For those of you who have seen the show Kim was a funny guy on camera and I've watched him ever since he came aboard over 3 years ago.
As I said it is truly a bad day to be a geek.
SAN FRANCISCO - Earlier this week, employees at CNET Networks Inc. could take a small measure of comfort in the fact that James Kim's wife and two daughters were alive and healthy after a nine-day ordeal stranded in the Oregon wilderness.
But news that Kim was found dead Wednesday in the Klamath Mountains clearly rattled many of the 800 employees at the technology company's San Francisco headquarters. Three red roses were placed in front of CNET's orange logo in the company's concrete courtyard, and several employees cried softly as they left the building.
Kim, his wife and young daughters went missing Nov. 25 as they returned from a Thanksgiving road trip. Kati Kim, 30, and daughters Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months, were found in the family's snowbound car on Monday and since have been released from an Oregon hospital.
As a token of respect to the family, CEO Neil Ashe canceled the company's annual holiday party - scheduled for Wednesday night - and said executives were trying to determine what type of memorial to have in Kim's honor. Ashe said the company would provide grief counseling for employees.
"We will do everything we can for the Kim family," Ashe said outside the company's headquarters.
Kim, 35, joined CNET about three years ago and wrote reviews about digital music and audio devices for the Web site and a CNET blog. He also appeared on the company's video segments and on television.
"James was an on-camera, popular personality, and his story should be acknowledged," Ashe said. "James was a very valuable member of our team."
Sarah Cain, a CNET spokeswoman, remembered hearing giggles and shouts from 4-year-old Penelope whenever her father would bring her to the office. When asked if she'd like to convey a message to Kim's widow and daughters, Cain didn't hesitate.
"I'm so sorry," she said, barely holding back tears. "I can't even comprehend the grief they're experiencing."
At Doe, the San Francisco boutique owned by Kati Kim, bouquets of flowers were piling up outside closed doors. No one answered phones at Doe or her other shop, Church Street Apothecary.
God Speed Mr.Kim
Mr.Wags
As I said it is truly a bad day to be a geek.
SAN FRANCISCO - Earlier this week, employees at CNET Networks Inc. could take a small measure of comfort in the fact that James Kim's wife and two daughters were alive and healthy after a nine-day ordeal stranded in the Oregon wilderness.
But news that Kim was found dead Wednesday in the Klamath Mountains clearly rattled many of the 800 employees at the technology company's San Francisco headquarters. Three red roses were placed in front of CNET's orange logo in the company's concrete courtyard, and several employees cried softly as they left the building.
Kim, his wife and young daughters went missing Nov. 25 as they returned from a Thanksgiving road trip. Kati Kim, 30, and daughters Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months, were found in the family's snowbound car on Monday and since have been released from an Oregon hospital.
As a token of respect to the family, CEO Neil Ashe canceled the company's annual holiday party - scheduled for Wednesday night - and said executives were trying to determine what type of memorial to have in Kim's honor. Ashe said the company would provide grief counseling for employees.
"We will do everything we can for the Kim family," Ashe said outside the company's headquarters.
Kim, 35, joined CNET about three years ago and wrote reviews about digital music and audio devices for the Web site and a CNET blog. He also appeared on the company's video segments and on television.
"James was an on-camera, popular personality, and his story should be acknowledged," Ashe said. "James was a very valuable member of our team."
Sarah Cain, a CNET spokeswoman, remembered hearing giggles and shouts from 4-year-old Penelope whenever her father would bring her to the office. When asked if she'd like to convey a message to Kim's widow and daughters, Cain didn't hesitate.
"I'm so sorry," she said, barely holding back tears. "I can't even comprehend the grief they're experiencing."
At Doe, the San Francisco boutique owned by Kati Kim, bouquets of flowers were piling up outside closed doors. No one answered phones at Doe or her other shop, Church Street Apothecary.
God Speed Mr.Kim
Mr.Wags
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