Howard Rheingold has been diagnosed with cancer. He's probably the person I know who is most in touch with his mortality. Merci and I asked him to officiate our wedding because he has a good sense of the divine nature of everyday things.
So it's both sad and inspiring to see him wrestle with new pain and priorities. Sad because he's beginning an uncertain future within his body. Inspiring because its Howard and his irrepressible spirit is already filling the channels with what he's learning about himself and beyond.
I helped him set up @rheingoldsbutt on Twitter and Howard's Butt on Tumbler. He's using online community tools to update people on his progress. What else would you expect from the guy who set up the social media classroom?
