brent phillips A few thoughts on the business of digital space…from my UI to yours…

Are they weakening their brand? There is something authoritative and interesting about “National Geographic.” Perhaps it’s insider jargon? Perhaps a desire to be more “2.0?”
Not everything needs to sounds like a web address…

Great overview from Maisha Walker at Inc. http://blog.inc.com/e-commerce/2009/06/a_guide_to_social_media_tools.html

this is great…

soon-to-be-famous tag line of Microsoft’s new Cannon P.I. series…

 In the market for a new domain name? check out http://domai.nr. Just try a few words in the search field and view recommendations for top level names (.com, .org, .net) as well as interesting hacks (del.icio.us for example)…

First things first, I highly recommend Naked Conversations for this topic, although - as I previously mentioned - there are a host of other books on the subject (24,000 + and counting at amazon, keyword blog)…
So what do I mean by ‘enabling a conversation?’ In a general sense, we can use technology to move beyond simply ‘marketing at‘ an audience [...]

I caught a tweet over at Robert Scoble’s Twitter site the other day that referenced a CEO who was asking how to drive business via social media.  I had been thinking about this as well – in particular about how a small business or non-profit gets started with such an effort.  Here are my thoughts [...]

I worked in the mobile industry for a number of years and spent some time exploring location-based services and contactless transactions for mobile devices. I stumbled across this technology today from Microsoft that really wowed me. Tagging is not a new concept (we’re doing it more and more with our photos, documents, blog posts, and [...]