The world is indeed a small place. I remember meeting Adam and his family years before I came across Ruby, and although my recollections are sketchy, I know that Adam was well liked and very much respected outside the Ruby community, as are his parents and sister.
A tragic waste indeed. (rant about the police and guns deleted) Bayan Khalili On 14 February 2012 08:35, Martin Stannard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Emanuel, > > Like Dave, I'll send you my thoughts separately, but just wanted to > echo Dave's sentiments. Adam's death was a tragic was of talent, > shocking in the manner in which it happened. Sadly it seems all to > common for people with mental health issues when they come into > contact with the police. > > regards, > > Martin > > On 14 February 2012 07:02, Dave Bolton <[email protected]> wrote: > > For context: Adam was a Sydney RORO regular who worked with Ruby and > Ruby on > > Rails at a number of places around town. He apparently had mental health > > issues, and met a tragic end in horrible circumstances. > > > > Emanuel, I'll send you my recollections separately, but it is worth > > recording here that I found Adam to be friendly, generous with his time, > > charitable and enthusiastic about technology. I was incredibly sad to > hear > > the news, and come across from time to time some Rails bugs he raised > that > > are still open issues, always a sobering discovery. > > > > D > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:36 PM, jezeli <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> We want to get a collection of memories from Adam's RoR community. 4cs > >> will be doing a program relating to Adam Salter and have requested > >> peer comments from the Rails community. > >> > >> Emanuel > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
