Thinking Architecturally and Responsible Microservices available from O’Reilly. His latest book, Fundamentals of Software Engineering, is currently available in early release.

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