I found out today we have lost Marc Orchant. A few thoughts:
When I first started getting into technology for Productivity, I used to download the Tablet PC Show onto my Ipaq and listen to it while walking the rural roads of Ohio. The show was hosted by James Kendrick and Marc Orchant, and was highly formulative to my current activities. You had to get them credit for making an Internet radio show about technology so damn entertaining! Without Marc's musings on productivity, I'd never have gotten into Tablet PC's, discovered programs such as ActiveWords, and wouldn't have made a great friend.
Over time I got to know him, and Marc was always there for me, providing invaluable advice when I began blogging and going forward. Also, on selecting and using a Tablet PC. And folks, countless others would say the exact same thing, that they are in a much better place today because of Marc Orchant's influence in their lives. And he's been the Johnny Appleseed of spreading GTD online, a philosophy that has benefited many yearning souls.
Marc has immortalized his thoughts, wisdom and and wit on the Internet forever, and we are all better for it. You are and will be severely missed my friend.
NOTE: James Kendrick has posted funeral information, and Larry Dignan at ZDNet has posted a nice writetup on Marc.
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