Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 1989 – 2011

Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 1989 – 2011 – Blog – Diaspora* Foundation

Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 1989 - 2011 - Co-Founder, Diaspora* Project

This weekend we lost one of the brightest minds of the technology world, and one of our best friends. Ilya Zhitomirskiy was a crusader—or, as he called himself, a Dragonslayer—for freedom, privacy, and openness on the Internet. He believed in the power of technology to make the world a better place. And through the creation of Diaspora, he did.

His passions were infectious. His parties epic. He “dreamed a better, freer future, and threw himself completely into building what he dreamed.” …

Much more in the article.

Again, our thoughts and prayers are with Ilya’s family and close friends, first and foremost, but Ilya will be greatly missed by all of us who use the project he co-founded, Diaspora*, as well as by the entire tech, open source community and the world through the Internet.

Fly well, Ilya!

Ilya Zhitomirskiy's last posting on Diaspora*

Remembering Diaspora Co-Founder, Ilya Zhitomirskiy

David Morley, owner of the Diasp.org Pod's tribute to Ilya Zhitomirskiy

Click the picture above to see a larger image. Or, you can see this tribute image live on the main Diasp.org page if you are not signed in, or by using another browser.

NOTE: The main tribute page is located at: JoinDiaspora.com. Note same situation likely true on JoinDiaspora.com as with Diasp.org — you either need to not be logged in to see it, or look at it in another browser.

If you are interested in finding a good Pod to join Diaspora*, there is a great resource for that: http://podupti.me/. It is a table that shows the uptime for all the pods around the world. Thanks to David Morley for this table!

There have been many different tributes for Diaspora*’s fallen privacy and free speech advocate, amazing coder, and co-founder, Ilya Zhitomirskiy who died Saturday at the tender age of 22.

Ilya Zhitomirskiy will be loved and missed by his family and friends, first and foremost, but he will also be fondly remembered by the community that he helped to bring about as co-founder and amazing coder of the great open source venture, Diaspora* or read about it on the Diaspora* Foundation website.

You can join any pod, or create your own. Diaspora* is the only federated/decentralized social network system makes it possible to own your own data.

Rest in peace, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, and know that you will be missed.

Beautiful job on the tribute on Diasp.org, David Morley

As noted by AllThingsD: Public Memorials for Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy to Be Held This Weekend.

Ilya Zhitomirskiy Tribute at Respectance.com

And a special tribute by the members of Diaspora* being held on Diaspora* itself on Ilya Zhitomirskiy last posting just 6 days before with this image:

Ilya Zhitomirskiy's last posting on Diaspora* - Click on the image to see the motion in the image - beautiful