[Emacspeak] Re: Goodbye To Tilden Labrador, Our Beloved Press/Analyst Contact

[Jerry Sievers <gsievers19@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Raman, beautiful note here and wow what an amazing life itt's obvious he
had.

RIP Tilden!








"T.V Raman via Emacspeak" <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> writes:

> Epitaph: Tilden Labrador AKA HeadDog
>
> Epitaph: Tilden Labrador
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> Epitaph
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> Tilden Labrador (TilTil) --- he loved the tinkling of bells --- was born August 4, 2009. I first met him on
> the morning of July 17, 2011 and he graduated from Guiding Eyes (at home) on Aug 5, 2011.
>
> His pet name was Til-Til (he loved the sound of bells and would jump up shoulder high if you rang a
> bell) --- and had a very gentle personality. He worked as a guide-dog for 11 years and 1 month before
> going to sleep peacefully on September 3, 2022.
>
> During his career, Tilden worked at Google Mountain View and travelled to multiple Google offices
> including Seattle, Cambridge and NYC to name a few. He also had the privilege of sharing at least 10
> different desk locations on the Google MTv campus ranging from main campus all the way to the far
> end of the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy (AKA West Campus) and the opposite end on East
> Charleston. He travelled around the Google Campus proudly sporting his Google Badge, but unlike his
> predecessor Bubbles, would wait if recalcitrant Googlers blocked his way and look up at them gently
> as if to say Why dont you move out of my way please?. On the other hand, he was also the veritable
> sphinx in that if he parked himself outsite the restroom to wait for me, he would look up at all who
> came close to say Thou Shall Not Pass. He worked on a variety of AI-powered projects including
> Google Accessibility, Smart Assistant, and toward the end on Google Translate, all while bringing his
> refreshingly Natural Intelligence to his primary job of path planning and obstacle avoidance on the
> Google Campus --- and believe you me, it takes a particularly intelligent dog to avoid obstacles that
> smart Googlers can place in your way. He attended most Smart Assistant offsites with the claim All of
> you have just a Smart Assistant; But I'm a Smart AssistDog, and that is better, --- because you know, A
> Dog is Bigger Than An Ant! In addition, Tilden, like Aster and Bubbles before him, was also the
> mascot for Emacspeak --- The Complete Audio Desktop; in addition, he played the vital role of
> Press/Analyst contact for just over 11 years.