Had to login to pay my respects. His blog "this rag" as he used to call it was foundational in my professional life. And I still typed cringley.com by hand to read his posts. He had a several tragedies in his life... But now his soul can be with his children.

RIP hacker from a bygone era..

RIP Bob. Triumphs of the Nerds and Accidental Empires captured the time it was written and the future.

I read Accidental Empires when I was younger, RIP Bob.

I greatly enjoyed his book Accidental Empires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidental_Empires

Triumph of the nerds is the reason I work in high tech. RIP to a legend.

Sad news. I’ve read his blog for forever, Bob was a total industry legend. Best wishes to his family

I remember my mother buying me "Accidental Empires" from a bargain bin at the local bookstore as a tween. I must have read it multiple times. Dot product that with "The Cuckoo's Egg" and any technical books and magazines I could get hold of, and you have the formative reading of my career.

I had thought he had passed away earlier this year, but it was John C. Dvorak, who wrote the Infoworld industry news column before (/contemporaneously with) Mark Stephens, who adopted the name Robert X. Cringely. https://www.wired.com/1998/12/cringely/

John Dvorak passed July 20, 2026 Mark Stephens/Robert X. Cringely October 3, 2026

That's sad. I watched the first two parts of Nerds 2.0.1 earlier this year and haven't gotten around to part three. Triumph of the Nerds and Nerds 2.0.1 are a fantastic look at 90's tech. He managed to interview most of the top people.

First time i’ve heard of bob (born late 90s I guess). Had a great afternoon watching his videos. Thanks for the fun, best wishes to the family.