This is a real shocker.

Russ Beattie is calling it quits after years of blogging.

Come on, you know you read his blog. It’s probably the first one you check while making your rounds.

Though Russ could trigger a debate over technology like no other, love him or hate him, he got people talking. The reason – he honestly loves tech and was able to communicate that passion by not putting a filter between his brain and what he wrote. A lot of times that rubbed people the wrong way. But he didn’t care – and that raw presentation was what made his blog most people’s first stop.

Russ, you know it’ll be hard – all the developments that will come along in the next months and years. How are you going to resist not commenting on it?

Anyway, thanks for speaking out about the potential of the mobile industry all these years. I’m sure you’re still going to run the Bay Area Mobile Mondays?