Remembering Om Malik

Om Malik’s family: Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart. He was surrounded by family and friends. I’ve linked to Malik numerous times over the years, first at Gigaom and then his personal blog. I’ve always enjoyed his writing and loved how he mixed experience, context, wit, and a bit of humor when observing the tech world around him. He never bought into the bullshit and hype and from those who knew him, sounded like a wonderful person to catch up with during a conference. I was on vacation last week, and seeing this news come through my RSS reader made things just a little more bittersweet. It’s funny because we never met, nor exchanged any correspondence, but I always looked forward to seeing a new post from him because he was excellent at what he did. We’re all sort of shouting into the void in this racket and know of and appreciate other people, but rarely let them know.