Broadband The Power of Distributedom.co Talent is evenly distributed around the globe, but opportunity is not. Nearly 15 years ago, I would often to young Matt about WordPress, the changing …
Om Malik A Little Less Conversationom.co One of the highlights of my day is having lunch with my True Ventures colleagues. We sit around the table, enjoy food, and talk about a lot of …
Blogging Don’t Worry, Blog Happyom.co I’ve recently seen some tweets expressing the pressure some people feel — understandably — of publishing their thoughts on a blog, fearing what …
Technology closeom.blog It is commonplace these days to take a dump on technology and it’s hometown, San Francisco. but I still view my industry with rose-tinted glasses and …
Amazon 5 stories worth reading right nowom.co • A former Amazon warehouse worker’s personal and poignant take on — what else? — the Amazon Package. Short, but worthy read. • As someone who spends a …
Apple I’ve Said it Before, And I’ll Say It Againom.co If you have been a regular reader, then you know my hobbyhorse: the iPhone is killing the standalone camera. And the latest data released by Camera & …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLoyalty Pointless (United)om.co I have always felt that the whole airlines point system and loyalty system is a big giant scam. The bigger the airline, the pointless the whole …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBig Oil Which is it: Big Tobacco or Big Oil?om.co I don’t mean to harp on Facebook. I know I’ve written about them for the last two weeks, and I swear I wouldn’t keep at it if I didn’t sincerely …
Oculus VR Virtual Unrealityom.co Virtual Reality sometimes feels like the boy who cried wolf. Doesn’t it feel like we have been talking about VR and its amazing potential forever? …
Silicon Valley uBiome, Silicon Valley & the issue of trustom.co Earlier this month, the FBI raided the offices of uBiome, a healthcare startup based in San Francisco. The company, which has raised more than $100 …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSelf-Reflection Time for Self-Reflectionom.co I’ve come to realize that I can’t count on myself not to make errors when I’m sharing information on Twitter. I often feel rushed, which is less than …
Dog Sledding 5 stories I recommend that are worth weadingom.co • Three Mushers, one blizzard, and the world’s hardest dog sled race. No, this is not about Iditarod, but about the 1,000-mile long Yukon Quest. Great …
Digital Cameras closeom.blog This past weekend I was in Huntington Beach, California for a wedding. It was your typical California spring day — cloudy morning, and beautiful blue …
Tesla What Did Tesla Do Now?om.co In many ways, Tesla — Elon Musk’s lightning rod of a car company — is the perfect allegory for modern Silicon Valley. The ongoing psychodrama of …
Teens Get Up, Stand Upom.co Sometimes I wonder if Wall-E was not just a movie but also a glimpse into our future. The rotund shapes of citizens, who lived off chemical foods and …
Facebook Facebook Readies for Washingtonom.co Earlier this week, Bloomberg Technology host Emily Chang asked me where I think Facebook will be in a year. My answer: Pretty much where it is now. …
closeom.blog When you slow down time, you start to see that life is all just a confluence of layers, each adding its nuance to the one after, and learning from …
Goats The Goat Manom.co I recently went on a weekend road trip to Utah in order to revive my mind and my soul. Nothing does that better than a gentle wind lightly brushing …
Jeopardy Some Good Readsom.co • We often hear talk about racial bias in artificial intelligence. This week, I read an article that reinforced my belief that all technology has a …
Facebook Facebook’s Dereliction of Dutyom.co Almost like a tribal drumbeat, there is now a predictable rhythm to how often we hear about Facebook’s many challenges. Every week or so, the media …
Intel Corporation Intel’s Mobile Problemom.co Apple’s partnership with Intel to develop a 5G iPhone was not going well, and the writing has been on the wall for some time. It didn’t surprise …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoEmpathy Some Good Readsom.co • Summer is almost here. And soon, we will be wearing the Polo Shirt. Maybe it is time you learn about the history of the Polo Shirt. Right? • Did IBM …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo The Price is Rightom.co I have to admit, it is great to see the initial public offerings of various technology companies come to market and create a level of excitement. …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGoogle Google: Heads I Win, Tails You Loseom.co Now that Lyft is a publicly traded company, and Uber has filed its S-1, it is becoming pretty obvious that Google is the big winner in the on-demand …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo The Scourge of Robocallsom.co Wired recently chronicled the rise of robocalls. In the piece, you learn that Americans got “47.8 billion robocalls in 2018” or roughly “200 per year …
The Good Algorithmom.co It was quite an astonishing week for science and technology, in large part because we got to see the first photo of a black hole—something that has …
Om Malik 3 pieces of advice in Jeff Bezos’ Shareholder Letterom.co In my previous post, I urged you all to take a moment and make some price comparisons before buying from Amazon, which is no longer the cheapest or …
Chips Don’t Lieom.co All that IPO optimism—in addition to ongoing Facebook shenanigans—keep us a wee bit distracted from the dark clouds that are gathering on the …
Amazon Amazon UnPrimedom.co Bloomberg noticed that Amazon’s retail growth is slowing, especially as brick-and-mortar merchants have stepped up their digital game. Even Amazon …
