Platformonomics TGIF #132: June 26, 2026

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Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads.

Short but not sweet today.

News

RIP Om

I’ve known Om as a journalist, OG blogger, media entrepreneur, investor, and writer. He was always generous and always thoughtful. A couple weeks ago he said he was ‘hoping for a miracle” while still interested in discussing esoteric networking futures. I told him he is an inspiration: always clear-eyed, yet still optimistic about technology. He’ll be greatly missed.

The Perversity of Behind-the-Meter Power

Today: “We don’t want you on the grid!”

Tomorrow: “Wait, we really, really want you on the grid!”

Why are we so consistently short-sighted about energy?

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