We'll miss Russell Shaw

Posted by Dan Farber

One of our tech journalism colleagues, Russell Shaw, passed away on Friday, March 14. He was on a reporting trip in San Jose, traveling from his home base of Portland, Ore. I knew Russell first as a blogger at ZDNet, where he covered broadband, VoIP, smartphones, and other topics.

Russell Shaw

Russell was very prolific and knowledgeable, and wrote about a broad range of subjects. In addition to technology, he covered everything from rock concerts and hotel management to politics and entertainment. He was a contributor to Huffington Post and the author of several books, including Caution! Music & Video Downloading: Your Guide to Legal, Safe, and Trouble-Free Downloads and Wireless Networking Made Easy: Everything You Need to Know to Build Your Own PANs, LANs, and WANs.

We'll miss him.

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by dahowlett March 15, 2008 8:34 PM PDT: I'm gutted - a good person with a good heart; Reply to this comment


by palmsolo March 15, 2008 8:38 PM PDT: I am shocked and very saddened! Russell was one of the few ZDNet bloggers I actually met and chatted with a few times and this news hit like a ton of bricks. He will be missed.; Reply to this comment


by _dietrich March 15, 2008 8:58 PM PDT: I can't believe it. Read his blogs every day. A Great intellectual man who gave his stories always an interesting turn of phrase or wit--all written from the heart. I will miss him. God rest his soul. and Peace. _dietrich; Reply to this comment


by Milly Staples March 16, 2008 12:29 AM PDT: How sad - I was just catching up on my tech reading. First Marc Orchant, now Russell Shaw. The blogosphere has lost 2 wonderful voices in a short period of time. My thougts are with Russell's family and friends.; Reply to this comment View reply
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by george_ou March 16, 2008 4:28 AM PDT: This is truly very sad. It is a great loss to his family and to our family here at ZDNet blogs. My heart goes out to Russell Shaw?s family. We will all miss you Russell. Sincerely, George Ou; Reply to this comment


by Don_Thorson March 16, 2008 7:54 AM PDT: This is a shock. He will be missed.; Reply to this comment


by dieselboii March 16, 2008 10:34 AM PDT: I met Russell a few years ago at a blogger meetup for Portland Metroblogging. He was one of the more prolific writers on the site. Having worked with him for a few years as a fellow Metroblogger, I am saddened by this news.; Reply to this comment


by pjbednarski March 17, 2008 2:49 PM PDT: Russell was a dear friend, and like a lot of dear friends, I never took the time to tell him. He was the punny-ist guy I ever met, but a lot of thosse puns were good. He had great ideas, an unstoppable mind, he loved Portland and he a delightfully "dirty" mind when that was still possible. I'll miss Russell, and I'll miss the times in the last few months that we didn't connect when he was in New York.; Reply to this comment


by vincek001 March 17, 2008 9:26 PM PDT: I only recently got to know Russel, thru one of his more recent blogs and on a panel that he moderated. Truly a great mind, and contributor that will surely be missed but not forgotten.; Reply to this comment

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