I've made a few things over the years; I helped create Movable Type and TypePad, which were sort of the WordPress of their era (used to publish Gawker, HuffPo, etc.) and more recently built ThinkUp and Makerbase with Gina Trapani.

I don't think I've coopted many deaths, but certainly there are folks who found it off-putting how much I talked about Prince after his passing. FWIW, I've always talked about Prince that much. :)

Fortunately, the Fog Creek team is hugely talented and there's immense breadth to the ideas and execution that everybody can pull off, so my shortcomings shouldn't overshadow their work.