Om Malik

“In cities like New York, it is common to find taxicabs with wireless-enabled card readers.”

“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.”

“I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, and the silence that comes with fog.”

“In the digital realm, companies are free from the friction of producing physical goods, and as a result, we see companies like Google go from zero dollars in revenues to billions at a much faster rate.”

“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.”

“Mindfulness is natural when you do not need to think about minor daily problems like making a living!”

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

“Looking back, Google's success came from the fortuitous timing of being born at the cusp of the broadband age. But it also came about because of the new reality of the Internet: a lot of services were going to be algorithmic, and owning your own infrastructure would be a key advantage.”

“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.”

“Most competition in Silicon Valley now heads toward there being one monopolistic winner.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Photography has always been about capturing light.”

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

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

“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.”