{"id":3224,"date":"2013-01-12T19:55:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T23:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sj\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2013-01-13T18:47:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-13T22:47:39","slug":"remembering-aaron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/2013\/01\/12\/remembering-aaron\/","title":{"rendered":"In Remembrance of Aaron (1986-2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please send your photos, stories, and quotes to his memorial website:<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/rememberaaronsw.tumblr.com\/\">Remember Aaron Swartz<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Official <a href=\"http:\/\/rememberaaronsw.tumblr.com\/post\/40372208044\/official-statement-from-the-family-and-partner-of-aaron\">family statement<\/a>\u00a0about his death<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There will be a funeral on Tuesday in Chicago.  Memorials in a few cities over the next two weeks: including Boston, New York, DC and SF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essays<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Danny: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oblomovka.com\/wp\/2013\/01\/12\/he-was-funny\/\">He was funny<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Update: We talked.  Ada cried, then we hugged, then Ada suggested we have a goodbye party, with ice-cream and sprinkles and a movie, and make a board where we could pin all our memories. We laughed at how funny he was. Aaron taught her so well.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tim Berners-Lee: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timberners_lee\/status\/290140454211698689\">Aaron dead. World wanderers, we have lost a wise elder&#8230;<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nJames Grimmelmann: <a href=\"http:\/\/laboratorium.net\/archive\/2013\/01\/12\/aaron_swartz_was_26\">Aaron Swartz, Was 26<\/a>.<br \/>\nCory Doctorow:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2013\/01\/12\/rip-aaron-swartz.html\">RIP Aaron Swartz<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Uncompromising, Reckless and Delightful<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2013\/01\/farewell-aaron-swartz<\/p>\n<p>Quinn Norton: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quinnnorton.com\/said\/?p=644\">My Aaron Swartz, whom I loved.<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Make the world that wouldn&#8217;t have killed him, please.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Larry Lessig: \u00a0on <a href=\"http:\/\/lessig.tumblr.com\/post\/40331489608\/aaron-rip\">Aaron<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lessig.tumblr.com\/post\/40347463044\/prosecutor-as-bully\">the prosecutor as bully<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>He was brilliant, and funny. A kid genius.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>A soul, a conscience, the source of a question<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I have asked myself a million times: What would Aaron think?<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brewster Kahle: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.archive.org\/2013\/01\/12\/aaron-swartz-hero-of-the-open-world-rip\/\">Aaron Swartz, Hero of the Open World, Dies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Erik Moeller and Tilman Bayer: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wikimedia.org\/?p=21082&amp;preview=true\">Remembering Aaron Swartz<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>JSTOR<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/about.jstor.org\/statement-swartz\">heartfelt condolences<\/a> honoring Aaron&#8217;s memory.<br \/>\nDoc Searls: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/doc\/2013\/01\/12\/losing-aaron-swartz\/\">Losing Aaron<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Hayes, MSNBC: <a href=\"http:\/\/tv.msnbc.com\/2013\/01\/13\/the-brilliant-mind-righteous-heart-of-aaron-swartz-will-be-missed\/\">The Brilliant Mind and Righteous Heart of Aaron Swartz will be missed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nMedia<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/13\/technology\/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\">New York Times<\/a> (front page).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2013\/jan\/12\/aaron-swartz-hacking-reddit-dies?intcmp=122\">The Guardian<\/a> (front page + 4 more articles)<br \/>\nWaPo&#8217;s Tim Lee: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2013\/01\/12\/aaron-swartz-american-hero\/\">Aaron Swartz, American Hero<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nHacker News front page today:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sj\/files\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-13-at-2.30.45-AM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3252\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/2013\/01\/12\/remembering-aaron\/screen-shot-2013-01-13-at-2-30-45-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/files\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-13-at-2.30.45-AM.png?fit=422%2C622&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"422,622\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hacker News Sunday\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/files\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-13-at-2.30.45-AM.png?fit=422%2C622&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3252\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sj\/files\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-13-at-2.30.45-AM.png?resize=422%2C622\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/files\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-13-at-2.30.45-AM.png?w=422&amp;ssl=1 422w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/files\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-13-at-2.30.45-AM.png?resize=101%2C150&amp;ssl=1 101w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/files\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-13-at-2.30.45-AM.png?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please send your photos, stories, and quotes to his memorial website: Remember Aaron Swartz\u00a0 | \u00a0Official family statement\u00a0about his death There will be a funeral on Tuesday in Chicago. Memorials in a few cities over the next two weeks: including Boston, New York, DC and SF. Essays: Danny: He was funny &#8220;Update: We talked. 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