Om Malik Quotes
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We are splintering what was the 'camera' and its functionality - lens, sensors, and processing - into distinct parts, but, instead of lenses and shutters, software and algorithms are becoming the driving force.
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Fog is my weakness, and every time there is low fog, I am out and about with my camera.
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Augmented reality is the 'boy who cried wolf' of the post-Internet world - it's long been promised but has rarely been delivered in a satisfying way.
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Writing works when publications are writing and serving the best interest of their users; numbers are good yardstick but not a way to compensate a person.
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Because Apple's corporate DNA is that of a hardware company, its activities are meant to support hardware sales.
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Most competition in Silicon Valley now heads toward there being one monopolistic winner.
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Everybody's trying to repeat the past with the new network, with new devices and new tools. Why not make something brand-new?
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Many companies that become verbs actually end up modifying our behaviors, and companies that modify behaviors end up becoming behemoths.
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For the longest time, computers have been associated with work. Mainframes were for the Army, government agencies, and then large companies. Workstations were for engineers and software programmers. PCs were initially for other white-collar jobs.
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I think the emotional appeal of a platform is what works. I think the old-media entities still have not figured out that part of the game plan.
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Photography has always been about capturing light.
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While in the early days of networks, growth was limited by slowness and cost at numerous points - expensive telephone connections, computers that crashed, browsers that didn't work - the rise of the smartphone has essentially changed all that.
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I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, and the silence that comes with fog.
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The funny thing is that I used to be a blogger, but it wasn't known as 'blogging' at that time. This was in the '99/2000 time frame.
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Compared to Apple, Internet companies like Google and Facebook don't have strong perspectives on the way they want the world to work.
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Avoid the spectacle of technology and instead focus on technology and science solving real problems.
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Before we had the Internet, we would either call or write to our friends, one at a time, and keep up with their lives. It was a slow process and took a lot of effort and time to learn about each other.
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Porsche's and Apple's design philosophies are similar. Much like the 356, the original iPhone was about defining a foundation for the future.
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Our ubiquitous mobile access has made time and location important data points in how businesses can now be built and managed.
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Social sharing of photos - landscapes, selfies, latte-foam art - can spark conversations and deeper engagements.
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Internet, for all its faults, exposed me to a lot more music.
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Computers in general, and software in particular, are much more difficult than other kinds of technology for most people to grok, and they overwhelm us with a sense of mystery.
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Now every person edits the story they tell about themselves, carefully ensuring what the world looks at - whether it's over Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
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A platform is essentially a business model that thrives because of the participation and value added from third parties with only incremental effort from the owner of the platform.