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Yet Another Bollywood Satire, Thanks The Guild

Om Malik — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:07:56 +0000

via The Laughing Squid. This video was also featured on Bing.com!

If you want to read more about this, check out these two awesome posts from NewTeeVee, a sister site of GigaOM.

The Jarvis Men

Om Malik — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:52:57 +0000

Jeff Jarvis, who writes the awesome Buzzmachine blog and is the author of What will Google Do (and a co-host of This Week in Google) is currently visiting San Francisco Bay Area researching his next book. It is something to do about privacy. He is accompanied by his son, Jake who is very active on Social Nets and is off to college soon. The Father-and-Son team made time to have brunch with me this weekend. Needless to say, it was fun and a reminder why I need to visit New York more often.

The Feed Future

Om Malik — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:31:55 +0000

Get out of my Feed is the new Get out of my Face/Life

The Scent of Money: Tag Cloud

Om Malik — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:40:17 +0000

Earlier I wrote an essay about Silicon Valley and the current state of events. It is a fun look at everyday life in tech land. My good pal, Paul Kedrosky summed it up in a few words with this image!

WholeFoods & Demographic Dissonance

Om Malik — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:48:42 +0000

Wholefoods is a living lab for demographic dissonance. Hipsters, yuppies and hippies all in organic bliss and new age harmony

Photo courtesy of Bookgrl via Flickr under Creative Commons

Kylie Minogue — The Twitter Top Ten

Om Malik — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:53:34 +0000

The first time I heard Kylie Minogue was back in 1988. At the time I used to do music reviews for many publications in New Delhi. At the time she was an Australian actress who was big on a soap called Neighbors. As was the fashion back then, like all actors she released a single. She was part of the Stock, Aitken & Waterman music production machine. Loco-motion was a cover version of Loco-motion and I absolutely loved the pop-groove. I never thought she would amount to much and would fade away as a singer.

Twenty two years later, she is still going strong. Over the years, I came to love two of her tracks, Chocolate and Slow. I just bought her latest album, Aphrodite. On a lark, I asked my twitter followers, what were their favorite Kylie songs. Here is a list of recommended top ten Kylie Minogue tracks.

Love at first sight. (Most votes.)
Can’t get you out of my head.
Come into my world.
Fever. (Cover of Ella Fitzgerald’s classic.)
Spinning Around.
Chocolate.
Slow.
Loco-motion.
2 Hearts
Put yourself in my place.

Other songs that are worthy of your time:

Love is the Drug, Confide in me.

You can watch all her videos on her official YouTube channel. If you want to add to the list, please leave the names in the comments, I will add later.

Thank you everyone who followed up with answers on my twitterstream. You guys are awesome!

Opportunity vs Failure

Om Malik — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:10:35 +0000

Everyday we have a great new opportunity for success and a great opportunity for failure. What happens is entirely upto us.

Hot in the City: Washington Square Park, NYC

Om Malik — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:40:47 +0000

New York and San Francisco are a weather apart. Short skirts vs long coats. Sweat vs sweats. Hotties vs hipsters.

Life is a Beach!

Om Malik — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:35:30 +0000

Every year as part of recharging my batteries, I end up at the Stinson Beach with my colleagues from True Ventures for a much needed offsite, which is as much a strategy session as it is an occasion to bond and relax. Here are some of the pictures from the most recent one.

Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Is Dead

Om Malik — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:59:07 +0000

“Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing, Breathing first, winning next.” late George “The Boss” Steinbrenner who passed away today after a massive heart attack. I couldn’t but notice that even after he died he dominates the baseball headlines. Today is the annual All Star Baseball Game in Anaheim, Calif. Not that you will notice for baseball world will be mourning the man they loved to hate. As a New York Yankees fan, I have no reason to hate the man who taught this team about winning today. He will be missed — why because he put Yankee fans above everything else.