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
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 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
Google is a global Rorschach test. We see in it what we want to see. Google has built an infrastructure that makes a lot of dreams closer to reality. John Battelle buildclosedream Change image and share on social
Ideally, content should be shared, mixed, mashed, and reposted - it wants to flow through the Internet like water. This was the point of RSS, after all - a technology that has actually been declared dead more often than the lowly display banner. John Battelle bannercontentdead share on social
Long walks force a certain meditative awareness. You're not moving so fast that you miss the world's details passing by - in fact, you can stop to inspect something that might catch your eye. John Battelle awarenesscatchdetail Change image and share on social
