In some ways, I feel like I grew up in tech reading @om 's blog.
While he was part of a larger cohort of investors who were writing back then, him and @bijan also would show their artistic side by posting their photographs over the years. The photos would span a variety of things, but they would often be of them going on walks together, bouncing between Boston, SF, and NYC, and documenting a life and career path I hoped to have in some way.
Seeing them share their art, alongside other more professional writing, might have made a much younger and uncertain version of myself feel like it was ok to do the same.
Many years later, I had the fortune of finally meeting Om. There are some people where you just kind of drop into it with immediately, and he was definitely one of them.
In our last meeting, as we talked more about life, it was then that we realized we shared a love for the things we expected (investing, photography) but we also shared the experience of living/dealing with heart conditions/complexities that we in some strange way bonded over as much as the prior two.
I wouldn't say Om and I were close friends, but I think we understood parts of each other in many ways relative to the small amount of time we spent together, and I can only imagine what those closest to him are feeling by losing him.
Rest in peace, Om.