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Predictions 2015: How’d I Do?

The post Predictions 2015: How’d I Do? appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Each January for the past 13 years, I’ve been making predictions on this site. Twelve months later, I pull back and...

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Can Business Get A Conscience?

The post Can Business Get A Conscience? appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. This post is a book review, but it starts with a story from my past. Way, way back, before San Francisco begat hip...

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Predictions 2016: Apple, Tesla, Google, Medium, Adtech, Microsoft, IoT, and...

The post Predictions 2016: Apple, Tesla, Google, Medium, Adtech, Microsoft, IoT, and Business on a Mission appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Twelve years of making predictions doesn’t make...

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Is Tech Getting Boring?

The post Is Tech Getting Boring? appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Finishing up my reading for the evening, I came across this serendipitous tweet.* Intrigued (well done, Mr. Rosoff), I...

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Dear Microsoft. I Want To Use Office 365. But…

The post Dear Microsoft. I Want To Use Office 365. But… appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Here’s what I encountered when I, as a first time ever user, was directed to a document that lived...

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The Streaming Conundrum: Forgetting What I Heard

The post The Streaming Conundrum: Forgetting What I Heard appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Once upon a time, I’d read the yearly lists of “best albums” from folks like Rick Webb or Marc...

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FaceSense: Sometimes (OK, A Lot of Times) Your Predictions Are A Tad Early

The post FaceSense: Sometimes (OK, A Lot of Times) Your Predictions Are A Tad Early appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Way back in 2012 – four years ago in real time, three decades or so in...

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Mobile Gets a Back Button

The post Mobile Gets a Back Button appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. I just opened an email on my phone. It was from a fellow I don’t know, inviting me to an event I’d never heard of....

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Business, Meet Mission: With His Final #SOTU, Obama Reframed The Climate Debate

The post Business, Meet Mission: With His Final #SOTU, Obama Reframed The Climate Debate appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. President Obama’s final State of the Union address is currently...

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On Medium, Facebook, and the Graph Conflict

The post On Medium, Facebook, and the Graph Conflict appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. I double took upon arriving at Medium just now, fingers flexed to write about semi-private data and...

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The Waze Effect: Flocking, AI, and Private Regulatory Capture

The post The Waze Effect: Flocking, AI, and Private Regulatory Capture appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. (image) A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were heading across the San Rafael...

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Should a Company Have a Soul?

The post Should a Company Have a Soul? appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Much of the Republican debates have been expendable theatrics, but I watched this weekend’s follies from South...

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The NewCo-BigCo Shift or, These Nine Things Will Change Business Forever

The post The NewCo-BigCo Shift or, These Nine Things Will Change Business Forever appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Addressing the crowd at Dollar Shave before interviewing CEO Michael...

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Growth Is Hard

The post Growth Is Hard appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. The business story of the decade is one of insurgency: Every sector of our economy has spawned a cohort of software-driven...

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On Tech Leadership

The post On Tech Leadership appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. I’ve written a piece over on NewCo that I wanted to also post it here. See below… If your business focus is in technology or...

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Metaservices FTW!

The post Metaservices FTW! appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Way back when — well, a few years back anyway— I wrote a series of posts around the idea of “metaservices.” As I mused, I...

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New Posts…For All You RSS Readers

The post New Posts…For All You RSS Readers appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. I’ve been writing a lot at NewCo’s publication, and will continue to do so. But I want to make sure you folks...

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Wow. The People look like ants.

The post Wow. The People look like ants. appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. #post-18793 .CPlase_panel {display:none;} The post Wow. The People look like ants. appeared first on John...

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Where I’ll Be For NewCo Boston April 26-7 – Come Join Me!

The post Where I’ll Be For NewCo Boston April 26-7 – Come Join Me! appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. The first ever NewCo Boston goes off in less than two weeks, and I’ve been studying the...

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My Latest Columns

The post My Latest Columns appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. In meetings with several colleagues over the past few days, many did not know about the column I write each week – I’ve been...

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