The Best of OM
10 most popular OM articles, as voted by our community.
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OM on Blogging
How to blog today
From the archives You must always think of your blog as if you were starting it now, not in the past. The world is different. There was no Twitter in 1994. Twitter wasn’t usable until last ye…
OM on Digital Transformation
The inevitable has happened.
Photo by Jem Sahagun on Unsplash Disruptions, downturns, and recessions make the weak weaker and the strong stronger. It was true centuries ago, and it is true today. The 2001 downturn turned telec…
OM on Google
Does Google need a new CEO?
Whether it is botched and haphazard layoffs, anti-trust regulators baying for its blood, or opportunistic saber-rattling by long-time rival Microsoft and its outsourced AI unit, OpenAI — 2023 has b…
OM on Industrial Design
Why great design is timeless
More than a decade ago, Apple introduced the iPhone 4, with its new boxy rectangular design. It was the first time we got to experience the Retina display. Fast forward to today, and the new iPhone…
OM on Silicon Valley
Conflict Culture is making social Unsocial
Photo by Hasan Almasi on Unsplash This past week social media became a battleground for yet another death match between media and Silicon Valley. So much has been said, so I am going to abstai…
OM on Technology
Why internet silos win
Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter and turned it into a tawdry reality show in which he is the star, the villain, and the comedian, everyone has been talking about a new decentralized web. New …
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What Twitter Can Learn From Spotify
Ever since Twitter unveiled its new Fleets, I’ve been mulling over the company’s future. What can they do that’s uniquely their own? How can they take advantage of their past and present in a way t…
Cole Rise - Pi.co
Om Malik: I've been fascinated by your work, and I don't mean the Litely app or the presets. I often go to your website and look at your work. Goddamn, those pictures. Every single time I see them onl
The Longest Year
The Longest Year Fragments of an unusual year of solitude Hindsight, they say, is 20/20. When we look back at this year, 2020, I wonder just how clear its lessons will be. The pandemic shook up a l…
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