Pinnedsomak royAn Ouija Board for your mind: writing as a thinking toolWriting has been maligned as something only writers do. This piece is an attempt to set things right.6 min read·Feb 3, 2023----
Pinnedsomak royWhat tech needs to understand to go direct-to-readerTech will have to deconstruct media in great depth to build its own media arm10 min read·Jun 29, 2021----
somak roy2023 was the morning after a wild nightThe human lifespan is both short and long. It’s short when I look at my Kindle library. It’s long when I file travel expenses. Time’s pace…2 min read·Jan 1, 2024----
somak royBrowser tabs and the lives not livedThis past Sunday, after much reflection on the state of the world and my own affairs, I elected to close all but six of my 134 open browser…2 min read·Sep 12, 2023----
somak royBarbie the movie: the director is hereby advised to chillMattel needs Barbies on office desks. Maybe handbags. A union of pink and commentary ensues. The rigor mortis of self-awareness slows down…2 min read·Sep 12, 2023----
somak royThe key to a second innings in tech — make words upMid-career folks, if the question of time slipping away has been bothersome lately, consider not a startup but a three letter acronym. Or…2 min read·Aug 7, 2023----
somak royLet’s go to war over cubiclesCan I, on behalf of misanthropes everywhere, demand the return of the cubicle?2 min read·Aug 1, 2023----
somak royGenerative AI will kill the Web as we know itThe Internet will have to be reimagined.2 min read·Aug 1, 2023----
somak royAn Oppenheimer reviewNothing is said in a Christopher Nolan movie that doesn’t cause the fate of the universe to hang in balance.2 min read·Aug 1, 2023----
somak royAdventures in product discovery land: part IIIPreviously on the series, I covered aspects of product discovery that intrigued this fresh-off-the-boat PM. To recap, my goal was to build…7 min read·Oct 6, 2022----