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I don't think my intense fascination with Aaron's life will ever fade away. Sometime back, I thought of reading through his entire blog and came across his yea

by wowsig 10y ago

I don't think my intense fascination with Aaron's life will ever fade away. Sometime back, I thought of reading through his entire blog and came across his year-end reading lists wherein he would list anywhere from 70-140 books read in that particular year. Because all these books were linked to books.theinfo.org (which is not alive), I decided to put it into a shelf where I could add them to my reading list and access them directly. This is my very small attempt at spreading the sheer magic of Aaron's curiosity. Currently, I have been able to add books from 2006, 06, 08 and 10. Its a work-in-progress.

ploggingdev 10y ago
If you haven't already, read The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz [1] and watch this documentary (The story of Aaron Swartz) [2]. > I don't think my intense fascination with Aaron's life will ever fade away. Yes, it still hurts to think about his untimely death and what could have been. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Could-Change-World/dp/162097066X https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Could-Change-World/dp/1620970... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpvcc9C8SbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpvcc9C8SbM
- wowsig 10y ago
  I know. I still think that he's around. Not able to wrap my head around his absence and for such a reason!