04.03.2001: The Register: Oxford University will I did not know Jim. Members. He displayed a rare combination of ability,motivation, charisma, appreciation and humility. Jim Gilliam Orica Underground Tech Services Engineer. jQuery("#inline_cta_btn_298871 a input").css("color",inline_cta_font_color_298871); (Here is a, Member Stories | Civic Hall’s Civic Tech Community, See all Sponsors, Partners, and Organizational I only met Jim a handful of times in person starting way back at his days with business.com. I joined NationBuilder back in the day as a direct result of Jim’s vision. “Each one of us is a creator, and together we are The Creator,” he said. You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s journalism. inline_cta_url_298871 = 'https://www.thenation.com/donate-website/?sourceid=1020084'; I really was looking forward to meeting him one day. Jim was a great guy, not only was he brilliant but he had a heart of gold too. Brian had the utmost respect for Jim, and Jim respected the team. 03.20.2002: Myth of the Paperless Office The world of tech and politics lost one of its giants Friday when Jim Gilliam, the founder of the organizing platform NationBuilder, passed away after a long illness and many battles with cancer.. Jim was probably best known for a talk he gave in 2011 at Personal Democracy Forum, which he titled “The Internet is My Religion. Go here to add your voice to Jim’s online memorial page. I’m heartbroken at Jim’s death, but grateful for the vitality of his life, and awed at the scope and significance of everything he built, and everyone he touched. Peace to the NationBuilder family! inline_cta_bg_color_298871 = '#ffcf0d'; That is why Jim told us, from the stage of NYU’s Skirball Hall that June morning, why the Internet was his religion. Yet, I spent my first year at the company convinced Jim hated me and scared to talk to him. Several years into our collaboration, illness struck Jim. You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. But we posted, and in two days, Jim walked back into my office. During the making of Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, Jim spent countless hours researching Fox News and working with a group of volunteers called the “Newshounds.” Their motto: “We watch Fox so you don’t have to.” We distributed the film through a combination of house-party screenings in collaboration with MoveOn.org and online DVD sales, completely bypassing the normal documentary-distribution system. He made his help his idol. Log out? } Jim Gilliam in the US . He works closely with the management team to guide The HT Group’s trajectory, ensuring the company continues to deliver on its…more Despite these challenges, Jim was already a rising star in the industry, doing a critical stint at Lycos, an early search engine, and then being asked to be the CTO of Business.com. var inline_cta_text_298871 = ''; var x="function f(x){var i,o=\"\",l=x.length;for(i=l-1;i>=0;i--) {try{o+=x.c" + We are sad to have lost a major pillar of the community, but we are hopeful his essence lives on in NationBuilder. DTLA - Jim Gilliam, a technology entrepreneur and activist who founded the Downtown Los Angeles-based company NationBuilder, died on Nov. 23 after a battle with cancer. Her death shattered his world, and as he described in his talk, he lost his faith as well. var magazine_button_url_298871 = ''; } Jim Gilliam, the founder and executive chairman of NationBuilder, passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 after battling cancer and related complications. Sending my condolences & prayers to Jim’s family & friends a truly amazing man . People claim I’m intimidating, but there will never be anyone as intimidating as Jim. Jim, I hate talking about you in the past tense. Jim believed fiercely in democracy. We have to decide what kind of God we want to be. What you need is a whole lot of courage and hard work, which is exactly the kind of leadership we need. var magazine_text_298871 = ''; I’m confident some will be my lifelong friends. What’s happened is that average people have figured out how to “game” the system by self-organizing online… and you know what that’s called? 11.16.2005: Measuring success Jim Gilliam was instrumental in empowering fascists and white supremacists to conduct psychological operations on voters and propel forward the illegitimate Trump presidency. Jim Gilliam's Tech archives, 1999-2007. 07.03.2005: There's video all around you... Thanks for everything Jim. var is_user_logged_in = getCookie('SESSname'); 03.31.2003: /usr/bin/god opening (1 comments) var inline_cta_bg_color_298871 = ''; I remember hearing Jim on stage at Personal Democracy Forum in 2011; he was absolutely riveting. The fact that the Donald Trump 2016 campaign used NationBuilder was a point of pride to him, not of shame. jQuery('#expand-reduce-298871').click(function(){ He really knew how to pull together amazing people. At first, no hospital would take him, because his likelihood of survival was so low. Jim was probably best known for a talk he gave in 2011 at Personal Democracy Forum, which he titled “The Internet is My Religion.” In it, he described growing up as a born-again Christian, while also discovering the emerging world of the internet, and then attending Jerry Falwell University, where he found his niche as one of the college’s computer geeks—even fixing Rev. 04.18.2002: Dissecting Big Blue Business Operations & Development at Seaside Custom Builders, Inc. Naples, Florida Area. Greater Los Angeles Area. Epic Fails: ‘Outlaw King’ and Netflix’s Nationalism Problem } 04.26.2002: The Next Generation It’s much more like the Ron Paul movement. 04.18.2002: Dockers Mobile Pant You may unsubscribe or adjust your preferences at any time. if( art_inline_ad_298871 && thenationads === true){ DEMOCRACY. On its launch Jim wrote, “You don’t need permission from the political establishment any more, and you don’t even need a lot of money. var cta_1_check_298871 = false; 08.11.2004: This is the Revolution You can read our Privacy Policy here. We spoke with Civic Hall member @mattdavis999 on measur… https://t.co/4YFwHhZJxW, That was Jim’s philosophy in a nutshell, and the reason he threw his heart and soul into NationBuilder. 04.30.2000: Human Genome Project, God was right there, talking to me, touching me, helping me—and blogging furiously in the waiting room. magazine_button_url_298871 = 'https://www.thenation.com/email-signup-module-donate/'; 08.04.2000: Delling Cars 05.05.2001: Software to nab cheaters After Jim’s 2011 talk at PDF, and with NationBuilder’s user base growing rapidly, Jim’s vision and passion attracted the backing of major investors like Andreessen Horowitz and the company took off. jQuery("#inline_cta_btn_298871 a").attr("href",inline_cta_url_298871);
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