Many people who have been here a while know what a bright, talented, and promising young programmer he was, and of his impressive list of contributions to the Clojure community. He seemed relentlessly curious, and worked professionally in Clojure, Haskell, NodeJS, CoffeeScript, Python, and last week was selling me on the virtues of some new javascript thing called Svelte.technology.
My project.clj's-- and I'm sure many other people's as well-- are filled with calls to his fine libraries. What a lot of people might not know about Anthony is how much his first love (perhaps even more than programming) appeared to have been music. He regularly made videos of his singing and rapping covers. He could spend hours talking about and playing music, and he was as fearless and eclectic in his tastes in music as in technology. Only a subset of the music he loved made it into my playlist, but I will never again be able to hear Eminiem, Watsky, Yelawolf, twentyone pilots, George Jones, Adam Lambert, Panic! at the Disco, The Pretty Reckless, CHVRCHES, Fall Out Boy, Kitty Pryde, One Republic, Dolly Parton, Paramore, Lana del Rey, and a few others, without thinking of him. If you've never heard some of these artists, and you look up their music find that you like it, I'd venture a guess that he'd have been happy to have been a motivation for your discovery. -ken -- --------- On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 08:32:06AM -0500, Chas Emerick wrote: > As some may have already seen on Twitter or other channels, our friend > Anthony Grimes (Raynes in #clojure IRC and elsewhere, @StRaynes on Twitter) > has passed away. > > The most immediate announcement of this came via Lance Bradley, one of > Anthony's closer friends from the Clojure community: > > https://www.facebook.com/lancepantz/posts/10104155686547809?pnref=story > > Anthony's family set up a fundraiser to help with his final expenses, but > people are going well beyond the target set there; in any case, the family > would certainly appreciate any help you can offer: > > https://www.gofundme.com/32m55h4 > > If you don't know of Anthony, he was a constant inspiration and helping hand > in Clojure's earlier days, especially in #clojure IRC where he tutored and > encouraged people daily for years. He was also the creator or a significant > contributor to dozens of Clojure projects, some of which I guarantee you > still rely upon every day. > > Anthony himself wrote about some of his history in the Clojure community, > and also happened to recount at length the most significant memory I'll have > of him, when we all helped to get a kind 16-year-old to the first Clojure > Conj in 2010: > http://blog.raynes.me/blog/2011/11/27/the-clojure-community-and-me/ > > I have other memories of and about Anthony that I'd like to share, but not > now, not yet. Of course, the family will be having a local service for him > in their time and way. ABecause so many people around the world knew, worked > with, and called Anthony a friend, I'm hoping we can all have an > online/remote memorial (maybe an any-comers Hangout or something). That's > just an idea at the moment, details TBD. > > If you'd like to talk a bit about how Anthony influenced or inspired you, > please feel free to, here. Some people are also using the #RIPRaynes > hashtag, if that's your game. > > Rest easy, dude. > > love, > > - Chas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
