Comments on: Chris Lightfoot is dead http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 00:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Quiggin http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-188983 John Quiggin Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:18:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/#comment-188983 Sad news. I enjoyed visiting his blog. Sad news. I enjoyed visiting his blog.

]]> By: Harald K http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-188785 Harald K Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:13:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/#comment-188785 He was also seriously clever and original. His political surveys, which used principal component analysis to identify people's fundamental agreements and disagreements, were a stroke of genius. I've wondered why more people didn't take it up, and I'd even played with the thought of asking him for the source code. I will miss him. He was also seriously clever and original. His political surveys, which used principal component analysis to identify people’s fundamental agreements and disagreements, were a stroke of genius. I’ve wondered why more people didn’t take it up, and I’d even played with the thought of asking him for the source code.

I will miss him.

]]> By: Chris Williams http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-188754 Chris Williams Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:44:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/#comment-188754 Damn. I've known Chris online since the early days of soc.history.what-if. I'll miss him as a person, and you, reader, will also miss him, especially if you live in the UK. Chris was an industrial-strength example of civilty and civic-mindedness. Damn. I’ve known Chris online since the early days of soc.history.what-if. I’ll miss him as a person, and you, reader, will also miss him, especially if you live in the UK. Chris was an industrial-strength example of civilty and civic-mindedness.

]]> By: Donald Johnson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-188749 Donald Johnson Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:22:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/#comment-188749 I was sorry to hear this. I only visited his blog a few times, but I knew the name immediately. I was sorry to hear this. I only visited his blog a few times, but I knew the name immediately.

]]> By: Maria http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-188740 Maria Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:09:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/05/chris-lightfoot-is-dead/#comment-188740 What awful, shocking news. I never met Chris but I've read his <a href="http://ex-parrot.com/%7Echris/wwwitter/" rel="nofollow">blog </a>for some time and admired his wry but never completely cynical view of privacy politics in the UK. In my experience, it's rare that people with strong convictions do the real, constructive, ego-denying and continuous legwork inside and outside of policy processes that's essential to make their ideas reality. Chris's work for <a href="http://www.mysociety.org" rel="nofollow">mysociety</a> showed he was one of those rare people. He is a huge loss to anyone who cares about using the web for accountability and public participation in the work of government. This is a sad day. What awful, shocking news. I never met Chris but I’ve read his blog for some time and admired his wry but never completely cynical view of privacy politics in the UK.

In my experience, it’s rare that people with strong convictions do the real, constructive, ego-denying and continuous legwork inside and outside of policy processes that’s essential to make their ideas reality. Chris’s work for mysociety showed he was one of those rare people. He is a huge loss to anyone who cares about using the web for accountability and public participation in the work of government.

This is a sad day.

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