I find this to be tragic and deeply saddening. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones

To build a new and better social web, one that’s 100% owned and controlled by you and other Diasporans

That is the official mission of Diaspora, the social network for the people, by the people. It’s been on my radar for quite a while, but they are still in alpha, on an invite-only base and there are very little invitations. 

Today, I got mine :) or should I say bought mine because I donated to the project because I would really like to see it succeed.

If you don’t know what Diaspora is here is the Wikipedia entry. If you do and would like to get on, I have this button that lets me send out an invite that I am itching to try.

If you’re already on it, get in touch so I can soon close my Facebook account :)