Scott Simon remembers his friend, Michael Hawley, who died this past week.
His achievements ranged from developing ideas behind the so-called Internet of Things to publishing the world’s biggest book.
He was a brilliant polymath, gifted musician, and former Media Lab professor who headed the Personal Information Architecture research group
A modern-day Renaissance man, Hawley pioneered the internet of things and won the Van Cliburn amateur piano competition.
A virtual festschrift to honor the ideas of Mike Hawley, a true Renaissance man.