Battelle on Google's S-1

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John Battelle on Google's Froogle
Promotion

John Battelle on Google's Froogle
Promotion 12/18/2003 01:05 PM
If you're interested in the web search world and aren't reading John Battelle's searchblog, you really should be. John's a smart guy who knows a ton of people in this area. On the recent addition of Froogle results to Google search results, John says: ...it is a clear departure from the conceit - and I use that term neutrally - that Google has always maintained, which is that the results offered by their engine are free of human intervention -...

Battelle on TimesSelect

Battelle on TimesSelect 06/05/2005 10:46 PM
As a follow up to yesterday's post, John Battelle's got some interesting perspective on the TimesSelect announcement as well, over on SearchBlog....

Congrats to John Battelle

Congrats to John Battelle 02/07/2005 01:51 AM

On completing the draft of his book. All 90,000 words of it.

I'm proud to know John. He's become a catalyst for alot of things - including some killer parties on the rooftop of "The Industry Standard".

I still remember standing in line at 4:45 on a Friday - so I could get a good piece of the roof - as the masses flowed in. It was THE place to do deals and meet people - at the height of the boom.

Now John has his book and his conference - Web 2.0. Watch for him to start a company this year. It was part of his predictions for 2005.

John Battelle on Searchstreams

John Battelle on Searchstreams 08/14/2004 03:06 PM
Great entry on Battelle's Searchblog about the value of recording the journey of finding information on the Web.

That's when I remembered As We May Think, Vannevar Bush's famous essay in The Atlantic. I had read it earlier in my research, and was struck not by the idea of the Memex, which is well understood, but by Bush's explication of the problem - that knowledge and learning has become so complicated, so layered, so inefficient, that it is near impossible for anyone to be a generalist, in the sense Aristotle was. Bush's answer to this problem was the Memex, of course, but what I find interesting is the mechanism by which the Memex is made potent - the mechanism for capturing the traces of a researcher's discovery through the Memex's corpus, and storing those traces as intelligence so the next researcher can learn from them and build upon them.

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Battelle and The First Rule of AdSense

Battelle and The First Rule of AdSense 09/07/2004 09:55 PM
John Battelle is blogging his experience with advertising on his weblog. He's started with Google AdSense (which I also use) but seems to have violated the First Rule of Google AdSense rather quickly. There's some amusing (or sad, depending on your point of view) stuff in his post as well as some good comments from Cory Doctorow in the comments, like: anything the scale of Google is way, way too big to be involved in editorial decision I think John's...

"John Battelle?s predictions for 2005"

"John Battelle?s predictions for 2005" 01/03/2005 10:35 AM

60 Minutes: Google, Battelle, and
Bollywood

60 Minutes: Google, Battelle, and
Bollywood 01/02/2005 11:06 PM
Xeni Jardin: Well -- not all together in the same story, though that might have been even more interesting.

The CBS television program 60 Minutes featured a lengthy segment on Google this evening which included astute comment from John Battelle, who moonlights as BoingBoing's Reuben Kincaid when he's not writing books, building empires, and tracking search tech trends here. Snip from the transcript:

"If anybody got a Porsche or a Ferrari right now at Google, they’d probably be drummed out of the company," observes John Battelle, an author and entrepreneur who has been following Silicon Valley companies for 20 years. He says, "Google has a brand image to maintain. And their image is they’re all about innovation and they’re all about the Internet, and they’re all about trust. They’re not about selling out. They’re not about getting rich quick. So you’ve got a culture like that; I think if anyone were to buy, you know, a new Mercedes convertible and drive around with the stereo blaring, and miss work a couple days because they’re rich now, that would not be acceptable behavior at Google.

"But trust me," he adds. "There’s a Mercedes convertible in every one of their heads. There is. And it will…come out. Over time, it will come out."

The show also included a killer piece on Indian film star and hyperbolic superbeauty Aishwarya Rai. Snip:

The reason Bollywood films have such universal appeal is because they’re squeaky-clean. There are no sex scenes, not even kissing. Every time you think someone’s going to do it, they'll burst into song instead. "I'd assume that's really a reflection of our society," Rai says, when asked to explain the films' modesty. "Of course people kiss and of course people have a very healthy love life. This is the land of the Kama Sutra. But nevertheless, in our society you don't really see people around the street corner kissing or being extremely, overtly, physically demonstrative publicly. They do it privately but not publicly."

Link to Google piece with BoingBoing's own John Battelle, and Link to seg on Aishwarya Rai.

Online video of 60 Minutes Google seg
(with John Battelle)

Online video of 60 Minutes Google seg
(with John Battelle) 01/04/2005 11:55 PM
Xeni Jardin: Here's last Sunday's 60 Minutes segment about Google, including comment from BoingBoing's John Battelle. Link to video (divx), and Link to previous BB post with details. (thanks, matthowie!)

Webmaster World New Orleans Pubcon -
John Battelle Keynote

Webmaster World New Orleans Pubcon -
John Battelle Keynote 06/22/2005 02:33 AM

John Battelle visits Applied Minds, a
Willy Wonka-esque nerdvana

John Battelle visits Applied Minds, a
Willy Wonka-esque nerdvana 06/17/2004 06:12 PM
John describes his mind-blowing tour through Applied Minds, a Glendale, CA consultancy started by former Disney Imagineers Danny Hillis and Bran Ferren.

After chit chatting for a few minutes, he took me to a small room - no wider than my outstretched arms - at the far end of which stood one of those classic red English phone booths. We stepped inside - a bit cramped - and Danny lifted the receiver and dictated a passphrase of some sort. Presto - the rear wall of the booth opened, and we stepped into - nerdvana.

From a cramped phone booth into massive pure-white-lit space two-stories high, adorned with all manner of things strange and beautiful. Over to one side stood the Terminator-like skeleton of a forty-foot dinosaur, its 15-foot pneumatic legs gleaming and exposed. Nearly blending into the walls, itself painted movie-set white, was a tricked out Hummer-like RV refitted as a communications/command center - complete with built-in kitchen and bedroom. The space was a great big project lab, with happy geeks combing over various assemblages of wiring, motors, processors and plans like ants on a summer picnic. It's Willy Wonka's chocolate factory for geeks.

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Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches.

Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches. 03/13/2003 10:26 AM
This excellent piece by Steven Johnson touches on some of the bigger ideas few people have been thinking about in all the Blogger/Google speculation and analysis.

Google's 6th

Google's 6th 09/07/2004 02:27 PM
It's Google's sixth birthday....

try out google's new look

try out google's new look 03/08/2004 11:17 PM
an elegant little bookmarklet lets you peek at the possible new design

Google's Top 40

Google's Top 40 12/25/2004 11:40 PM
Glasgow Sunday Mail Dec 26 2004 1:30AM GMT

Google's IPO: Asking Too Much?

Google's IPO: Asking Too Much? 07/27/2004 09:26 AM
Source: BusinessWeek - The search giant projects an offering price of up to $135. That may prove a bit rich for an outfit with just one main product....

Google's Way May Not Be S.E.C.'s Way

Google's Way May Not Be S.E.C.'s Way 08/13/2004 10:57 PM
New York Times Aug 14 2004 3:41AM GMT

Google's Top 100

Google's Top 100 11/11/2002 09:22 PM
What are the most linked-to pages? If you do a search for "http" (as in, http://) you get something pretty close to the answer. It's probably not exact (Google and Yahoo are reversed from their Google Directory rankings, for example) but it's pretty interesting. How close are you to one of the big names? I'm two hops from number 21....

Is Google's IPO a Must-Buy?

Is Google's IPO a Must-Buy? 04/29/2004 04:18 PM
Fortune Apr 29 2004 8:12PM GMT

The best of the Web: Google's IPO

The best of the Web: Google's IPO 04/30/2004 07:05 PM
Google's IPO filing generated intense media coverage. These are some of the more interesting stories based on topics such as the people behind the company, the investor angle and the big picture.

Will Google's IPO Be a Must-Buy?

Will Google's IPO Be a Must-Buy? 04/27/2004 10:22 AM
Fortune Apr 27 2004 1:47PM GMT

Google's IPO

Google's IPO 05/09/2004 07:18 AM
Google's IPO

1) New York Times: How John Doerr, the Old Prospector, Finally Struck Google
http: //www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/technology/03doerr.html

2) NPR's Tech Guru Omar Wasow: Google's IPO
http://www .npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1874653

3) San Jose Mercury News: Google IPO Translates Into Multiple Billions
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/8601819.htm?1c

4) ITWorld.com: Google IPO May Help Raise Fortunes of Tech Industry
http://www.it world.com/Tech/4535/040430googleipo/

5) Saint Petersburg Times: Google Sets Up IPO with a Twist
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/30/Business/Google_sets_up_IPO_ wi.shtml

While the boom and bust IPO craze of the nineties has largely been replaced by wary investors and a battlefield of tech startups, possibly the biggest IPO of the millennium is about to take place. Google, the inimitable company that has defined the use of the Internet and transformed its name into a verb, is soon to hit the market. In an amusing test, a search for "Google IPO" on Google itself reveals 984,000 entries from which to pick. Thus, here are a few, leaving 984,995 from which to choose at your leisure. The first site (1) takes you to the New York Times' piece on a person you'd love to be right now, John Doerr, who was one of the venture capitalists that put money in Google's pockets at the get go. The second link is to NPR's recent story on Google's IPO and a report from the Tech Guru, Omar Wasow (2). The third link takes you to an article from the San Jose Mercury news that highlights just how much money will head towards Google's employees (3). ITWorld.com highlights how this IPO may resurrect the tattered fortunes of the tech industry in the fourth site (4 ). And, the last site is from the Saint Petersburg Times, which offers this article explaining the Google-like twist Google is putting on this IPO in order to try to allow common folk to snatch a few shares before the mega-investors sweep in (5) [From The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/]

Want in on Google's IPO?

Want in on Google's IPO? 04/29/2004 07:06 PM
The search engine is opening its long-expected public offering to the masses through a rare auction process. But ordinary folks will still need to jump through hoops to land some of the coveted shares.

The How and Why of Google's Auction

The How and Why of Google's Auction 05/03/2004 02:25 AM
Business Week May 3 2004 6:13AM GMT

The A-B-Cs of Google's Auction

The A-B-Cs of Google's Auction 08/10/2004 10:12 AM
Source: BusinessWeek - Here's a guide to investor questions about the search outfit's IPO auction, along with S&P's view on the best bidding price and strategy....

Google's Ads -- and Minuses

Google's Ads -- and Minuses 03/09/2004 12:22 AM
Business Week Mar 9 2004 4:23AM GMT

Google's Next Steps

Google's Next Steps 04/11/2004 07:53 PM

Clouds over Google's IPO

Clouds over Google's IPO 08/13/2004 04:11 PM
special coverage As market debut draws near, search giant is under intense scrutiny. Ill-timed interview in Playboy magazine casts yet another shadow.

Google's Genius

Google's Genius 04/30/2004 12:02 PM
Google had three different pressures on them. They had investors who wanted desperately to send Google money. They had shareholders who wanted to cash out. And they had founders who didn't want to give anything up and wanted to stay honest. Their IPO cleverly manages to solve all three problems. The founders keep honest by telling folks they have no respect for investors and that Google is probably a bad investment (and also by bypassing the comically corrupt investment bank system). They keep control through the dual-class stock system. And then they let the investors hand their money to the shareholders. Now I'm no expert, but IPO lawyer Gordon Smith, at his venturpreneur weblog, has been analyzing the Google IPO and doesn't think Google has much of a growth story. Nor, apparently, does anyone else....

Google's IPO seeks $2.7bn

Google's IPO seeks $2.7bn 04/30/2004 03:25 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 30 2004 7:53AM GMT

Google's googly

Google's googly 08/14/2004 06:43 PM
Telegraph Aug 14 2004 11:13PM GMT

More Photos of Google's New Look

More Photos of Google's New Look 02/10/2004 02:46 AM
More photos of Google's new look/redesign, courtesy of minty....

All Business: Can Google's IPO go?

All Business: Can Google's IPO go? 08/15/2004 06:02 AM
Naplesnews.com - Sun Aug 15, 04:23 am GMT

Google's New Price

Google's New Price 08/18/2004 01:04 PM

Reuters: Google Slashes IPO, SEC OK Expected Today. Google Inc. slashed the size of its closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less than $2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years.

Cold water, no. But definitely a well-deserved rebuke by the investor community that was being asked to pay way too much in the first place. There's been a significant whiff of greed in the Google IPO saga, combined with some unfortunate arrogance on the part of the company. I'm glad to see that investors didn't buy the hype beyond a fairly sensible point. Even $80 sounds a little high to me, but it's at least in the not-totally-insane range.

What is Google's Mission?

What is Google's Mission? 01/26/2004 05:16 PM
It appears the Google mission statement is a fluid document.

Google's Hot IPO Cools A

Google's Hot IPO Cools A 08/18/2004 02:45 PM
Techzonez Aug 18 2004 6:46PM GMT

Google's man behind the curtain

Google's man behind the curtain 05/10/2004 06:01 AM
Craig Silverstein is director of technology at Google, which, these pre-IPO days, may very well be the search company's most important job.

Google's dot.com revolution

Google's dot.com revolution 04/30/2004 07:09 PM
News 24 Apr 30 2004 11:11PM GMT

Google's IPO could backfire

Google's IPO could backfire 08/01/2004 06:47 AM
Azcentral.com - Sun Aug 1, 03:20 am GMT

Google's IPO Oops!

Google's IPO Oops! 08/06/2004 11:23 AM
The search leader forgets to register millions of shares and options, threatening its IPO.
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