Monthly Archives: January 2005

Uniquely Nashville: Don’t tell anyone I told you this, but one of the most fascinating annual events held in Nashville is coming up this weekend, and very few locals will even know it happens. Each year, the national organization comprised … Continue reading →

Vaporzine trend? One of the more inside and savvy readers of this weblog thinks there may be a trend-story somewhere in this couple of couple vaporzines magazines. Update: I stand corrected (see comments).

New shark-jumping land speed record: It’s official. The new “media insider” blog FishbowlNY both launched and jumped the shark on its first day. Apparently, by noon, its keepers were already too bored with its stated topic (“fishbowlNY: a gossip blog … Continue reading →

Blog-lite advisory: I’m too busy keeping up with the new mediabistro blogs to actually blog any today. Back tonight. Elizabeth Spears (former Gawker) runs them. It shows. Best initially: the NY media gossip one, FishbowlNY. While I’m gone today, you … Continue reading →

All the old news fit to print: Apparently, when Mr. Roboto and I (see the comments) talk, the Tennessean listens. On December 22, I laid down this challenge (with credit to Mr. Roboto) to the Tennessean after they unleashed their … Continue reading →

Relatives and friends memes: First meme: The Bloglines meme (I’m blaming this on Doc who blames it on Joesph, etc.). You find your blog on bloglines.com and click “related blogs.” For example, here are the weblogs to which Bloglines says … Continue reading →

Who would Jesus clue? On this weblog, I lambasted the folks at Rolling Stone for being clueless by rejecting an ad from the Zondervan Bible folks, a decision the magazine wisely reversed later. What I didn’t know was that some … Continue reading →

Rexblog vs. AP: Okay, if the AP “breaking” story that Martha Stewart Living is ending its online and catalog sales operations sounds a little familiar, it’s because you read it a couple of weeks ago (1/6) on the rexblog.

HD Cubanvision: While I disagree with him on occasion, I’m addicted to Mark Cuban’s weblog. Where else are you going to read something like this about HD Net, the all high definition TV network he owns: “Since it’s my network, … Continue reading →

Drawing on experience: Mississippi State assistant professor of graphic design, Kate Bingaman, 27, documented over two years of her consumer purchases on her website, Obsessive Consumption. Now she’s documenting her climb out of debt. Her inspired way to increase her … Continue reading →

Now, I’m even more impressed: Previously, I have praised the folks behind JPG Magazine for demonstrating how to translate participatory journalism, blogging, and, in their case, photoblogging into print. Now, I’ve discovered they are using on-demand printing to produce and … Continue reading →

Tagsology: Great WSJ column on “tags” by Jeremy Wagstaff, who, I’ve discovered, also has a wonderful weblog that provides helpful links related to his column. If this topic interests you, on del.icio.us/rexblog, where I link to lots of magazine stories, … Continue reading →