Mike Mueller, Social Media.ist

It's going to hurt for a long time.

It is with tremendous sadness today that I learned of the death of a good friend.
Dave Hillman was a true inspiration to me.

He was technically minded, he was warm hearted, he was soft and generous.
Dave was a thinker, an intellect. Yet Dave was also an Artist.
He was always there to help anyone and everyone.

He is one of my personal 912 Mentors.
He had started an online message board called Bay912, I had found it early on and joined.
One day I was at EASY talking to my favorite guy behind the counter, Spencer.
Dave was there and heard us talking about 912 this and 912 that.
He came up and introduced himself and gave me a card that simply said www.bay912.org and listed his email.
He was very warm and inviting.
He said if there was anything he could help me with - drop him a line.
That's how I first met Dave. I still remember that smile to this day.

Dave recently took up motorcycling.
Dave and I had many in depth conversations about riding.
In preparation to pass his DMV test Dave asked me how to manage going around the Keyhole (part of the test)
He wanted to know where to look, which foot to weight, should he sit forward or back?
He was that into detail.

I'm sad. I'm very sad. I have no words to express the loss that seem adequate enough.
Nothing seems worthy.

Dave Hillman - I will miss you!