Om Malik is the founder of GigaOM. He is a venture partner at True Ventures. Om is the author of Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist. He has been blogging for over a decade and in the past held various staff writing positions at Forbes.com, Red Herring and Business 2.0. He also has contributed to the Wall Street Journal and the Economist. He is the founder of Desiparty.com. His full bio is here.
A few days ago, I interviewed Josh Silverman, former chief executive of Skype at the Entrepreneur Summit at the Endeavor conference in San Francisco. I was supposed to interview Josh at our Net:Work conference in December 2010 but things didn’t work out at that time. I quite enjoyed this conversation and learned a lot from Josh’s insights. Hope you enjoy the video.
I was on Leo Laporte’s awesome weekly video show, this Week in Tech (twit.tv) along side Amber MacArthur and Patrick Beja. If you are so interested, check out the episode on twit.tv. Click here for launching the video stream in your browser.
In an interview yesterday, Hillel Fuld asked me questions on blogging, Apple, Google and other hot topics. Thanks Hillel for taking the time to interview me. Here are excerpts
Why I do what I do: I love writing about people who want to rearrange the world according to their vision. I get to learn from super smart people – every day, every conversation; every story is like going to school.
What works in Blogging: Be yourself, be intellectually honest and be respectful of others – their work, their words and most importantly the attention they accord you. And keep things simple.
On Incumbents like Google and Facebook: Tech is one industry where no one can rest on his or her laurels forever. Not even Larry Page or Mark Zuckerberg. There is some crazy kid inventing the future somewhere — and that is why I love our industry. It is always changing. Always.
Apple vs Google: I think they are two fundamentally different approaches to the mobile Internet. Apple is going to make a lot of money with their model. I like their model as much as I like Google’s approach. Google is going to be massive in this market, but it doesn’t necessarily mean Apple has to fail. It is a sign of the bigger industry change to mobile-centric Internet based computing. Apple and Google are leading the charge on it.
Windows Phone 7/Nokia Combination: Nokia/Microsoft claim will have a competitive product in the market in 2012. To me, that is more time for Google and Apple to increase their grip on the ecosystem.
LocationGate & Other Societal Challenges: we are going to see more of these issues crop up, mostly because we are seeing the idea of technology, privacy and how we live going through a sea change because of continuous connectivity.
