I first discovered Bob via his blog, basically a post about how he had just joined Google. As a Java developer early in my career, he inspired me with his work on Google Collections, Guice and Android. He was a bit of a role model.

Later when he moved back to St. Louis, I got to meet him personally a few times as he was friends with professional acquaintances. He was the most nice, down to earth person you’d meet. He will be sorely missed.