Re: Henry Story

What very, very sad news. Condolences to Henry's family.

Pat Hayes

On Sep 8, 2023, at 7:18 AM, adasal <adam.saltiel@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Solid and Semantic Web community,

I am very shocked at this news and deeply saddened.

Thank you for the wonderful write-ups above.

I did manage to meet Henry once.
I invited him to my place of work on Grays Inn Road, London, which later became Yell Labs. He talked about his work with the Semantic Web, Web-ID and Solid.

It was totally impromptu and well appreciated.

He then became my go-to person on Twitter for interesting and insightful dialogues and contacts with interesting people.

My thoughts go out to his family.

How very sad.

Adam Saltiel





On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 2:58 PM Joshua Shinavier <josh@fortytwo.net<mailto:josh@fortytwo.net>> wrote:
I am truly saddened by this news. I never met Henry in person, though we tried to meet up once when I was in Europe, and I had always hoped we would get another chance to sit down and jam on RDF and category theory, or knowledge graphs and decentralization, etc. Henry blended idealism with a practical and professional approach to solving the Web's problems, and he had an infectious enthusiasm for his topics of interest which will certainly be missed.

Josh


On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 5:52 AM Sarven Capadisli <info@csarven.ca<mailto:info@csarven.ca>> wrote:
It is with great sadness that I must inform everyone that we have lost
our dear friend and colleague Henry Story (
https://bblfish.net/people/henry/card#me ) earlier this week.

This is incredibly hard for me to write. I am deeply saddened by his
friends' and family's loss, as well as personally, and for several
communities he has been part of for so many years. My deepest
condolences, and those of members of the community who knew him and
admired him, go out to his family.

If memory serves me well, Henry and I were acquainted in 2008, but met
online in 2010, when we discussed FOAF+SSL / WebID, social web,
decentralisation, and everything in between. And, of course, with Henry,
if one is willing, there is always a healthy dose of discussion on
philosophical and mathematical underpinnings of a lot of such topics,
and how it all came together.

Over the years, Henry provided me with all the context to undoubtedly
interconnected ideas in technology and philosophy I ever needed.

I had the privilege of having him visit my place in Bern. He was kind
enough to eat my overly spicy food and drink wine to compensate the
taste. It was a joy to talk about life stuff and tech in my balcony.

Henry has impacted and influenced me in different ways over the years.
His perseverance to get to the bottom of a problem is unmatched.

Whenever I felt frustrated in open standards development, Henry reminded
that standards are like wine: some will age well, and others spoil. He
encouraged me to be patient, assuring me that things will work out in
due time.

He took the time to research and develop, and meet open challenges by
approaching from multiple disciplines to solidify the ideas is
inspiring, and has been instrumental, to say the least, for the
communities he has been part of. One doesn't have to look far to come
across Henry's footprints. Quite literally the father of many works and
projects.

 From my perspective, he generally came across like the underdog in
whatever he was doing. Humble and aiming for the stars. He took time to
carefully listen what others had to say and was generous with his
knowledge and time, and kind.

Henry, I admire you immensely. Words will never suffice.

I'd like to invite everyone to reflect and honour his memory. Carry on
with his work. A moment of silence will be observed at W3C TPAC to
remember Henry and his impact on our community.

-Sarven
https://csarven.ca/#i