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" Unlike Facebook or Instagram, Twitter's core experience isn't about photos. It's a world of text, with occasional embedded photos, animated gifs, and short video clips. "

Om Malik

Experience

Facebook

World

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" On my end, I am still surprised that many media organizations are unable to adapt to new media formats and, more importantly, new network behaviors. "

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" Living a 24-hour news life has come at a personal cost. I still wake in middle of the night to check the stream to see if something is breaking, worrying whether I missed some news. "

" The battle between Google and Apple has shifted from devices, operating systems, and apps to a new, amorphous idea called 'contextual computing.' We have become data-spewing factories, and the only way to make sense of it all is through context. "

" Its definition can be a bit murky, but to me, native advertising is a sales pitch that fits right into the flow of the information being shown. It doesn't interrupt - native ads don't pop up or dance across the screen - and its content is actually valuable to the person viewing it. "

Om Malik

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Dance

" For me, stories are like Lego blocks. If I don't put one down, I can't put the next one down. "

Om Malik

Lego

Down

" 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. "

" When I see Kickstarter, I don't see a company. Instead, I see a social movement. I see people doing things for people. "

" 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

" In the simplest terms, a fast-growing company can't keep growing at the same fast rate forever. It eventually has to slow down. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Some media companies that rely on advertising revenue are tying journalist compensation to the traffic their story generates. It doesn't work because it de-prioritizes writing. "

" Google came of age when search was inefficient and cluttered, and made it simple and easy to find what you wanted online. "

" Because Apple's corporate DNA is that of a hardware company, its activities are meant to support hardware sales. "

" Apple has always been, and always will be, a hardware-first company. It produces beautiful devices with elegant designs and humane operating-system software. "

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

Om Malik

Vinyl

Music

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

" 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. "

" For a while, I have had this theory that we, as a society, are coming to the end of the mass production, industrial phase of the human race. "

" I love my paper and ink, but I see the benefits of the iPad and Apple Pencil. "

" Why don't we face up to the fact that many of us in Silicon Valley are living lives that involve telling ourselves a lot of lies. "

" Fog is my weakness, and every time there is low fog, I am out and about with my camera. "

" The possibilities that come with thinking about the camera as a portal into the realm of information and services are attractive not only to Snap but also to every other big player in the tech world. Facebook, for instance, has slowly been enhancing the visual capabilities of its Messenger. "

" There is better than a good chance that while relaxing on a beach somewhere or sipping a martini in your favorite lounge, you have heard music that makes raise your eyebrow and ask, 'What kind of music is that?' "