(The information presented in this article has been submitted by a source who wishes to remain anonymous. The text has been rewritten to hide the source’s identity.)

I was browsing around the Internet, Googling random words and phrases, when it suddenly struck me to Google for information about Phil, the owner and lead developer of DDO. To my horror, I come across a page that lists one “Cameron Clifford” as a “top executive” of MyCar.com,[1] which is a website Phil once owned but has since sold.

I started to Google information about this Mr Clifford, and found some interesting information. The following are some brief bullet points that summarize the information I obtained through my research.

• Mr Clifford was a fundamental force behind the release of MyCar, and was even listed as “Vice President” (along with Crystal [Phil's wife]) and the head of “Business Operations”.[2]
• On Mr Clifford’s portfolio website, a resume can be downloaded.[3] In this resume, Clifford appears to have been not only crucial in the building of MyCar but also HomeBuying.com, another of Phil’s websites. This is important, because HomeBuying.com is the model to which many of Phil’s new websites are built off of.[4]
• Mysteriously though, Mr Clifford all-of-a-sudden vanishes. Compare the company photo for DateFree (one of Phil’s later sites after MyCar but still before DDO),[5] with the photoshopped company photo for DDO.[6] Something fishy is going on.
• Phil is known for reusing materials on his websites. Compare the DateFree forums with DDO’s.[7] Or look at the little tiny pictures he shares across DDO, DORK, and the Inc websites. Or compare HomeBuying’s layout with the Inc websites.[4]

Conclusion: Why is it that production suddenly slowed down when this Cameron guy left? Could this be why v3 was so delayed and why we no longer get any new features? Could it be that Phil simply does not know how to code? That he is a businessman, and not a website maker?

If you don’t buy this conspiracy, that’s OK. At the very least, you can get a kick out of hearing Phil’s voice,[5] and knowing that Phil doesn’t go to church.[8]

Sources:
[1] http://portfolio.com/…
[2] http://dateauto.com/…
[3] http://cameronclifford.com/resume.doc
[4] Compare the screenshot of HomeBuying found on WebCorp’s website with the layout of Loans-Inc (one of Phil’s new websites).
[5] http://prwebpodcast.com/…
[6] http://debate.com/…
[7] http://web.archive.org/…
[8] http://web.archive.org/…

Tags: Cameron Clifford, code, conspiracy, Phil — written by PoeJoe @ 12:11 pm