http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/commen ... 522355.ece
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Chris Lightfoot
Polymath, programmer and campaigner who promoted the civic and community use of computers and the internet
August 4, 1978 - February 11, 2007
Although it is now considered a truism that the way we live has been altered radically by the widespread availability of computers and easy access to the internet, the work of Chris Lightfoot shows clearly just how substantial those changes have been.
The websites he worked on for the social charity mySociety have given constituents clear and comprehensive information about what their elected representatives are up to and an easy way to get in touch with them, while his efforts on behalf of No2ID, the group campaigning against the introduction of identity cards in the UK, ensured that the controversial policy remained in the public eye. ...
He will be missed. He is already. And no, it is not a conspiracy.
