Om Malik, 1966-2026

Om Malik, the tech blogger and founder of GigaOM, has died at age sixty. According to Boing Boing, Malik was a pioneering voice during an era when technology felt more exploratory and genuinely fun. He believed blogging was fundamentally about perspective—sharing how you see the world. As he wrote, 'Blogging is about viewing the world in a certain way and sharing it with others how you look at things.' That philosophy shaped a decade of GigaOM's coverage, helping define what tech journalism could be.

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