I first learned of Om through his news site GigaOm, and his appearances on the Cranky Geeks show back in the day. I remember being surprised at the civil comments GigaOm stories attracted, which I attributed to the quality of the journalism and lack of clickbait. I was lucky to have a few conversations with him on Twitter too back in the day. One in particular I remember was scheming with him to teach his American friends about cricket. I even came close to meeting him when I briefly worked in San Francisco in the late 2010s, but a work issue pulled me away.