The man who learned basically everything about the technology industry that they didn't want us to know yet in bars outside of tech conventions, and then shared

The man who learned basically everything about the technology industry that they didn't want us to know yet in bars outside of tech conventions, and then shared it with us in the very best traditions of tabloid media (which has mostly awful traditions). Spawned his own successor to the Register at The Inquirer and trained writers for an entire genre of spinoff platforms like Fuad Abazovic (Fudzilla) and Charlie Demerjian (SemiAccurate). Dr Thomas Stewart Von Drashek will be organizing the funeral.