Vale Robert X Cringely

Robert X Cringely aka Mark Stephens (January 28, 1953 – October 3, 2026) has left us. Frequently entertaining, sometimes controversial and always interesting.

An author and journalist Bob's history and some of his work can be found at:



While I read his work regularly, he was interested enough in his readers to occasionally reach out to a message and ask what you were interested in. Given the amount of correspondence going through his email this showed an attention to detail many others do not take.

The world will be a little less interesting without Robert X. Cringely's take on it.