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Om Malik
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Investor, Writer & Photographer. Partner emeritus @ True Ventures. Past life: Started GigaOm. I have written about tech for 3+ decades. Visit: Om.co
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Who else is excited about the torpedo bats in baseball? Not just for baseball, but for what they mean for innovation, as I write in a new short essay.
A torpedo “bat” of innovation?
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A torpedo “bat” of innovation?
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Torpedo Bat is a living testimony that innovation through a combination of data, design, and science can happen in products that are even a century old. I have seen this before. My friend Ian Schon did this when he designed and made his Monoc nib. There are so many new ways to do old things, as long as one puts th...
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I am so happy that Warpcast exists. This is a pace of sanity in the middle of social media chaos and endless bullshit.
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FWIW, I just finished writing this weekend. Here is yet another blog post, this time about Google's growing irrelevance. Google has entered its middle-aged mediocrity phase. Once the pioneer of innovation, it’s now bogged down by bureaucracy and an advertising-driven model. Here’s my take on why Google risks becomin...
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There are three kinds of engineers! What kind of an engineer are you?
What kind of an engineer are you?
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What kind of an engineer are you?
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Ink, ChatGPT, and a Writer. What could go wrong?
When AI Whispers in Ink
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When AI Whispers in Ink
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23andMe is imploding, and you should do whatever you can to protect your genetic data. At the very least, try to delete it. Californians can delete their 23andMe data, according to the California State District Attorney. Here is how to delete your data. blog.om.co/2025/03/23/h...
How to delete for 23andMe data & Test Sample
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How to delete for 23andMe data & Test Sample
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So, with Claude offering websearch, it seems “search” is becoming a feature and this is not good for Google unless they do something, quickly. New piece
Has Search Become Just a Feature?
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Has Search Become Just a Feature?
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China's EV dominance isn't just about cars—it's about building an entirely new tech ecosystem. China is using EVs to create its own tech stack that could challenge US digital supremacy. The US Tech Stack has a real competitor. My latest for my newsletter, CrazyStupidTech
China’s EV Boom Is Bad For U.S.Tech
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China’s EV Boom Is Bad For U.S.Tech
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No one seems to have developed an "AI" based app for "fantasy baseball." So many of the fantasy baseball websites are so bad. Search sucks, most importantly, the queries lead to bad answers. This seems to be an obvious opportunity!
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You don’t need a lot of light to look resplendent. I see this car on my daily walk. And a couple of days ago, the light was just right. And that inspired the capture and the edit. Made with my iPhone 16 Pro Max and edited with @lightroom
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I was terrible at using tags. And I am terrible at picking channels. What does that say about me? Only non-Ai answers please!
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Apple Intelligence: more show than substance? John Gruber's scathing critique of Apple's recent AI demos hits home. As someone who was initially enthusiastic, I have to admit - the results are disappointing. Apple's trapped by its own success, desperately trying to appear relevant in AI while forgetting what made it gr...
Apple Intelligence: Fud, Dud or Both
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Apple Intelligence: Fud, Dud or Both
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Happy Birthday Jack Kerouac “If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.” Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969)
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What Failure Taught Me Ten years ago, I had to shut down GigaOM, a company that carried my name and, for a long time, I thought was my legacy. Looking back now, I can see how that spectacular, public failure transformed me in ways I couldn't have imagined at the time. The first lesson? Time really is the greatest hea...
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