Nearly all web publications are driven by the display model, which is in turn driven by page views. But we all know the web is shifting, thanks to mobile devices and the walled gardens they erect. The new landscape of the web is far more complicated, and new products must emerge. John Battelle complicatedevicedisplay share on social
Google+ was, to my mind, all about creating a first-party data connection between Google most important services - search, mail, YouTube, Android/Play, and apps. John Battelle androidappconnection Change image and share on social
Good first drafts and speedy responses to consumer dialog will always trump lawyered corporate speak. John Battelle consumercorporatedialog Change image and share on social
Where one industry stumbles, another rises up. John Battelle industryrisestumble Change image and share on social
The only thing Google has failed to do, so far, is fail. John Battelle failgooglething Change image and share on social
Call it a hunch, but I sense that many of us are not entirely comfortable with a world in which every single thing we buy creates a cloud of data. I'd like to have an option to not have a record of how much I tipped, or what I bought at 1:08 A.M. at a corner market in New York City. John Battelle buycallcity share on social
I've been a Mac guy for almost my entire adult life. I wrote my first college papers on a typewriter, but by the end of my freshman year - almost 20 years ago - I was on an IBM PC. Then, in 1984, I found the Mac, and I never looked back. John Battelle adultagoback share on social
Step one of Street View was to get the pictures in place - in a few short years, we've gotten used to the idea that nearly any place on earth can now be visited as a set of images on Google. John Battelle earthgooglehave Change image and share on social
I like Diaspora because it's audacious, it's driven by passion, and it's very, very hard to do. After all, who in their right mind would set as a goal taking on Facebook? That's sort of like deciding to build a better search engine - very expensive, with a high likelihood of failure. John Battelle audaciousbuilddecide share on social
I'll admit it: I'm one of those people who has a Google News alert set for my own name. John Battelle admitalertgoogle Change image and share on social