The first time I had any exposure to Om and his work was on The GigaOm Show on Revision3 (twenty years ago!). It was still a time where I thought it was wondrous that high production-value content would be distributed online for free—YouTube and friends still hadn't found themselves with "high end" content. It felt like the future of news, and it was. He was a really pleasant guy, and really far ahead of his time.
Beautiful tribute. Godspeed.
Beautifully written. Om will be missed.
Reminds of this couplet by Kabir (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir</a>):<p>जब हम पैदा हुये तो जग हँसे हम रोये,<p>ऐसी करनी कर चलो, हम हँसे, जग रोये।<p>Translation:
When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced;<p>Live such a life that when you depart, you smile while the world weeps.
Some more anecdotes & discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678852">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678852</a>
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i never head of om until his death.