R.I.P. Leigh-Ann Hussey

I just learned that a former co-worker at Sybase, Leigh-Ann Hussey, was killed Tuesday in a motorcycle crash.

Leigh-Ann was not a close friend of mine, but she was typical of the sort of person who worked at Sybase in the early 90s -- sort of weird, artistic, oriented toward alternative subcultures -- that made it an interesting place to work. She was in a band, rode motorcycles, and had interesting relationships.

Folks like her always had something else going on that they would much rather talk about than databases. I can think of at least a dozen other people -- all of whom were part of an email alias there called Troublemakers -- who were similarly alterno. The strange thing is that so many of them still work in high tech while pursuing their outside interests.

So long, Leigh-Ann.