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Russell Shaw, the blogosphere will miss you

Posted By dieselboi On March 16, 2008 @ 10:55 am In PDX People | Comments Disabled

News came today that Russell Shaw ^[1], a former Portland Metblogger, passed away on Friday. Russell, a Portlander, was very prolific in the blogosphere writing for sites like CNET, The Huffington Post and ZDNet. I met Russell a few years ago at a meetup at the former Rose and Raindrop when I joined Metblogs. He was already entrenched in the blogosphere having started blogging for Metblogs in November of 2004 ^[2]. During his tenure here he wrote 350+ posts over 3 1/2 years. Just a couple of weeks ago, he emailed Betsy and I a story suggestion regarding the Oregonian not publishing the late edition. Russell was a good soul and was always there to jump in and throw up a post when things were a little quiet. He will be missed by many in the blogosphere who read his writings across the many sites where his work was published. CNETs post on Russell Shaw. ^[3] Russell’s posts on Metblogs. ^[4]

Alex Williams has some wonderful thought on Russ over on his site ^[5].

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[1] Russell Shaw: http://www.russellshaw.net/

[2] November of 2004: http://portland.metblogs.com/2004/11/21/im-a-man-of-emotion-and-a-man-of-motion/

[3] CNETs post on Russell Shaw.: http://www.news.com/8301-13953_3-9894930-80.html#addcomm

[4] Russell’s posts on Metblogs.: http://portland.metblogs.com/author/por_russell/

[5] on his site: http://alexhwilliams.com/post/28980180

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