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What’s The Opposite of Woke? Asleep.

Today brought so many stories worth “notes and observations” that I thought I’d try something new — a flash newsletter of sorts, with…

12h ago

What’s The Opposite of Woke? Asleep.

12h ago

OK, Google, What’s The Business Model?

(This piece is cross-posted from Signal360, where it first appeared)

Jul 9

OK, Google, What’s The Business Model?

Jul 9

Why Healthcare Bullshit Is Clogging Up The Internet

Every so often I have the chance to catch up with Gordon Crovitz and Steve Brill, the founders of NewsGuard. I was an advisor to their…

Jul 3

Why Healthcare Bullshit Is Clogging Up The Internet

Jul 3

Cloudflare To The AI Industry: Time To Pay Up!

There are precious few companies in the tech world that are willing to stick their necks out and “do the right thing,” and even fewer who…

Jul 1

Cloudflare To The AI Industry: Time To Pay Up!

Jul 1

The Kid Will Figure It Out. Or Not.

Fourth in a series. Previous installments:

Jun 24

The Kid Will Figure It Out. Or Not.

Jun 24

Can Bill Gross Save The Internet From AI?

ProRata feels an awful lot like Overture, the company that taught Google how to make money.

Jun 19

Can Bill Gross Save The Internet From AI?

Jun 19

The Industry Standard — Beginning and End.

Note: Third in a series. First post, second post.

Jun 13

The Industry Standard — Beginning and End.

Jun 13

Getting Wired: The Launch (1992–93)

(continuation of a previous post)

Jun 6

Getting Wired: The Launch (1992–93)

Jun 6

Getting The Band Together: A Wired Story

Living at the cutting edge of technology in the early ’90s required either a magical token forged of copper and silver, or the capacity to…

May 30

Getting The Band Together: A Wired Story

May 30

A murmuration of Robot Bees

There’s this throwaway conceit in the current season of Black Mirror that keeps tugging at me, and it’s Friday, so I thought I’d think out…

May 23

A murmuration of Robot Bees

May 23

John Battelle

John Battelle

A Founder of DOC, The Recount, NewCo, Federated Media, sovrn Holdings, Web 2 Summit, Wired, Industry Standard; writer on Media, Technology, Culture, Business

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