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Timothy Butler

St. Louis
As seen in: Open for Business, European Journal of Marketing, The National Law Review, Lexology, Mondaq, Law360 UK, Bioprocess Online, Cell & Gene, Advancing RNA, Open Legal Blog Archive
Covers:  Technology, religion, culture, politics
Pastor, @LittleHillsC (⛪️) & @FaithTreeCF (🌍). Editor, @OFBMag. Church historian, Shakespeare lover, Apple/*nix geek. Mastodon: @trbutler@faithtree.social

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Timothy Butler’s Biography

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Tim has worked for over two decades as a writer and is the Editor-in-Chief of Open for Business. He has experience writing on theology, literature, philosophy, technology and politics.

He also serves as Pastor at Little Hills Church and FaithTree Christian Fellowship in St. Charles County, Missouri.

Timothy Butler’s Journalist Portfolio

We Don't Get Him

We Don't Get Him

Early in the baseball season last year, I heard a curious commercial on the radio. It was talking about a man…

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Sci-Fi Level AI is at the Gates

Sci-Fi Level AI is at the Gates

As our AI technology continues to advance, there are both exciting possibilities and potential dangers to con…

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Wombat Pine Pro

Wombat Pine Pro

Mechanical keyboard makers generally fall into two broad categories: established gaming peripheral companies …

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12 Days of Christmas Devotionals

12 Days of Christmas Devotionals

Each year, Pastor Tim publishes a 12 Days of Christmas devotional adventure through Scripture. Start each one…

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The Reminder We Shouldn't Need

The Reminder We Shouldn't Need

The little "issue" at the local church might not seem like a big deal. Sure a few people got hurt and the pas…

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Fewer Bars in More Places: AT&T Network Upgrades Degrade Service for 2G Phones

Fewer Bars in More Places: AT&T Network Upgrades Degrade Service for 2G Phones

In an act affecting owners of 2G cell phones on AT&T Mobility's network, including the highly visible, and or…

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Articles

Comparison Of Constant- And Pulsed-Field Electrophoresis Technologies For Analysis Of High Molecular Weight And Large DNA Fragments

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By Timothy Butler
| Advancing RNA
By Timothy Butler, Agilent Technologies Understanding DNA fragment size is essential for confident decision‑making in NGS workflows, especially when working with high molecular weight (HMW) samples. Explore how different electrophoresis technologies handle large DNA fragments and why choosing the right method can make or break long‑read sequencing success.
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Don’t Be Evil Won’t Avoid Evil

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By Timothy Butler
| Open for Business
By Timothy R. Butler | Posted at 12:13 AM “Don’t Be Evil.” If you’ve followed the tech industry long enough, you know that used to be Google’s motto. Whatever happened to that Google? We could ask that of our attempts at mere avoidance of evil, too. If you were online during the first part of this millennium, you remember the scrappy upstart Google. Its website was startlingly basic looking even for the time, but it had fantastic search.
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Happy With Elon

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By Timothy Butler
| Open for Business
By Timothy R. Butler | Posted at 4:30 PM The chief concern about Elon Musk’s various enterprises isn’t that they have made him rich and will make him richer, but that what he puts out is becoming so good that he could one day hold us victims to monopoly pricing and then slack off. I don’t say that entirely tongue-in-cheek. It could happen. It’s tempting to say it happened before, with Microsoft Corporation, but I stay my hand because Microsoft was never much good.
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Interview

What's your favorite social network?

My favorite social network is Mastodon. I'm @trbutler@faithtree.social on it. We need to move back to a more decentralized Internet.

What's your favorite drink?

Coffee

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

My "must read" publications are Daring Fireball and Christianity Today, covering two of my major subject areas.
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