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Remembering Jack Rickard and His Groundbreaking BBS/ISP-Era Boardwatch MagaCategory: Software, Business
Last month saw a reminder of just how much the internet changed the world — along with moments of remembrance and reflection after the death of Jack Rickard. As friends paused to remember his remarkable life, it also offered a time to reflect on just how much the world has changed in the span of a single career, and how much a single life can change this world.
But Rickard was a member of Mensa — and “an early adopter of new technologies,” notes the paper, adding “His keen intelligence helped him to see the value of the internet as early as the 1980s.”
Flush with millions of dollars, in 2008 Rickard founded EVTV, which his obituary describes as “an internet-based platform that taught individuals methods to convert gasoline-powered vehicles into electric-drive vehicles.”
That was Jackie, a dry wit with a deep understanding of technology and way of explaining it to others.
But Rickard was a member of Mensa — and “an early adopter of new technologies,” notes the paper, adding “His keen intelligence helped him to see the value of the internet as early as the 1980s.”
Flush with millions of dollars, in 2008 Rickard founded EVTV, which his obituary describes as “an internet-based platform that taught individuals methods to convert gasoline-powered vehicles into electric-drive vehicles.”
That was Jackie, a dry wit with a deep understanding of technology and way of explaining it to others.
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