Stay Present, Jason
Last Friday, my friend Jason Liao passed away in a tragic car accident in Marina, CA. I had dinner with him earlier that fateful night. Jason was working at CTB/McGraw Hill in Monterey as an engineer. He loved all aspects of engineering, having received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley. He also loved autocross and Corvettes. Why must what we love be our greatest weakness?
Jason was a caring, sincere and brilliant person. He jumpstarted my interest in UNIX by introducing me to Linux when we were still in high school. We watched Linus Torvalds speak at Berkeley in 1996 as undergrads. We rafted the mighty Cache Creek with Nic Farrell and Aaron Rowden. I watched Jason persevere throughout a rough-and-tumble economy, and emerge with an optimistic outlook. Jason could reason and maintain a balanced perspective under any circumstances.
Jason: thank you