Comments on: Sixty on Google

By: TwittyBird

TwittyBird — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 07:39:18 +0000

Go on over to kottke.org he’s blasting 60 minutes for your sound bites! Dont take it personally. Its just the web.

By: Kendall Willets

Kendall Willets — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 01:38:40 +0000

Relax, I was on TV a while ago (in Korea, an in-law thing), and the deepest thing they got me saying was that I had fallen asleep during Beauty and the Beast. Embrace your inner TV dork.

You got some good points in, stayed away from cliches, and you must be dreaming if you think journalists don't edit any way they want. Overall you added some zing to an otherwise routine Stanford-to-riches story.

If I had a dime for every tech CEO who drives a junker to work...

By: bingbing

bingbing — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 01:06:04 +0000

“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

By: John Battelle

John Battelle — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:49:56 +0000

Thanks Brett, coming from you, that’s a high compliment!

By: Brett Tabke

Brett Tabke — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:25:50 +0000

Very well done. You came off as the smartest thing in the peice. You predicted cell phone comparison shopping, while Google predicted web page translations!? (what was that all about!? whew…hello 1996 and Babelfishy…)

By: vangorilla

vangorilla — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:33:51 +0000

John.
Great job on 60 Minutes. As always insightful, thought provoking. Maybe one of your 2005 predictions will bear fruit..in a "mind-blowing" way.

"http://theponderingprimate.blogspot.com/2005/01/05-predictions-from-battelle-60.html"