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• embit
  Yes, somehow his this particular essay landed in my inbox middle of May, beautully insightful one and an emotional one. I for some reason saved it as I liked it so much. Did not know it had been written from ICU.https://om.co/2026/05/26/the-copy-and-the-guru/#respond
• cr125rider
  Sounds like the world lost a good one. It’s extra sad when that happens.Sorry for your loss, John. That was an excellent tribute.
• bastawhiz
  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.
• dcrazy
  One thing SF and NY have in common are those luggage stores. I’ve always assumed they’re a multi-layer front: the obvious scam is selling baggage stolen off the carousel, but the deeper scam is that couriers can walk in pretending to be a customer and walk out with a suitcase full of cash.That said, they do serve a legit purpose for when you’ve bought some souvenirs. But that can’t be enough to sustain these places.
• bastian
  Thank you John. From someone who knew him less but liked him just as much.
• chiefgeek
  Beautiful tribute. Godspeed.
• jnaina
  Beautifully written. Om will be missed.
• avilay
  Reminds of this couplet by Kabir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir):जब हम पैदा हुये तो जग हँसे हम रोये,ऐसी करनी कर चलो, हम हँसे, जग रोये।Translation: When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced;Live such a life that when you depart, you smile while the world weeps.
• tmsh
  Really well-written. Maybe black bar @dang?
• eightnoneone
  Top marks, that.
• ChrisArchitect
  Some more anecdotes & discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678852
• aaron695
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• uwagar
  i never head of om until his death.