Om Malik suggests 12 stories to read this weekend
So here we are — the last day of 2011 and the end of the first year of me writing my occasional newsletter, Om Says. Being on a break, I decided to not read the web and instead go analog and read a lot of books to nourish my mind. For me, it was an enjoyable year of writing these newsletters and I have picked out 12 stories from the archives that I feel are something you might want to revisit during the New Year’s weekend. Happy 2012, everyone.
The top story of 2011 that impacted me personally:
Steve Jobs and the sound of silence
Steve Jobs left a big hole not only for his company, but also for the tech industry. In a time when so many companies focus on short-term decisions, Jobs taught us that real success is in taking the long view…
I’d already ordered Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs before it became clear he was dying. That didn’t change the experience of the read – though the book arrived after his death.
Helsinki Cathedral from Om Malik’s iPhone 4S and Camera+ app
Why the Medium Is Not the Message
One of the biggest mistakes we as a society in general, and this industry in specific, make is that we mistake the medium for the message. Those who can keep their eye on the message — Amazon and Netflix for example – profit handsomely. On the flip-side you…
How iPads, phones & sensors will redefine our homes
An Internet-connected, sensor-based and iPad-managed terrarium — a microecosystem — by London-based product designer Samuel Wilkinson is an artful marriage of physical living and digital worlds and it could be a precursor for what homes and gardens could become in the age of connectedness…
And some random musings…
Is the Internet the “Paris” of the new millennium?
I started my recent European tour with a visit to Loic Le Meur’s annual celebration of the Internet, Le Web. If attendees were an indication, startup culture is everywhere. Perhaps it’s the setting, but this celebration of technology and startups reminds me of another creative age.
These are a few of the dozen suggestions from Om. I get his email newsletter weekly [and sometimes more often] and being the geek that I am, I usually enjoy most of the several articles he suggests. Often from other writers – though sometimes he includes one of his pieces or something from the GigaOm crew.
He nudges my gray cells sufficiently to foment pleasure, anger, surprise or satisfaction. He provides another view about what’s going on around us, especially those of us who live a significant chunk of our lives online.
