While I was away another sad milestone.

Bill Austin, an immensely  smart, resourceful tech leader in the Phoenix area passed away on 12 July, 2011.

I met Bill at SJN workshops, where he came across as the go-to person in the early days of social networking and LinkedIn, in particular.

• Here’s the Phoenix Business Journal story on his many, many, accomplishments.
• Here’s a write up at ELivng.com