Daily Archives: Sunday, August 8, 2004

How to increase traffic to your weblog

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2004 by Rex Hammock

How to increase traffic to your weblog: Perhaps it is noticable, but most of the content of this weblog is about magazines. So my early detection devices are tuned to news related to that topic. So it was not unusual … Continue reading →

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e-Weak

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2004 by Rex Hammock

e-Weak: First it was the magazine Fast Company that displayed a clueless inbound linking policy. Now it appears Ziff Davis is displaying similar tendencies to view inbound links as a potential source of licensing revenue. Despite some confusion regarding the … Continue reading →

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Paradise

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Paradise: The weather this weekend in Nashville is better than any tourism bureau could ever hope: absolutely perfect and so unlike August. Dry, sunny, a high temperature around 80. And since all the other residents of my household have traveled … Continue reading →

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Abstract abstract finder

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Abstract abstract finder: Gary Price (ResourceShelf.com) points to this database of abstracts of dissertations accepted for graduate degrees in journalism and mass communications. So, for example if you are trying to locate a “qualxrative (sic) content analysis of news magaznes’ … Continue reading →

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Target: clone covers:

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Target: clone covers In the seventh clone covers [Macro error: Can't evaluate the expression because the name "ftpSite" hasn't been defined.] of [Macro error: Can't evaluate the expression because the name "ftpSite" hasn't been defined.] , both Time and Newsweek … Continue reading →

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Haven’t we told them what they should do?

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Haven’t we told them what they should do? A year-and-a-half ago, I made some suggestions for how the magazine Arizona Highways might improve its prospects for survival. According to this story in the Airzona Republic, the magazine is still in … Continue reading →

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Pump up the volume

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Pump up the volume: I have no plans to take the rexblog into the space of Gizmodo and other gadget-blogs, but some finds are just too impressive not to mention. Earlier this week, I received my back-ordered Aiport Express and … Continue reading →

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2004 Olympics attention deficit disorder

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2004 by Rex Hammock

2004 Olympics attention deficit disorder: Using the theory that too much of a good thing is a cause of mental illness (see previous post), NBC’s carpet-bomb coverage of the Athens Games will have us all going bonkers.

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What hath the 24/7 news cycle wrought?

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2004 by Rex Hammock

What hath the 24/7 news cycle wrought? Filling in for the vacationing Dan Okrent, Jack Rosenthal suggests in the NYT today that today’s abundance of news outlets is resulting in (wait, where was I? oh, yes) attention deficit disorder. Quote: … Continue reading →

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