Brief information for slightly older readers who are still familiar with Woody Leonhard and his platform askwoody.com. Woody Leonhard, who was born in the USA in October 1951, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at the age of 73 (if I haven't miscalculated). He last lived with his second wife in Thailand, where he spent his time doing things outside of IT.
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I cooperated as a blogger with Woody from time to time years ago, because the American, who was born in October 1951, was a veteran of the IT scene – and our lives had a lot in common.
While I started writing full-time as a freelance writer for Person and MS Press (in Germany) in 1993, Woody followed in 1985 (with a freeware for Word and books on Windows 3.1). In 2004, Woody went online with his site AskWoody.com, while I didn't start blogging until 2007 and moved it to borncity.com in 2009.
He was a cornerstone of the IT world and I always enjoyed interacting with him. I regretted his departure from askwoody.com at the time (although I understand his motivations). After leaving the USA, he spent the last few years living in Thailand and running bakeries and coffee shops with his second wife. Some folks from askwoody.com has published some details about his life on askwoody.com.
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Hello Gunter:
A few years ago I started looking for IT sites that provided concise and technical information about Microsoft and Windows. Of all the sites I looked at, the ones that attracted me the most were yours, borncity.com, and askwoody.com. It was no surprise to discover that the two sites have a lot in common, not only in the technical aspect but also in the personal area. Congratulations to both of you for the excellent work so far, and I will be left an orphan when you Gunter decide to retire, as you announced earlier this year.