Phil Butler Unplugged

For over a year I have been in “hate“with MySpace. Then along came Facebook, and I was immediately in “like“with it. Then a cool, dark reality set in. Even the best laid out developments are prone to run out of gas. I think this happens after the initial “spurt“ of creativity and newness wears off, [...]

I had a small revelation just the other day. I was chatting on IM with Angela Beasley, the co-founder of Wikia, when it occurred to me I have never actually written anything about this extraordinary person. Considering all the folks I have reviewed or interviewed; I cannot believe Angela has not been the subject of [...]

As the search engine race heats up, more and more evidence surfaces to the effect that this year will be the year of search. From Jimmy Wales and Jason Calacanis squaring off at the Digital Life Design conference to Google’s “behind the scenes” search elements - the quest for the next search is in full [...]

Another venerable traditional periodical migrated to the Web last year with something less than a bang. The Atlantic magazine constructed a Website, though a rather pitiful one last year. Now the site boasts video and big time bloggers and it has become rather upscale compared to the ugly duckling it once was. Like other traditional [...]

StumbleUpon is without a doubt the richest social discovery website on the planet. I have outlined how and why I believe this service should and will eventually dominate many of the other sites in the near future, but outside the utility of Stumble the greatest assets there are those of the people. This week I [...]