Monthly Archives: March 2005

Ben Hammersley says: “Yahoo is the new Google. Google is the new Yahoo.” (For the record, despite this, I refuse any association with this Yahoo! is cool meme. After careful consideration since that first post, I’ve done enough personal research … Continue reading →

Gambling on a vaporzine: I’m not covering the vaporzine beat much these days, but I hate to miss out on being the first to pass along news of yet another magazine about poker, Poker Pros, scheduled for launch in July.

Larry Dobrow is wrong: I’ve never met MediaPost’s Larry Dobrow, but I have linked to him often here on the rexblog. I usually link to his weekly magazine reviews on my link blog, deli.cio.us/rexblog, as well. Today, I received his … Continue reading →

Taking away Jeff Jarvis’ gold medal? Earlier today, I saw the following subject line in my newsreader on a post by Susan Mernit: “Is Jeff Jarvis the Ben Jonson of our age?” It took at couple of clicks to see … Continue reading →

Custom publishing dejazine: As defined by the rexblog, a dejazine is a print magazine that comes back to life as an online magazine (however, we continue to be confused as to what the magazine metophor means when applied to something … Continue reading →

Rex! 360! Thanks to Steve! Rubel, I now have one of those really “hard-to-get” (as in, just ask Steve! for an invitation) Yahoo! 360 beta accounts! While there, be sure to check out the Rex! 360 blog as I have … Continue reading →

Back from Chicago: After speaking at the Folio: Entreprenuerial Publishing Summit in Chicago this morning, I’m back in Nashville. For those who attended my session, I’ll be posting the promised links later tonight.

Heading to Chicago, but first: Thanks to the friend (who wishes to remain anonymous due to his fear of copyright infringement lawsuits) who sent me this re-captioned rendition of a famous New Yorker cartoon as a birthday greeting. Thanks. And … Continue reading →

For all you magazine art directors:  Panopticist has an early April Fools treat (nightmare?) for you.

Jason Fried says: “Yahoo never lost its mojo.”

Dave Winer says:  “Yahoo doesn’t have its mojo back. What a crock. Their idea of hip is to copy everyone else, badly. Let the Flickr folks, who really do have mojo, show that the elephant can dance, just a little.”

Subscription blogs: In preparing for a panel I’m on tomorrow morning at the Folio: Entrepreneurial Publishing Summit (hey, if you’re there, please tell me hello), I did some rudimentary googling over the weekend and saw a directory on a site … Continue reading →