A lot of old tech ideas are back in fashion thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. A few weeks back, Intel announced that — thanks to the immediate need for people to work from home, and in many case… | Continue reading
The present shift to “work from home” should have a moment for Skype to shine. Instead, it is an afterthought for many of us, who have turned to Zoom (warts and all) at a time when the … | Continue reading
Twitter is going to add “new labels and warning messages that will provide additional context and information on some Tweets containing disputed or misleading information related to COVID-19,… | Continue reading
Photo by Charlie Marusiak on Unsplash This week, I can’t but help but notice that there might be good tidings in store for online commerce. As a wise editor once told me, “Follow the money, s… | Continue reading
With over 300 million daily participants, Zoom is clearly having a moment. And as the pandemic rolls on, our relationship with Zoom has changed quite a bit . Even my dear friend Brad “Zen” Feld is … | Continue reading
You might have read that J Crew, the iconic menswear retailer and a brand that introduced many of us to great classic clothing is going bankrupt. Yeah, the virus finally delivered the last nail in … | Continue reading
I was having a chat with a friend yesterday who was feeling a little tired and exhausted. The root cause of this exhaustion was sitting in front of a computer screen for long periods. She mentioned… | Continue reading
This year’s final supermoon ((What is a supermoon? )) was supposed to become full this morning at 3.45 am pacific time. But it appeared large and bright to me last night. According to Space.c… | Continue reading
In this episode of Stuck@Om, my friend Scott Belsky — CPO of Adobe and founder of Behance — joins me to have a conversation about the state of our world. He shares how his family is keeping safe an… | Continue reading
Today, I was supposed to be somewhere close to Ny-Ålesund, a tiny little city on an island in the Arctic north from Svalbard. I was going to be part of a photo expedition led by my dear friend Chri… | Continue reading
fOMO is my mostly technology-focused newsletter. My goal with this newsletter is to make it easy for you to connect the dots, by offering you my own commentary, reportage and curation of what is im… | Continue reading
Today, I was supposed to be somewhere close to Ny-Ålesund, a tiny little city on an island in the Arctic north from Svalbard. I was going to be part of a photo expedition led by my dear friend Chri… | Continue reading
It is what we don’t see (or can’t see) that fuels our imagination. As a child, I read about faraway places. I imagined New York they wrote about in the books. I dreamt of San Francisco … | Continue reading
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… | Continue reading
In this episode of Stuck@Om, I chat with John Markoff, a renowned technology reporter for The New York Times. John currently devotes his time to writing a biography of Stewart Brand, a writer, edit… | Continue reading
For the past few months, whenever I experience Spotify, I come away thinking — man, Spotify has become like radio. If you don’t pay for the premium service, it is hard to tell the difference. It i… | Continue reading
I was reading this profile of Marie Kondo, the “spark joy and tidy” guru from Japan in Fast Company, and learned that Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce giant had bought a controlling interest in Ko… | Continue reading
This episode was recorded in early February 2020 just before the pandemic engulfed the world. We ended up talking about the lack of resilience in society. In this episode of Stuck@Om, I chat with T… | Continue reading
Some of the best ideas come from casual conversations. Take this chat I had with my friend Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Automattic and co-creator of WordPress. We were talking about his compa… | Continue reading
In this episode of Stuck@Om, I got a chance to chat with my good friend, Matt Mullenweg. Matt is the CEO of Automattic and a founding member of WordPress. Matt usually travels extensively for work … | Continue reading
Reinterpretation of old images is mostly a futile exercise as all it does is exposes you to your shortcomings. Of course, if you look at it the other way, you are suddenly made aware of the progres… | Continue reading
Here are some stories that I found interesting and will be worth reading. The first modern pandemic and the scientific advances we need to stop COVID-19: Bill Gates lays out the strategy and makes … | Continue reading
I shared my new work from home set up a few days ago. Well, I ended up making some adjustments. The double giant screens — iMac Pro and XDR Display are not for me — I need a single screen. The fol… | Continue reading
My dear friends at Acquire Mag are running a series on “work from home essentials.” They asked me my favorites and published the list. If you are interested in knowing my faves, visit A… | Continue reading
Staying at home is a good opportunity to really savor things – you are not in a rush, and as a result, you can linger over words, images, sounds, and senses. At present, I am enjoying: Mémoi… | Continue reading
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu | Continue reading
Made with Leica SL & the Leica SL 24-90 lens. Focal Length: 24mm. Aperture f/22. ISO 50. Shutter speed 1/8th of a second. For the past few months, I have been toying with the idea of even more … | Continue reading
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash It has been a few years since I have been excited about a new application or a new service. And over the past three months, I have come across at least four f… | Continue reading
On an early morning walk, I walked past a big window and saw this plant starving to death, much like its neighbors who are desperate for a drink. The shutdown has many such silent victims. I don… | Continue reading
In today’s episode of Stuck@Om, I have a conversation with my friend Jason Fried, the co-founder and CEO of Basecamp. We talk about the parts of lockdown that we’ve enjoyed, as well as the ways it … | Continue reading
In today’s episode of Stuck@Om, I have a conversation with my friend Jason Fried, the co-founder and CEO of Basecamp. We talk about the parts of lockdown that we’ve enjoyed, as well as the ways it … | Continue reading
The young co-founders of Paynter Jacket Company, a two-person clothing operation from the UK (whom I wrote about earlier) have a wonderful little piece on constraints and why they make you interest… | Continue reading
It just might be the worst kind of milestone to note — today is the 50th day of my isolation. What started on February 29 as a precaution, is now become a way of life. I have not had much contact w… | Continue reading
In this episode of Stuck@Om, I chat with my friend Paul Kedrosky, an investor, blogger and a deep thinker. He was very quick to recognize the potential threat and ramifications of the coronavirus a… | Continue reading
I am calling this one #47, because that’s how many days I have been stuck here. I am too tired today to coming up with a more clever headline for another dispatch from my home office. Wh… | Continue reading
A few weeks ago, my good friend Howard Lindzon (blogger, investor, and maverick) invited me to be on his Panic with Friends ((Howard Lindzon)) podcast. Howard is a skillful interviewer and as alway… | Continue reading
For the past 42 days or so, I have been working on my MacBook Pro 16 while sitting at my dining table or on the couch. I recognized from the outset that it wasn’t the most ergonomically effic… | Continue reading
I am fortunate to live in a building that is serviced by WebPass, an SF-based, internet provider that is now owned by Google Fiber. I have been a customer for over a decade, and can’t live wi… | Continue reading
“The Great British Baking Show” hosts often talk about baked goods that are worth the calories. I think the same way about caffeine – whether it is in coffee or tea. As I mentione… | Continue reading
Today’s edition is about the pandemic and its impact. All but one of the articles I found that raised some good questions in my mind. Is this the end of influencing as we know it? I suppose … | Continue reading
Criminal Reads shared a pretty good list of con-job movies to watch. I have seen every single one of those. And I absolutely love every single one of these, so I have no problems recommending them … | Continue reading
Like many of you, I too sit in my little cocoon, sometimes worried and anxious about an invisible enemy. I also wonder when I will embark on my next adventure. What will that be? Where will I go fi… | Continue reading
Anne Mueller, courtesy of Erased Tapes A recent random email turned me on to the work by Berlin-based pianist and ambient music impresario Nils Frahm. Through him, I stumbled upon Anne Muller, a ce… | Continue reading
Photo courtesy of Airbnb It is open season on Airbnb in the media these days. After all, they are one of the Silicon Valley stars most impacted by the pandemic currently sweeping the globe. With tr… | Continue reading
If you are like me, then between waves of productivity and relative calm, you are overcome with a feeling of anxiety and panic. After all, it is really weird to be locked up in your apartment, susp… | Continue reading
I am ever so grateful for the job that allows me to live this close to the water that I can go for a morning walk, and come home at peace with our collective insane reality. Yesterday, I walked out… | Continue reading
The current pandemic has exposed many of society’s frailties, and no other sector has been impacted more than the service industry, especially the food and restaurant ecosystem. A lot of us d… | Continue reading
. Occasionally my morning walk throws up a surprise — fog masks the horizon, the ships, and the port buildings become a faint outline. Oakland fades out. And then with a little bit of contras… | Continue reading