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Rex Hammock’s RexBlog.com
The blog of Rex Hammock, founder/ceo of Hammock Inc., the content marketing, strategy and media company founded in 1991 in Nashville, Tenn. Rex is also founder/helper-in-chief of the wiki, SmallBusiness.com.
RexBlog.com was created in August, 2000.
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Archives
Daily Archives: Monday, August 9, 2004
Forbes thinks RSS “doesn’t serve much purpose”
Forbes thinks RSS “doesn’t serve much purpose”: In a Summer 2004 Best of the Web review of the dejazine The Standard, Forbes magazine (one of the original backers of the CueCat) says “RSS feeds (are) a complicated, XML-related way of … Continue reading
Don’t hack off Apple
Don’t hack off Apple: It appears that Apple is not only threatening those who would like to hack iTunes, it is even threatening a compay that wanted to create a magazine devoted to the iPod®. Thinksecret.com reports Apple is behind … Continue reading
Magazine news
The perils of ad placement: The Bush campaign weblog is gleefully pointing out the coincidence of a Newsweek magazine cover gatefold advertisement that — when folded out — results in a juxtaposition of a (choose one: unfortunate/fortunate) message beside the … Continue reading
Lad lit
Lad lit: Slate.com runs a rather amusing review by Dan Chiasson of three books from people associated with Maxim magazine.
/. to the rescue
/. to the rescue: Last night, I blogged the slashdot.org thread taking Ziff Davis’ eWeek.com to task for one of the most clueless in-bound linking policies conceived. Later in the evening, Matthew Rothenberg, the executive editor of eWeek.com, jumped into … Continue reading
Blurring the lines cliche update
Blurring the lines cliche update: I guess today it’s the WSJ’s turn to run this hackneyed rewrite of the story that magazines are “blurring the line” between advertising and edit. If you’ve been one of the rexblog’s seven readers, you … Continue reading
Folio/AD/CM magazine “sale” update
Folio/AD/CM magazine “sale” update: Rafat Ali at PaidContent.org points to a story on TheDeal.com reporting that “sources close to the self-styled targeted-media company said talks under way are more likely to produce a joint venture.” Quote from The Deal, the … Continue reading