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" It is becoming harder for us to stay on top of the onslaught - e-mails, messages, appointments, alerts. Augmented intelligence offers the possibility of winnowing an increasing number of inputs and options in a way that humans can't manage without a helping hand. "

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" Our economy, for a long while, has been transitioning from one reliant on industrial strength to one based on digital information. The next step in this transition is a digital economy shaped by connectivity. "

Om Malik

Strength

Step

" 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. "

" Many companies that become verbs actually end up modifying our behaviors, and companies that modify behaviors end up becoming behemoths. "

" Our entire society is rooted around the idea of more, and longer has become the measure of success. "

Om Malik

Society

Success

" I want fewer interruptions in my day. I have eliminated a lot of things from my life. I'm on a declining scale of wanting things. "

" Our ubiquitous mobile access has made time and location important data points in how businesses can now be built and managed. "

" Everybody's trying to repeat the past with the new network, with new devices and new tools. Why not make something brand-new? "

" People pay little attention to banner ads - in fact, everyone dislikes them - and that leads to infinitesimally small click-through rates that make marketers unhappy. "

" Technology is now part of the social fabric; it is what is causing dislocation. It is the cause of fear amongst all of us. "

Om Malik

Fabric

Cause

" Photography has always been about capturing light. "

" Having followed the wireless industry long enough, I can tell you that building and supporting an application for different platforms is as tough as climbing a straight wall of rock. "

" Just as two people can have similar personalities, two companies can have a remarkably similar approach to business. "

" When I look at Kickstarter, I see small businesses that have been funded by their customers. I see the acceleration of this shift away from the industrial manufacturing ideology to more of a maker economy. And I also see an idea so powerful that the company name has become a verb. "

" In 1947, Porsche began work on its 356. In many ways, it was like the original iPhone. It wasn't perfect. It was underpowered. But it was streamlined and aerodynamic. "

Om Malik

iPhone

Original

" Echoes of the iPhone are everywhere. Xiaomi's phones and Google's new Pixel are designed to fool you into thinking that they just might be an iPhone. "

" Business, much like life, is not a movie, and not everyone gets to have a storybook ending. "

" Pokemon Go, which involves trying to 'catch' Pikachu or Squirtle or other creatures with your smartphone, is an inherently social experience. You need to be walking around - on the streets, in public places - to catch the Pokemon. "

" 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. "

" Most of the stress we feel here in Silicon Valley is self-inflicted. "

" Apps have become a preferred way of accessing information on mobile devices. "

" 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. "

" The lens through which I view the media world is pretty simple: If you are in the business of sucking up attention, then you are in the media business. "

" Facebook has gone from a nice-and-boring social network to becoming an identity layer of the web. It is where nearly a billion people are depositing the artifacts of civilization in the 21st century - photos, videos, and birthday wishes. "

" Internet, for all its faults, exposed me to a lot more music. "

Om Malik

Faults

Music

" Social sharing of photos - landscapes, selfies, latte-foam art - can spark conversations and deeper engagements. "

" Sure, we all like listening to music on vinyl, but that doesn't mean streaming music on Spotify is bad. "

Om Malik

Vinyl

Music

" There's only one way to succeed: Show up, work hard, and do everything right. Regardless of who you might be or what kind of job you may have. "

" In a way, digital cameras were like very early personal computers such as the Commodore 64 - clunky and able to do only a few things. "

" Compared to Apple, Internet companies like Google and Facebook don't have strong perspectives on the way they want the world to work. "

" Apple continues to make ever-thinner devices with a superlative build and a luxurious feel. What the company has achieved beneath the surface is worth even more praise. "