I met Rich in 2000; he was brought in to participate at an otherwise forgettable consulting project (John Seely Brown, who was loosely connected to our consulting group, got him involved). Damn smart, funny, and -- best of all -- able to come up with phrases and ideas which were simultaneously meaningful and memorable. He was downsized from PARC (unbelievably) about the same time the consulting group I was with evaporated; we corresponded a few times after that, swapping references for possible work.

He died not long afterwards. Thanks for posting the link to the richgold.org site, Andrew.