1 post tagged “leslie harpold”

I read recently that a woman named Leslie Harpold died. I love reading about people who did cool stuff on the World Wide Web when it was just a wee young internet, and she was one of them. She was evidently really genuine in her enthusiasm about virtual communities, blogging, and web production and was the coolest nerd around.

I've discovered that she was an amazing writer; I'm a sucker for personal essays -- many of hers are archived here. This one is my favorite of the archive. I've read it three times today.

There are nine pages of del.icio.us tags devoted to people writing about her death. Seems appropriate that she's inspiring all kinds of good web writing.

Anyway, when you Google "thank you," an article she wrote for The Morning News is the second of more than 3 million results. You should read her article on how to write a proper thank you note: you'll find it here.