"Do what you do best. Just do."

Jake was someone who could quickly understand details. He was able to keep track of multiple issues in multiple programming languages (although you'd never hear him admit it :). And yet I always found him open to he was always open and encouraging to questions, new ideas and suggestions.

At one time he setup an internal blog to share ideas. What he wrote I think reflects a little of his team and leadership style that I and others appreciated. Here are two excerpts

"This is all about collaboration. So come here and read, write and contribute. Know software? Write code. Know hardware? build stuff. Know design? Make graphics. Do what you do best. Just do."

"If you’ve found this then we need you. Read the posts. Something strike you? Contribute: Ideas, code, h/w, graphics, design, ergonomics, docs. Whatever. Just innovate and collaborate."