John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 18, 2011
If there was a theme to Day One at Web 2 Summit , it was this: We have to start taking control of our own identity and data. And this is not just because we might be worried about how the government or large platforms might use our data (though both issues certainly came up in talks with Chris Poole, Senator Ron Wyden, Genevieve Bell, and Sean Parker, among others).
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 19, 2011
The distraction of increasing volumes of digital noise is arguably creating ‘information deflation’, which is causing quality information to be harder to find, have a shorter lifecycle and quickly become devalued
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Robert's Db2
OCTOBER 28, 2011
In this, my second dispatch from the 2011 IBM Information on Demand conference, more items of information from sessions attended. SQL enhancements delivered in DB2 for z/OS Versions 9 and 10 - This presentation was given by Chris Crone, a Distinguished Engineer with the DB2 for z/OS development organization at IBM's Silicon Valley Lab. Among the DB2 9 SQL enhancements covered by Chris in the session were the following: INTERSECT and EXCEPT - Given two query result sets that line up in terms of n
Hunton Privacy
OCTOBER 31, 2011
Members of Parliament on the House of Commons Justice Select Committee have called for courts in the United Kingdom to be given greater powers to imprison and fine individuals who breach the Data Protection Act (“DPA”). The Committee stated in its October 18, 2011 report that the current penalties for unlawfully obtaining personal data (under Section 55 of the DPA) are an inadequate deterrent, and urged the government to exercise its power to introduce prison sentences without delay.
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Positively RIM
OCTOBER 20, 2011
Followers of this Blog may have noticed that, while there are eight Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (GARP), there were only seven Limericks of GARP. The limerick on Compliance was lost to the sands of time (or at least to 2010). However, inspired by this week's ARMA International conference, I humbly submit a middling effort to complete the series: The two principles of compliance Are easier than rocket science Regs are observed And policies served Without compromise or defiance Note
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John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 27, 2011
I recently joined Facebook. Have you heard of it? I know, I know, that sounds crazy, given that I’m “an Internet guy.” If you search for me on Google, say “ John Battelle Facebook ,” you see that I am already there , and that I have nearly 5000 “friends.” (The interplay between Google search and Facebook is worthy of an entire treatise, I’ll leave that for later).
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 3, 2011
Our dinner conversant at Web 2 Summit is Dick Costolo , the CEO of Twitter. Why pick Costolo for dinner? Because he's pretty damn funny, besides being the CEO of Twitter, that's why. And when it comes to dinner, you need some levity. Not that Twitter doesn't have some serious issues to talk about. I've outlined them in full throat on this site; if you want the latest, read The Future of Twitter Ads , for a start.
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 18, 2011
I’m late getting this up on my site, but in case you have not seen it yet, you can watch the livestream right here: web20tv on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free.
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 25, 2011
Readers will recall my multiple calls for “ metaservices ” that begin to unify our disparate online worlds of data. Today’s announcement of Slice , which does just that for online purchases, albeit through an email hack, is a step in that direction. Readers will also recall that “Purchases” are one of the key fields in my “ Database of Intentions ” graph.
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John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 10, 2011
…on the Web 2 Summit “Data Frame” map. It’s kind of fun to think about your company (or any company) as a compendium of various data assets. We’ve added a “build your own city” feature to the map, and while there are a couple bugs to fix (I’d like to be able to add my own icon, for example), it’s pretty fun to do.
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 10, 2011
on the Web 2 Summit "Data Frame" map. It's kind of fun to think about your company (or any company) as a compendium of various data assets. We've added a "build your own city" feature to the map, and while there are a couple bugs to fix (I'd like to be able to add my own icon, for example), it's pretty fun to do. I built a city for Federated Media , naturally.
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Today Federated Media Publishing announced it has acquired Lijit Networks , a world-class business partner to online publishers based in Boulder, Colorado. This combination is the result of literally months of work, including a ton of strategic thinking that dates back to Federated's acquisitions of Foodbuzz , Big Tent , and TextDigger last year. With reach into nearly 200 million uniques, Lijit is a major player in what we at Federated call " the Independent Web.
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 7, 2011
( image ) Early this year I wrote File Under: Metaservices, The Rise Of , in which I described a problem that has burdened the web forever, but to my mind is getting worse and worse. The crux: “…heavy users of the web depend on scores – sometimes hundreds – of services, all of which work wonderfully for their particular purpose (eBay for auctions, Google for search, OpenTable for restaurant reservations, etc).
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John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 7, 2011
( image ) Early this year I wrote File Under: Metaservices, The Rise Of , in which I described a problem that has burdened the web forever, but to my mind is getting worse and worse. The crux: ".heavy users of the web depend on scores - sometimes hundreds - of services, all of which work wonderfully for their particular purpose (eBay for auctions, Google for search, OpenTable for restaurant reservations, etc).
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 7, 2011
( image ) Early this year I wrote File Under: Metaservices, The Rise Of , in which I described a problem that has burdened the web forever, but to my mind is getting worse and worse. The crux: ".heavy users of the web depend on scores - sometimes hundreds - of services, all of which work wonderfully for their particular purpose (eBay for auctions, Google for search, OpenTable for restaurant reservations, etc).
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Thanks to Brian Solis for taking the time to sit down with me and talk both specifically about my upcoming book, as well as many general topics.
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 22, 2011
Tons of folks have asked me for the “official” playlist this year. Each year I choose music to sample while folks are coming on or off stage, or as the audience comes in or out of the main room. This year I was hit with a wave of nostalgia – for reasons that I’ll explain later – and I made a list that spanned nearly all eight years I’ve been programming the event.
Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
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Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 27, 2011
There’s lots of confusion around enterprise and consumer technologies and their use models
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Day Three kicks off with James Gleick , the man who has written the book of the year, at least if you are a fan of our conference theme. As I wrote in my review of “The Information,” Gleick’s book tells the story of how, over the past five thousand or so years, mankind has managed to create symbols which abstract meaning and intent into forms that are communicable beyond time and space… The work really picks up speed as it describes the rise of early telecommunications, t
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Day Three kicks off with James Gleick , the man who has written the book of the year, at least if you are a fan of our conference theme. As I wrote in my review of "The Information,". Gleick's book tells the story of how, over the past five thousand or so years, mankind has managed to create symbols which abstract meaning and intent into forms that are communicable beyond time and space.The work really picks up speed as it describes the rise of early telecommunications, the role of information i
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 14, 2011
Yesterday I went over the the Bloomberg West studios to talk with my old pal Cory Johnson. In six short minutes we covered a lot of ground. Video is below.
Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL
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John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 5, 2011
For the first time in eight years, Mary Meeker will let me ask her a few questions after she does her famous market overview. Each year, Mary pushes the boundaries of how many slides she can cram into one High Order Bit, topping out at 70+ slides in ten or so minutes last year. But given her move this year from star Internet analyst at Morgan Stanley to high-profile VC, I asked if Mary might spend another ten or so minutes with us to answer a few questions.
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 11, 2011
Businesses are involved in a war of the worlds - the entrenched old guard of IT and telephony suppliers and the cloud wave.
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 10, 2011
Next up on Day 3 of Web 2 is Vic Gundotra , the man responsible for what Google CEO Larry Page calls the most exciting and important project at this company: Google+. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve heard as varied a set of responses to any Google project as I have for Google+. Traffic is up in a huge way , state many reports, then, no, it’s down as much as 60%.
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 10, 2011
Next up on Day 3 of Web 2 is Vic Gundotra , the man responsible for what Google CEO Larry Page calls the most exciting and important project at this company: Google+. It's been a long, long time since I've heard as varied a set of responses to any Google project as I have for Google+. Traffic is up in a huge way , state many reports, then, no, it's down as much as 60%.
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John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Not unlike Steve Jobs back in the 1990s, Michael Dell returned to the helm of his company at a crucial moment, when his namesake was seemingly rudderless. Back in 2007, Dell was losing marketshare to HP, Apple had not yet proven the monster it has since become in mobile, and tablets were something used on factory floors. Since then, Dell has redoubled its efforts in tablets and mobile, reworked its product line to compete with Apple's resurgent MacBooks, but seen his stock price only slightly re
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 2, 2011
Next up on the Web 2 Summit interview docket is John Donahoe , President and CEO of eBay. This marks a return of sorts for eBay to the Summit stage, it's been four years since former CEO Meg Whitman joined us. Much has changed - eBay faces significant competition in its PayPal business, and unwound its Skype acquisition, for example. It also purchased GSI Commerce, a company that might best be called a "white label Amazon.
John Battelle's Searchblog
OCTOBER 3, 2011
As usual, this year's Web 2 Summit is packed with CEO interviews. Next up, after Pincus and Donahoe, is Marc Benioff , Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com. Marc and I go way, way back - he was one of my best sources when I was a cub reporter in the 1980s (he was at Oracle, I was at a trade magazine called MacWeek). I've watched his career ever since, with increasing admiration and anticipation - one never knows what Marc might say next.
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