By Solomon Klein (June 18, 2014, at 9:17 AM)

Some of you may have noticed a sad hole in the CocoaConf speaker roster this Fall. The explanation for this was given today, over Twitter, as you may have seen. Jonathan Penn is joining Apple this coming July.

We’ve been privileged to have had Jonathan join us at 18 of our 20 CocoaConfs or CocoaConf events. Jonathan’s insight, energy, and humor really have played a big part in making the CocoaConf voice right from the start, and will not be easily replaced.

It’s an understatement to say that we’ll miss Jonathan very much, but we’re reminded of this: when awesome people — like Jonathan Penn or Bill Dudney — join Apple, the whole Apple developer community benefits. Yes, it’s sad that he won’t be on the circuit, but we’ve gained a stronger, better Apple.

We wish you well, Jonathan, and give you the heartiest congratulations that the CocoaConf Team can give.

And may the users win.

Solomon, for the CocoaConf Team

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