Joybubbles is Dead
I learned today that Joybubbles (aka Josef Engressia) had died on August 8th. I never knew Joybubbles, never spoke to him, but I knew of him. I had first heard his name some thirty years ago when I was shown my first bluebox, and heard how he had routed a phone call around the world to a phone next to himself just to hear his voice travel. Joybubbles, and others like him, inspired my generation of ‘hackers’ to learn about systems and how they work — to seize technology and harvest it where we could, to invent and aspire. Joybubbles lived a tragic life, but his legacy is vast and deep. You may never have heard of him, but the fact that you are reading this online means you owe him a debt of gratitude.
joybubblesThis entry was posted by steve on Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 at 7:27 pm and is filed under Misc. Ramblings, Internet. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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