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

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ETECH Notes: Danny Hillis and Applied
Minds

ETECH Notes: Danny Hillis and Applied
Minds 03/17/2005 03:56 AM
Cory Doctorow: Here are my notes from Danny Hillis's talk from the 2005 O'Reilly Emerging Tech conference, called "Re mixing Technology at Applied Minds." Applied Minds is a company that Hillis founded because he wasn't having enough fun as a Disney Imagineer and wanted to start a company where all he'd have to build is "1.0" designs that he could license out to GM and the like to develop the 2.0 of.

We have musicians, artists and even an astronaut around, which lets us exploit a real mix of talents and viewpoints.

Shows an amazing desert-exploration vehicle with a high-masted Infrared camera, the ability to inflated/deflate tires from inside, every legal radio band, etc. -- a project for fun, called the Multimog.

Remixing toy: You can connect a car, a robot and a connector. They all work together. We've licensed this to a toy vendor, but the problem is that we have no way to know if they'll ever bring it to market.

Here's a cancer-simulator visualization that attempts to discover the chemical signature of which cancer drug works for which patient -- lots of cancer drugs are only effective for five percent of patents, which makes them useless.

Link

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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"John Battelle?s predictions for 2005"

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

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 -...

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

Pope John Paul II Visits Lourdes Shrine
(AP)

Pope John Paul II Visits Lourdes Shrine
(AP) 08/14/2004 08:12 AM
AP - A frail Pope John Paul II joined other ailing pilgrims Saturday for a weekend of prayer at a cliffside shrine to the Virgin Mary, where Roman Catholics seek hope, inner peace and miraculous cures.

John Cleese Institute for Backup Trauma
Internet Viral Video for LiveVault
Generates More Than 150,000 Web
Downloads and Ten-fold Increase in Web
Visits

John Cleese Institute for Backup Trauma
Internet Viral Video for LiveVault
Generates More Than 150,000 Web
Downloads and Ten-fold Increase in Web
Visits 04/18/2005 02:46 AM
Popular “viral video” produced by Thunder Sky Pictures, Inc. and Captains of Industry attracts thousands of potential customers for LiveVault in initial viral video launch [PRWEB Apr 18, 2005]

Mr. Wonka does not live here.

Mr. Wonka does not live here. 06/19/2004 04:52 PM
Principe: island of chocolate. [more about Sao Tome and Principe: 1,2,3]

Willy-Nilly?

Willy-Nilly? 08/07/2004 05:11 PM
Coalition of the Willy. [via abuddha's memes]
Just as the eyes may be averted from full frontal public displays of male nudity, is it possible that the unconscious association to phallic symbols like "weapons of mass destruction" may effectively lead the eyes to be "averted", thus frustrating any search.
(NOTE: This essay isn't really 'logical,' but it's a fun ride anyway, pun intended)

Free Willy seekritly buried in Iceland

Free Willy seekritly buried in Iceland 12/16/2003 10:07 AM
Keiko, the killer whale who performed under the screen name "Free Willy," died last week. Free Willy's pals shipped the six-ton whale in seekrit from Oregon to Iceland and then they buried it. They buried a whale. Not at sea. In the ground. A whale. Link (via Ambiguous)

Willy Safizzle discovers the izzle;
milkshake not far behind?

Willy Safizzle discovers the izzle;
milkshake not far behind? 09/21/2004 11:11 AM
William Safire on "the izzle": "And now, in the pages of The New York Times, there it is — a word modified with the ubiquitous izzle. Some clever Times copy editor, for a June article about Chrysler's new 300C sedan, created the headline, "Fo' Shizzle, That Big Bad Chrysler Really Does Sizzle". So now that the gray lady herself has been izzled from the inside, is it time for everyone to wish one last fond farewizzle and shed the shizzle? (MTV interview mentioned in the article is here.)

Saying goodbye to Viacom's Mel
Karmazin, the Willy Loman of the ...

Saying goodbye to Viacom's Mel
Karmazin, the Willy Loman of the ... 06/03/2004 06:35 PM
Slate-2 hours ago ... entertainment business was about controlling costs, selling ads, and watching pennies—not laying daring bets, dating starlets, and counting Google mentions. ...

More on twinkie-oid food and sushi-esque
chocolate

More on twinkie-oid food and sushi-esque
chocolate 02/01/2005 08:38 PM
Xeni Jardin: Last week, in the throes of a low-carb-induced delirium, I posted a bunch of stuff on BoingBoing about high-concept chow. Twinkies, sushi, chocolate, and combinations thereof. One of those entries pointed to a photo of "savory twinkies" by reader Ranjit Bhatnagar; he has now very kindly blogged the recipe for us all. He says, "Of course, it really comes down to 'Wrap cheese with polenta, bake, and serve,' but it was more fun to do a photo essay." If you look closely at the recipe photos, you can see a few clumps of snow from last week's New York blizzard. Link to Ranjit's recipe, and Link to a beautiful collection of "produce scans" on his blog.

Speaking of odd food, here's some Hello Kitty-shaped sushi (thanks numlok), and there is a chocolate cake disguised as a giant head of cabbage. (thanks, heidi). Special thanks to all the readers who submitted that website about people in Japan who carve elaborate designs in the flesh of watermelons -- but I'm kinda holding out for the website about people in Japan who carve elaborate watermelon designs in their own flesh.

Previously: Yet another chocolate sushi site; chocolate solar system, Twinkie Sushi, Candy Sushi, Choco late Sushi.

Microsoft to unveil EyeToy-esque camera
for the Xbox 360

Microsoft to unveil EyeToy-esque camera
for the Xbox 360 03/23/2005 01:29 PM
Engadget Mar 23 2005 4:57PM GMT

a Michael Moore-esque video smearing
Bush

a Michael Moore-esque video smearing
Bush 09/14/2004 06:36 PM
DNC is now running a bizarre attack ad .. lower themselves to videos like this .. DNC Video: Fortunate Son

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Update on my wife's Kafka-esque traffic
ticket dilemma

Update on my wife's Kafka-esque traffic
ticket dilemma 01/06/2005 03:09 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: I've received lots of email about my wife's catch-22 traffic ticket problem (in short, she is trying to pay the ticket but the court won't accept payment because the ticket hasn't been entered into the computer system yet. And the reason it hasn't been entered into the computer system, apparently, is because the officer who issued the ticket didn't enter the date in the date field).

I'd like to thank everyone who wrote to me about this. We got rid of the messages boards on Boing Boing over a year ago, and I'd kind of forgotten how nice and generous 99.9% of Boing Boing's readers are! It's inspiring and uplifting to get email from so many exellent people.

I thought you'd be interested to read the advice I've received about this so far. There are lots of ideas, but the four most common ones are:

1. Get a lawyer.

2. Get a cashier's check and pay the fine with it (sending it by certified mail).

3. Contact the officer who issued the ticket and ask him what the status of the ticket is.

4. Contest the ticket, because it is invalid with a date on it.

Our next steps: we are going to call a lawyer friend who has dealt with ticket problems before, and we are calling AAA, which apparently has a department that helps people deal with traffic tickets.

Here's one thing that might help (click on thumbnail for enlargement). When my wife went down to the court to attempt pay the ticket yesterday, the clerk gave her this "Proof of Appearance" statement. Hopefully, it'll convince the judge that we tried to take care of the matter.

Here is the email I've received so far. Link

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....

Battelle on Google's S-1

Battelle on Google's S-1 04/30/2004 03:37 AM
John Battelle's analysis of Google's S-1 filing -- and particularily, the charming-but-stilted founders' letter -- is fascinating and insightful:

The letter states, among other things, that 1. We don't need to do this for the money; 2. We have no plans to run our business to satisfy Wall Street's need for smooth earnings predictability; 3. We plan to give no earnings guidance, not at least as it's understood on Wall St.; 4. Don't ask us to do so, we'll simply decline the request; 5. We'll do odd things that you won' t understand; 6. We will make big bets on things that may not work out; 7. We run the company as a triumvirate, so there will not be clear leadership from one person like most other companies; 8. We bridge the media and tech industries (interesting), which are in flux, so we've chosen a two-class stock structure similar to the NYT, WashPost, and NYT that helps us avoid being taken over by those forces; 9. We plan using an auction model, as it feels fairer and we understand auctions from AdWords; 10. Don't invest in us if this scares you at all, or the price feels too high; 11. Don't even think about asking us to cut expenses with regard to our employees; 12. We believe in the idea of Don't Be Evil; 13. It's evil to pay for placement or inclusion (a swipe at Yahoo); 14. We hope to bridge the digital divide through Gmail type free services and a foundation with at least 1% of profits and equity to help make the world a better place; 17. Betting on Google is a bet on Sergey and Larry (this was said multiple times, making me wonder if there wasn't some odd future blame being assigned here by the VCs or bankers); 18. This letter is our way of answering the questions we can't answer in the coming months due to the IPO quiet period.

Link

Joan Baez-esque cover of NWA's Straight
Outta Compton

Joan Baez-esque cover of NWA's Straight
Outta Compton 06/05/2005 11:42 PM
Cory Doctorow: Nina Gordon, late of Veruca Salt, has recorded a mind-blowing cover of NWA's Straight Outta Compton, in the style of a Baezesque guitar folksinger. It's funny at first, then it's beautiful, then it's both. 5.5 MB MP3 Link, Nina Gordon music download page (Thanks, Ben!)

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...

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.

:: John Kerry for President - John
Kerry's Official Naval Records ::

:: John Kerry for President - John
Kerry's Official Naval Records :: 04/22/2004 04:00 PM
Kerry camp posts military records online. Bush camp checking his parents attic for his .. docs of his Vietnam service record .. this gentleman's record .. 120 pages of records .. his

johnkerry.com/about/military_records.html
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Radio Interview with John Brady Kiesling
and John H. Brown

Radio Interview with John Brady Kiesling
and John H. Brown 03/15/2003 06:05 AM
KALW in San Francisco did an hour long radio interview with John Brady Kiesling and John H. Brown, the American Foreign Service officers who resigned over Bush's Iraq policy. Both are impressive speakers, and Kiesling is as articulate and as convincing as his letter:

If we can't convince our historical allies that this is a good thing to do, there is no way we are going to be able to convince the Arab world. People have to take a stand. War may be inevitable, but we need to do what we can to keep our consciences clean. There is a policy to make America safer, but this is not it. "America is still the safest country in the world. The administration is trying to scare people with this talk about terror and duct tape. We should use our safety and prosperity and our strength to do good and we can do good."

Brown said his resignation was "in part a result of Andrew Card's comment, 'Never launch a product in August.' War is not a product." I learned a lot from listening to it. Recommended. Requires Real Player.

Vodkapundit - John Stossel on John
Edwards

Vodkapundit - John Stossel on John
Edwards 07/26/2004 03:49 PM
problem with the segment .. like

vodkapundit.com/archives/006255.php
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"IT'S A JOHN-JOHN TICKET: John ..."

"IT'S A JOHN-JOHN TICKET: John ..." 07/06/2004 02:58 PM

:: John Kerry for President - Remarks of
Senator John Kerry on Security and
Strength for a New World ::

:: John Kerry for President - Remarks of
Senator John Kerry on Security and
Strength for a New World :: 05/30/2004 08:37 PM
Remarks of Senator John Kerry on Security and Strength for a New World .. openly threatening the Saudi regime .. Seattle speech .. Today's speech .. speeches

johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_0527.html
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Why We Keep Open Minds

Why We Keep Open Minds 09/07/2004 06:37 AM
Gravity Monuments were erected on several college campuses in the 1960's and 1970's by the Gravit y Research Foundation "to remind students of the blessings forthcoming when science determines what gravity is, how it works, and how it may be controlled." I regularly visited the one at Colby College, in Maine. Emory had one, and apparently SMU did as well. Anyone know of others?

they changed their minds again, or
un-changed their minds

they changed their minds again, or
un-changed their minds 01/05/2005 11:34 AM
reverse themselves on a revision to an ethics rule .. reversed their position on a pending rule change .. NY Times

nytimes.com/2005/01/04/politics/04cong.html
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RB minds the mind

RB minds the mind 01/18/2004 02:45 PM
RageBoy talks a quick trot through AI, cognitive psychology and philosophy, proving once again that autodidacts are the best educated people on the planet. Since RB ties me into the piece — I am not worthy, I am not worthy — let me answer the question he ends with: "I don't know quite how I got here from Fodor's funny take on Dasein." Here's how you got there, muh friend. In a few pithy — and NC-17 — paragraphs you raise the notion of Dasein, and then take us through the clumsy way AI has tried to reincorporate the baby...

3G still to win hearts and minds?

3G still to win hearts and minds? 05/27/2004 12:14 AM
ZDNet Australia May 27 2004 4:28AM GMT

Blowing our minds

Blowing our minds 06/14/2004 08:25 AM
Martin Torgoff, author of "Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000," talks about America's complicated and schizophrenic history with drugs.

Applied Materials Was Right

Applied Materials Was Right 05/19/2004 01:19 PM
The leading semiconductor equipment maker builds off a solid first quarter.

Is Applied Materials a Buy?

Is Applied Materials a Buy? 04/12/2005 01:24 PM
Although it's been painful for the past year, you might want to look at this company again.

Applied democracy

Applied democracy 01/12/2004 02:56 AM

About the Emergent Democracy Worldwide session at the Digital Democracy Teach-In, the Head Lemur says,

This may be the single most important seminar of this conference. Participation in Emergent Democracy requires a computer and an internet connection. This is the bottom line. Where you can go from there is limited only by your desire and participation. While we have this group of folks in the building, let's lower the bar bills and increase the participation in emergent democracy.

Then he adds a suggestion: A computer roadshow. Interesting idea.

Applied PoMo

Applied PoMo 01/16/2004 11:33 AM
Terry Heaton is a "New Media consultant" in Nashville who's writing a book: TV News in a Postmodern World. His latest essay, "News Is A Conversation," builds on and around Doc's cluetrain meme. Terry also blogs about something like Applied Post Modernism with lots of good info and ideas....

"One Of The Authors Of A New Anti-John
Kerry Book Frequently Posted Comments On
A Conservative Web Site Describing
Muslims And Catholics As Pedophiles And
Pope John Paul Ii As Senile (If You
Can't Refute The Charges, Attack The
People Making Them)"

"One Of The Authors Of A New Anti-John
Kerry Book Frequently Posted Comments On
A Conservative Web Site Describing
Muslims And Catholics As Pedophiles And
Pope John Paul Ii As Senile (If You
Can't Refute The Charges, Attack The
People Making Them)" 08/12/2004 02:13 AM

Death of a Salesman - Can John Kerry
sell John Kerry? By William Saletan

Death of a Salesman - Can John Kerry
sell John Kerry? By William Saletan 01/28/2004 08:43 AM
Senator Kerry has a personality and bearing that is likely all but unbearable in the West .. Will Saletan:

slate.msn.com/id/2094501
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