Idealist Dead at 22

Social networking site Diaspora co-founder and open web enthusiast Ilya Zhitomirskiy, passed away suddenly on Saturday night November 12, 2011.

Ilya poetically spoke code and was an idealist for the Digital Age. He was Free Culture warrior and inspiration for the Adjustment Generation that’s at the intersection of culture, technology and media.

We have the power to shape the future, start revolutions and communicate faster than ever before. Now that we have a powerful platform, how are the rest of us going to use our voice?

“The time will come when every change shall cease, this quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: no summer then shall glow, nor winter freeze; nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now shall ever last.” ~ Petrarch

Please visit Hans Koning’s Tribute for Ilya