Phil Butler Unplugged

Our end of the Internet, the information and networking side, has seen some interesting changes over the last year or so. One of the most predominant ones is in the way we are are driven to promote stories and those from within our networks. Social media sites other outlets were once fantastic resources for “getting [...]

Delving into the mysteries of the Web for the 10,000th time, I decided to go all out transparent and also help a friend today. You see, all bloggers and social networking fools use essentially the same strategies to get what they write notices. Whether the subject is super informative news or simply some refined spam, [...]

Okay, a little reverse movie psychology being applied I know, but the way of the Beta is to make a platform and refine it according to user needs and suggestions. With all the various platforms out there, I thought some "once again" news about a really great startup called Second Brain might [...]

Web 2.0 was and is about Web innovation. So many startups have focused on everything from video to business applications, and much more. However, the list of startups that actually have practical and/or productive capabilities is still – rather limited. Diigo is one innovation that comes to mind when we think of actual utility and [...]

Much has been said lately about people either migrating or co-inhabiting social networks. Explaining this can be as simplistic as running the numbers or as complex as analyzing trends in user behavior, but in the end “real world” social identity theory probably hits the mark better. The successes of a particular network and personal identity [...]