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. We invite you to share your remembrances of Om in th…

In which I didn't get tetanus

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

So many quirks

Complaining

I’ve gone through and closed about 3000 tabs on my phone and these are some words that I still had open in Wikipedia

My goodness, so many words

Stretching, yet again

Yggdrasil. All about the tree

Phew

Monday 4 years old! A was very into his birthday this year and we had a lot of fun

It's a new format, let's try it out. One note per day, ideally written on the day

August 12th marks the 65th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, a book whose orange cover fills me with delicious nostalgia. Svetlana Boym defines nostalgia as “a longing for a home that …

When I read that some conversations with ChatGPT had appeared in Google searches, I did a search for “Doc Searls” ChatGPT and got a long and not-bad but not entirely accurate AI summary…

Add a notes post type to WordPress. For your short notes.

Okay, so, it's been a while since my last post. But I've been busy! In addition to my job at 18F (RIP, more on that here), I've written a ton of music and done a bunch of art over the last couple years. Blogging's fallen to the wayside. But! Big changes are happening. My five-year plan is in the garbage, I'm looking for a new job, and I needed a better spot for my portfolio than a Figma deck.