Justin Hall

San Francisco Chronicle (article) writes about how Justin Hall has stopped blogging after 11 years. I rememeber back in the boom days, it might have been 1996 or 1997, when Justin was one of the guest speakers at SIME - Scandinavian Interactive Media Event - in Stockholm.

My employer at the time, Spray (later Razorfish), was hosting and a whole range of digital luminaries (and their hanger-on's) met for two days of seminars and parties.

Justin was one of the speakers, talking about having an online diary, and why he didn't mind being completely open and honest about the ups and downs in life. I remember being surprised about his stamina, this guy was constantly updating his blog (then an unknown word). If I'm not misstaken, Justin might have started experiencing some problems with his wrists (CTS) from all the typing. This made me wonder why writing was so important to him, what was driving him.

And I guess now I wonder what made him stop.

Maybe the answer's are in his posts. Maybe not. I'm not sure that the movie Justin posted on his site provided any answers. Maybe it did. Either way, I hope he is happy, whatever he gets involved in next. One thing is certain, to write about your life for 11 years is a remarkable achievement.