Comments on: Surj Patel Joins GigaOM Team http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Is 2008 the new 1998? http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182557 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:02:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182557 [...] to speak at Mobilize.  Originally the event was structured as a mix of talks and panels and Surj had picked for me a topic along the lines of the title of this post.  Recently, the event has been [...]

]]> By: Mobile Messaging 2.0 » Paired: a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182556 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:19:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182556 [...] couple weeks ago, my good friend Surj (aka GigaSURJ!) and I got into a late night videochat about the pain of video calls as his daughter Naiya caught [...]

]]> By: Shawn Van Every http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182555 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:12:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182555 Congratulations Surj!

]]> By: Moshe Maeir http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182554 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:32:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182554 @thinker, you wrote “For some reason, I get a feeling here that you or any other writers are unapproachable where as in techcrunch Mike and team always seem approachable(I don’t know why).”

Me thinks you are dead wrong. Om is one the few writers at his level who I always find approachable. He even answers emails!

Another thing, I like about OM is that he tells it to as it is, unlike some bloggers, who are just interested in promoting themselves.

Regarding ads on the site, I agree with you, too many ads, but heck someone has to pay their salaries… In any case you can always sub to a RSS feed!

]]> By: Dan York http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182553 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:10:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182553 Congrats to both of you, Om and Surj! I look forward to seeing what emerges out of your partnership!

Dan

]]> By: Imran Ali http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182552 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:17:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182552 Surj is one of the most dangerous criminal minds I’ve ever encountered; insinuating his way into some of the world’s most influential technology organisations – the BBC, Carbon, O’Reilly, MIT and now GigaOM.

Akin to a low-level Lex Luthor, he’s a man that needs to be observed carefully. The accumulation of the world’s most cutting-edge knowledge in one such unstable personality can only lead to criminal enterprise the like of which civilisation has never encountered.

Watch him like a hawk – one day his overclocked Indian brain will enslave us all in a storm of hirsute brown power.

]]> By: Surj http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182551 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:33:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182551 Thanks to you all for your kind comments and good wishes. They are much appreciated and I am somewhat humbled by them.

@Bradley – of course, how could I resist visiting you guys at the Brickhouse.

]]> By: Avinash http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182550 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:33:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182550 All the best Suraj…

]]> By: Lee Dryburgh http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182549 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:49:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182549 I am 100% sure Surj will be a great asset to the Om empire. I really hope Surj is happier in this role and finds a better outlet for his talents/personality.

Best of luck Surj! :)

]]> By: Adam Benayoun http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182548 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:25:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182548 @thinker

Amazing how I got the exact opposite feeling than you.

I feel like this site sometimes could really use a boost, but Om is far more approachable than Michael Arrington.

Regarding the blog, I’d like to see more place for the content, and less place for the advertisement.

definitely.

Thanks

]]> By: Ian Hayward http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182547 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:44:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182547 Congratulations Surj old boy! Best wishes for the future, look forward to speaking soon, thanks for all you help again dude, its rocking.

Well done OM you’ve got one of the good guys on board, but you know that already :)

  • Ian Hayward
]]> By: Thinker http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182546 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:07:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182546 Hey Om malik,

At first I did defend your article on techcrunch where he misquoted you for facebook tanking story.
reading this sarticle, I kind of got a hint that you want to grow this business.

here are a few suggestions -

Look and feel of this website is so old school to the point of being uninviting(and that includes the dull red color). Try switching to classic and jazzy theme(like what msn has).

For some reason, I get a feeling here that you or any other writers are unapproachable where as in techcrunch Mike and team always seem approachable(I don’t know why).

The whole moderating comments can be done after they are posted. It just shows that the development team you have have not done a good enough job of automating certain things.

Conclusion – The feeling is that techcrunch looks like google(read fun) and gigaom looks like microsoft(read disciplined).

Dhiren

]]> By: Greg http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182545 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:47:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182545 I worked with Surj when he was at Orange. Great guy. Terrific hire. Congrats!

]]> By: Surj is now GigaSurj! | The Flat Planet and a Phone ! http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182544 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:00:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182544 [...] UPDATE – Om put out an official announcement today. [...]

]]> By: Bradley Horowitz http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182543 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:21:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182543 Surj! Om! Great news… Goodness all around. Surj, I hope this means we’ll get to spend some more time together.

]]> By: Allen Stern http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182542 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:55:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/#comment-182542 Congrats to Surj and Om!

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