WDN08 Vancouver - rosy cheeked after a day on the hill at Whistler ⛷ 🏂

Remembering Cindy did this, OAuth Summit 2008, and put it on a t-shirt.

That time when Cindy was one of the Happy Webbies.

Cindy & Matt have always been good friends to the team at Clearleft. We first got to know her during our early trips to SXSW, where she became an honorary member of the Britpack. Holding court at the Hampton Inn and Suites, at Ms Jen’s Cheese and Wine Parties, or at the Great British Booze-up. To our surprise and appreciation, she’d also fly over to Brighton to help volunteer at our new defunct dConstruct conference.

On the day we adopted our puppy Cleo, we bumped into Cindy, Matt & Apollo, Cindy said that Cleo was the first dog Apollo had met, I just found this cute photo of them

Here’s Cindy on Florida Field. There’s a sign that says “stay off the grass” so naturally she ran on, danced around like a cartoon character, and raced off. 😂

Tres Cindés: I took a slow panoramic at the Hoover Dam so that Cindy could run around and show up in it 3 times.

Cindy was a creative powerhouse. She packed an incredible amount of time, love and selflessness into everything she created and many of us witnessed this happen in our days working on design teams at CC1-AOL. You could tell just by looking in her pod that she was a delicious explosion of mayhem. You always wanted to see what she would build, design, sew up, cook up, and eventually shake up with her small, but talented 5 foot frame.

I don’t know what to say about Cindy. She was such a warm welcoming person and I always enjoyed working with her. She made capes! When we had a Flickr team outing to go curling, she made capes for our team. It was great in the blue and pink Flickr colors. She was a rad person, and I am happy to have been able to say I met her.

Late spring, 2008: I had the distinct privilege of working with Cindy Li on the Yahoo! Front Doors Network Services design/prototyping team. On June 1st the the word came down: every team on the second floor of Building A was given a small budget and encouraged to go completely nuts decorating their space. So we made Super Mario Cube World (lots of photos here and here). The day we opened up for public viewing, Cindy showed up with a big box of fondant icing and implements of destruction.

This is Cindy and i with some helpers making beef wellington - something we did a few times for family too.

Well, I have a few of the typically silly photos to share but wanted to share this one instead. We don’t find many opportunities to dress up smart (and I promise you I did have a jacket on earlier and the top button done up!), but Simon and Natalie’s wedding was one of those times. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many well-dressed geeks in one location. Of course, I didn’t know it then, but this would be the last time I saw Cindy.

Wedding fish faces!

Fish faces at women in tech event (Yahoo!)

Turns out Cindy and I had a pretty strong selfie game.

This was from when Cindy visited the UK in 2006. No real story behind it but it just makes me smile when I see it.

Flat Hicks, Ducking Meyer, and more…

The first time I met Cindy was in 2005 at, if I remember correctly, the first @media conference in London, which changed the entire course of my life — and Cindy played a crucial, tiny little role in that. At the time I was a Windows-using web developer with an enthusiastic zest for web standards and accessibility. Cindy was a designer with an eye for understanding people quickly, a huge heart for seeing the best and sweetest in people, and a wondrous ability to bring the best out in others.

Last night I saw tweets from Eric and Jared about Cindy. Though I never knew Cindy directly, she was one of the first “names” I met at my first SXSW back in 2007. I saw her speak on a panel and later would see her (normally dancing) at some of the parties. I always found she had something interesting to say, and had an impact on the way a lot of people made the web we have now.

Cindy and I both studied graphic design at the University of Florida. I preceded her by a year or two. I knew of her at the time but I don’t think we had met while in Gainesville. Years later I was hired by AOL and knew that Cindy had been there for a few years so I looked her up and found out her desk was nearby. What I learned quickly about Cindy was that she had a huge heart and cared deeply for her friends.

The world is a little darker today without Cindy. Everyone who ever met her, will miss her, I know I will. These two photos were from one of the first times I met Cindy, and early in her amazing relationship with Matt. I can only hope to have someone as talented and special in my life as she is.

The beautiful happy birthday banner Cindy made for my son. Despite being sick in true Cindy fashion she insisted she make this for his birthday and of course went above and beyond with the theme. I will cherish her always.

This was such a great rafting adventure with Cindy, Matt and a bunch of other “crazy” people.