Comments on: RIP Angie Martin 1974-2009

By: bodnotbod

bodnotbod — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:01:35 +0000

I had not heard of Angie before this blog post. But I assume that MySociety works as a fairly small team and can well imagine you are quite close as a unit, especially given that you work so hard on ethical projects. I’ve worked in small teams with good people too and can well imagine how hard it would have hit me to have lost certain colleagues and friends.

She sounds like one of the good’uns. Sorry for My Society’s loss and it sounds like society in general has lost out here too.

By: Kathy M

Kathy M — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:12:30 +0000

My thanks to you, Tom, for your kind and eloquent words about Angie. I wish I could express my joy of knowing Angie in such lovely terms. I met her when she was 10 — I had been transferred by my American company to England, worked with her mum and became friends with them — and enjoyed watching her become the honest, delightful and admirable young woman you knew.

I treasure my visit with her and Tommy in spring of last year when we shopped for the multi-purpose Buff scarf in preparation for hair loss, walked along a special bit of lakeshore in Keswick, and played tourists at Hadrian’s Wall. She will never be forgotten but will be sorely missed.

By: Gary F

Gary F — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:16:52 +0000

It’s always the good ones who are taken from us. :-( Bless her and her family. Her work will live on through the fantastic tools she has helped build.

By: Heather C

Heather C — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:43:57 +0000

Having worked with Angie briefly during my own time at mySociety, I can attest to all of Tom’s words above. Angie really did want to change the world — and I can’t help but imagine the impact she would have made with more time.

My heart goes out to Tommy and the rest of her family. I know the mySociety community is mourning the loss of Angie’s warmth and skill, but the rest of the democratic coding community will surely be feeling her departure, as well.