{"id":153359,"date":"2026-06-27T09:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/?p=153359"},"modified":"2026-07-16T06:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:49:24","slug":"om-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/om-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Om Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has been a lot of excitement about the OmFest idea. If you&#8217;d like to attend or contribute, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScyY9c5MowPFW6BmIitqaaF3T-ykM_d8eD2pq2XqwSt7N50zg\/viewform?usp=header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">please fill out this form as soon as possible<\/a> so we can gauge the type of venue we need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/thankyouom.com\/\">ThankYouOm.com from Michael Galpert pulls together all the tweets, Instagram posts, and blog posts into a beautiful site<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s truly a testament to how Om lived life to see the outpouring of remembrances <a href=\"https:\/\/om.co\/2026\/06\/24\/1966-2026\/\">in comments on the post<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/260625\/p50#a260625p50\">around the web on Techmeme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do wish he had been more public earlier in his health journey. You never know what you&#8217;ll learn. I&#8217;ll take that as a lesson for myself if I&#8217;m ever in a similar situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been some great long-form writings about Om:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2026\/06\/om\">John Gruber ties together Apple, the Yankees, and luggage<\/a>. &#8220;<em>He not busy being born is busy dying<\/em>, wrote Dylan. Om Malik wasn\u2019t busy dying even when he was dying.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brian.blog\/om\/\">Brian Sirgutz, Curiosity and the Art of Being Seen. On Professor Om &amp; the Malik School for Gifted Omies, Derek Jeter and Truth in Legacy<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hodinkee.com\/articles\/in-loving-memory-of-om-malik-friend-writer-venture-capitalist-and-ever-the-believer\">Ben Clymer on Hodinkee<\/a>. &#8220;Om changed my life. He did it in many ways, often slowly and with subtlety, always with kindness and eminent belief in me.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staceyoniot.com\/thank-you-om-malik\/\">Stacey Higginbotham<\/a> from the original GigaOM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2026\/06\/25\/om-malik-1966-2026\/\">Mathew Ingram<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/26\/technology\/om-malik-dead.html\">The New York Times did an obituary<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/runtimewire.com\/article\/om-malik-taught-silicon-valley-to-read-itself\">Ryan Merket on RuntimeWire<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Om introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/krutal.blog\/2026\/06\/26\/om\/\">Krutal Desai as his son<\/a>. &#8220;He had a rare gift of seeing 20 steps ahead while explaining things with remarkable simplicity. He gave wisdom freely, never seeking credit, only wanting to help others succeed.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/susanhobbs.blog\/2026\/06\/27\/the-gravity-of-om\/\">Susan Hobbs<\/a>. &#8220;He was a teddy bear to those fortunate enough to know him. [&#8230;] Om created gravity. He was someone you wanted to be around.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/founderthings.substack.com\/p\/interview-om-malik\">Helena Price shares her thoughts and an old interview of Om<\/a>. &#8220;If you believe and you can\u2019t seem to do anything other than think about something, you\u2019ve just got to keep doing it. I think the universe has to follow. What\u2019s the point of living if you don\u2019t chase what\u2019s important to you?&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pradeep.md\/2026\/06\/25\/om.html\">Pradeep Elankumaran<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.naveen.com\/2026\/06\/om-2\/\">Naveen Selvadurai<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/explorers.com\/my-friend-om\/\">Christopher Michel<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jgheller\/status\/2070267958891524448\">Jonathan Gheller<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mamoonha\/status\/2070255545643364515\">Mamoon Hamid<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2026\/06\/25\/om-malik-1966-2026.html\">Rob Beschizza on Boing Boing<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airsugar.com\/p\/om-malik-1966-to-2026\">Brian Sugar<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hugo.blog\/2026\/06\/25\/r-i-p-om-malik-%f0%9f%96%a4\/\">Hugo Barra<\/a> on how Om got him to write.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everwas.com\/2026\/06\/om\/\">Ian Kennedy<\/a>, also with some great quotes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/toni.org\/2026\/06\/25\/om-malik\/\">Toni Schneider<\/a>. &#8220;Om was a wonderful person, artistic soul, and original thinker. He was always curious, generous, and warm-hearted.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seanbonner.com\/2026\/06\/29\/death-and-what-we-leave-behind\/\">Sean Bonner<\/a>. &#8220;[H]is feedback and criticism could be sharp \u2013 but it was always with the hope that things could be better.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/battellemedia.com\/archives\/2026\/06\/remembering-om-malik\">John Battelle<\/a>. &#8220;Om quickly decided his integrity was more important than the ad dollars he was making with Federated&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/winnielim.org\/journal\/om\/\">Winnie Lim<\/a>. &#8220;Om was one of the very few people in this world I can have an intense conversation about form and content with.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/glass.photo\/highlights\/remembering-om\">Glass.photo<\/a>. &#8220;It\u2019s not lost on us that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/glass.photo\/om\">Om\u2019s photography<\/a>, often taken in frozen lands in or around the arctic circle, was the polar opposite of his personality.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spyglass.org\/om\/\">M.G. Siegler<\/a>. &#8220;The true natural born blogger.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/outsidewithacamera.substack.com\/p\/om-malik-the-path-of-the-one\">Rod Clark, The Path of the One<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dina.kaplan\/posts\/pfbid02tiAYzbwam4qZGrtSYquvMUujBFjMzkf8EJFmiUhJHXFt9TYEHmWRrskXagwuxXcsl\">Dina Kaplan<\/a>, &#8220;Om &#8211; I say as tears come to my eyes &#8211; wanted nothing but to be kind. To be supportive. And to be a friend.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know I&#8217;m missing a ton, I&#8217;ll update the above. I also added a <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/om-forever\/\">few more vignettes and pictures to the last post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" data-attachment-id=\"153374\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/om-links\/img_0420\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?fit=1914%2C1436&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1914,1436\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0420\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?fit=604%2C453&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420-1024x768.jpg?resize=604%2C453&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?resize=840%2C630&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?resize=195%2C146&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?resize=613%2C460&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 613w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?w=1914&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1914w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?w=1208&amp;quality=89 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg?w=1812&amp;quality=89 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a lot of excitement about the OmFest idea. If you&#8217;d like to attend or contribute, please fill out this form as soon as possible so we can gauge the type of venue we need. Update: ThankYouOm.com from Michael Galpert pulls together all the tweets, Instagram posts, and blog posts into a beautiful &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/om-links\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Om Links<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":54207,"font":"","enabled":false,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbWEudHRcL2ZpbGVzXC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvUGhvdG8tb24tMjAyMC0xMC0yOC1hdC0yLjA1LVBNLTEtMTAyNHg2ODIuanBnIiwidHh0IjoiT20gTGlua3MiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImZ1bGxzY3JlZW4iLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTA0Nzg2NX0.2vn80OxFCjQtHAQ6W5dx-zeqH2tCtFtxlVSsK2m0ebQMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"media-library","attached_media":[{"id":153374,"url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2026\/06\/IMG_0420.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/om-links\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Om Links","url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/om-links\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/06\/om-links\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Personal","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt"}],"creator":["Matt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Mullenweg","logo":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2021\/05\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-06-27T16:34:31Z","datePublished":"2026-06-27T16:34:31Z","dateModified":"2026-07-16T13:49:24Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Om Links\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/om-links\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/om-links\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Personal\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Matt\"}],\"creator\":[\"Matt\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Matt Mullenweg\",\"logo\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-06-27T16:34:31Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-27T16:34:31Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-16T13:49:24Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/ma.tt\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oB3-DTx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11874,"url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2009\/02\/oms-india-posts\/","url_meta":{"origin":153359,"position":0},"title":"Om&#8217;s India Posts","author":"Matt","date":"February 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Om has been doing a bit of blogging from here in India: More Bars in More Places and What the Taj Mahal and Apple Have in Common.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Links&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/category\/links\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":34969,"url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2010\/06\/headers-of-twenty-ten\/","url_meta":{"origin":153359,"position":1},"title":"The Headers of Twenty Ten","author":"Matt","date":"June 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"When planning and designing Twenty Ten, the new default theme in WordPress 3.0,\u00a0we knew that the header would be a really prominent feature, a focal point, and wanted some good defaults to excite people about the theme. 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