Om Malik

For me, stories are like Lego blocks. If I don't put one down, I can't put the next one down.

— Om Malik

The digitization of our society is a challenge that is both legislative and philosophical.

— Om Malik

Business, much like life, is not a movie, and not everyone gets to have a storybook ending.

— Om Malik

Our entire society is rooted around the idea of more, and longer has become the measure of success.

— Om Malik

Most of the stress we feel here in Silicon Valley is self-inflicted.

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I love my paper and ink, but I see the benefits of the iPad and Apple Pencil.

— Om Malik

Fog is my weakness, and every time there is low fog, I am out and about with my camera.

— Om Malik

I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, and the silence that comes with fog.

— Om Malik

Many companies that become verbs actually end up modifying our behaviors, and companies that modify behaviors end up becoming behemoths.

— Om Malik

Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft are building their own versions of the future. And they get bigger and bigger.

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Echoes of the iPhone are everywhere. Xiaomi's phones and Google's new Pixel are designed to fool you into thinking that they just…

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A platform is essentially a business model that thrives because of the participation and value added from third parties with only incremental…

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As someone who has been wrong often, I can tell you one thing for sure: hindsight reminds you of your follies every…

— Om Malik

Avoid the spectacle of technology and instead focus on technology and science solving real problems.

— Om Malik

Instead of standing in the way, technology is increasingly an enabler of emotion. A message at the wrong time at dinner can…

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In the touch-based mobile device era, folks need to think of ways to have a single technology stack married to the ability…

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I don't think I had a role model. I just was very inspired by an article which I read in Forbes magazine…

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Pokemon Go, which involves trying to 'catch' Pikachu or Squirtle or other creatures with your smartphone, is an inherently social experience. You…

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Cameras can look down from on high and predict crop yields, traffic in Walmart parking lots, and travel patterns on Labor Day…

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It is becoming harder for us to stay on top of the onslaught - e-mails, messages, appointments, alerts. Augmented intelligence offers the…

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When I look at Kickstarter, I see small businesses that have been funded by their customers. I see the acceleration of this…

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A lot of what people are calling 'artificial intelligence' is really data analytics - in other words, business as usual. If the…

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Whether it is through stock-market trading or the sale of hotel rooms, the Internet has a way of bringing deflationary forces to…

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For the longest time, computers have been associated with work. Mainframes were for the Army, government agencies, and then large companies. Workstations…

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In cities like New York, it is common to find taxicabs with wireless-enabled card readers.

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Internet, for all its faults, exposed me to a lot more music.

— Om Malik

I know I am not alone in struggling with Facebook and how we experience it through its news feed.

— Om Malik

Apps have become a preferred way of accessing information on mobile devices.

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Photography has always been about capturing light.

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Most competition in Silicon Valley now heads toward there being one monopolistic winner.

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Technology is now part of the social fabric; it is what is causing dislocation. It is the cause of fear amongst all…

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Uber, like Google, is taking a highly disorganized business - in its case, private transportation such as taxicabs and private limousines -…

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Just as two people can have similar personalities, two companies can have a remarkably similar approach to business.

— Om Malik

Twitter is short-form, real-time, and text-based. It's built for instant alerts and rapid consumption. It is an ideal system for delivering sips…

— Om Malik

Mindfulness is natural when you do not need to think about minor daily problems like making a living!

— Om Malik

When I see Kickstarter, I don't see a company. Instead, I see a social movement. I see people doing things for people.

— Om Malik

From analog film cameras to digital cameras to iPhone cameras, it has become progressively easier to take and store photographs. Today, we…

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Why don't we face up to the fact that many of us in Silicon Valley are living lives that involve telling ourselves…

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Computers in general, and software in particular, are much more difficult than other kinds of technology for most people to grok, and…

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In a way, digital cameras were like very early personal computers such as the Commodore 64 - clunky and able to do…

— Om Malik