'The Victorian Internet' is a must read for anyone interested in the history of technology and in the cycles of hype, boom, and bust that seem to only quicken with each new wave of innovation. Highly recommended. John Battelle boombustcycle share on social
The 'Occupy' movement seems to have found a central theme to its 2012 movement around overturning 'the corporation as a person,' and some legislators are supporting that concept. John Battelle centralconceptcorporation Change image and share on social
I'm quite certain the Windows 8 team is preparing to market IE 10 - and by extension, Windows 8 - as the safe, privacy-enhancing choice, capitalizing on Google's many government woes and consumers' overall unease with the search giant's power. John Battelle capitalizechoiceconsumer share on social
Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so. John Battelle billchildgate Change image and share on social
When documents were analog, they were protected by government laws against unreasonable search and seizure. When they live in the cloud... the ground is shifting. John Battelle analogclouddocument Change image and share on social
Google likely never cared if Google+ 'won' as a competitor to Facebook (though if it did, that would have been a nice bonus). All that mattered, in the end, was whether Plus became the connective tissue between all of Google's formerly scattered services. And in a few short years, it's fair to say it has. John Battelle bonuscarecompetitor share on social
I think Facebook is an extraordinarily important part of the Internet ecosystem, and having a robust presence there is a critical part of any brand (or company's) strategy. John Battelle brandcompanycritical Change image and share on social
Anytime Facebook wants to change how it might use all that data about you, in any way, across any service it has within the Facebook ecosystem, all it has to do is change one privacy policy, tell you about it, and that's that. John Battelle anytimechangedatum share on social
The largest issue with search is that we learned about it when the web was young, when the universe was 'complete' - the entire web was searchable! Now our digital lives are utterly fractured - in apps, in walled gardens like Facebook, across clunky interfaces like those in automobiles or Comcast cable boxes. John Battelle appautomobilebox share on social
The Web 2.0 world is defined by new ways of understanding ourselves, of creating value in our culture, of running companies, and of working together. John Battelle companycreateculture Change image and share on social