It's still hard to believe that Sean is gone. He was one of those people you could always call and he'd make time for you. It's amazing to see that literally everyone has had the same experience. He was truly a phenomenal human.

I will say that one thing I've learned through this whole experience is that we should all take more photos. Watching all the memories and moments come in has been truly inspiring. Sean was never shy around a selfie, which in retrospect is something we all should celebrate.

The Digital Earth was still cooling when I had my first conversation with Sean.

Yahoo was private.  Google wasn't anything.  If you had one, modems moved at 56bps.  I remember this moment because Sean answered the phone at his desk at 8am.  (Phones had wires back then and actual buttons, too.)  He worked for an ad agency.  I worked for UPS.

What ad agency guy answers his own phone, at 8am no less?

Sean did.

Sean showed up. He was present. He was available.

Sean answered the call for me and countless, countless, countless others.

He shared answers. Insights. Experiences. He shared thoughtful, creative solutions to hard and complicated problems.

Humble, self-effacing, generous, and loving. Loving of his friends, his colleagues, his industry, his community.

Loving of his family. I can't imagine his love for his family had any limit. It was boundless.

I don't know many people like Sean, simply because there are not many people like Sean.

And now we must learn to live with one less.  Without The Original.  We'll do that together and we'll do that with all he left to guide us.