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Re: Toast to Dean
This gem of a newspaper article was uncovered by @leftcoastracing :
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We need you DCA. You’ve done so much for us and the internet. RIP Dean Allen.
http://porchez.com/article/761/dean-allen-a-genius-of-the-internet
https://twitter.com/jfporchez/status/954300032106233857
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Re: Toast to Dean
bici wrote #308740:
This gem of a newspaper article was uncovered by @leftcoastracing :
I remember the article, but have never actually looked up and read Dean’s original letter. Thanks for the link, @bici.
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As Phil says, I hope the spirit of Dean’s vision lives on as we iterate Textpattern.
Here’s to the guy I never met who’s shaped my life for twelve years, and continues to do so. If that isn’t the sign of a legend, I don’t know what is.
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#18 2018-01-19 15:21:17
- Boogenstein
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Cheers Dean. I’ll be raising a glass for you tonight.
“Keep a straight face and you’ll be laughing!”
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And so, commit 7d41b1ada4c48f5eed8b15e3ba5c1e9c4a12f823 lands (cheers, Phil) and the upcoming Textpattern 4.7.0 is released in memory of Dean Allen, creator of Textpattern CMS.
Cheers, Dean.
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I got myself to restore my abandoned blog and put up a final post. Still running txp 1.0rc2!
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Bravo to Dean for all he did and didn’t do.
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#22 2018-01-20 01:08:44
- Mary
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Goodbye and goodnight, Dean. Rest in peace.
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#23 2018-01-20 03:18:16
- lgpiper
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I was always on the periphery, observing TextDrive, Joyent, TextDrive2, Textpattern, (Kaizen Garden) etc., from the sidelines. But, even so, Dean had rather a strong influence on my efforts on the web, such as they were. I’ll certainly miss his vision, and appreciate all the great things he did. I pray he has found peace.
Spouse, pop, guy in the choir, physical chemist, computer/web dilettante, child care provider
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Just a personal memory.
I found textism way before textpattern existed and got addicted to Dean’s writing, photos, his view on graphic and webdesign and most of all his wit and humor. His posts about almost anything and his personal view on that were a daily anchorpoint.
I was more than pleased to read he was working on a cms that turned out to be textpattern. I have used it from it’s first day and based my little webdesign business, beside my main work as a photographer and printmaker on and with it. This has never changed since. Dean asked for translators and I volunteered immediately for the dutch localization. Still on it btw.
I met Dean in early February 2006 in Utrecht, at what was called a textmeet. We met at the meeting point in the Utrecht central railway station and it was fun from the first moment. We, several dutch txp users, forum members, and developers like mark wubben (sifr), and also Alexandra (founder of txpmagazine) who came by train from Cologne.
We walked in town chatting and having fun and ended up in a café where we stayed and talked about almost anything. Those where the crazy early textdrive days and Dean was somewhat on a high because of all the new ‘bussiness things’ he had to do. Like managing a growing company with Jason. That took him away from textpattern and more. That made me a bit worried, and that turned out to be right. In the end he had to leave all. But we also talked about french country life, children, personal life and so much more. When I told him I was from Amsterdam he said he did not like the town because he was mugged there at his first visit.
When we parted Dean insisted to pay for all drinks and food!
It’s sad to know he is not with us anymore.
Kees
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