Phil Butler Unplugged

Hakia, perhaps the Web’s front-runner in the search race to relevance, just won the coveted Webware 100 award for “Search and Reference”. Of course Webware 100 recognizes the very best in Web 2.0 sites and hakia has been one of the leading innovators in the quest for semantic and more relevant search since last [...]

I have never been inclined to beat a dead horse to death, but some dead horses need it. I did a post recently about social networks in which MyBlogLog was mentioned as one network that could use some new blood. It is important to note here that my intention in criticizing any startup is to [...]

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, [...]