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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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Monthly Archives: December 2005
A new, new year’s song
A new new year’s song: I don’t know about you. I’m tired of there being only one song associated with New Years Eve. It’s not great, but here’s a new one, Next Year Baby, by Jamie Cullum. I give it … Continue reading
“I am a drunk lawmaker”
“I am a drunk lawmaker”: Starting tomorrow, in Tennessee when one is convicted of drunk driving for the first time, he or she will be required to do 24 hours of roadside cleanup while wearing an orange vest emblazoned with … Continue reading
Happy Hogmanay
Happy Hogmanay: I don’t know about you, but I think Hogmanay needs to become more commercialized. Perhaps something to do with using gift cards received during the previous year. We could all start saying: Happy Hogmanay, what’d you get with … Continue reading
Stephen Baker asks
Stephen Baker asks: If a magazine is cutting staffers, can it afford to increase blogging? Great question that, no doubt, will be one of 2006′ most asked questions around magazine publishing companies. Quote: “I hear threads of this debate at … Continue reading
It’s a big world, afterall
It’s a big world, afterall: The U.S. Census Bureau today projected that on Sunday, the nation’s population will be 297,821,175 up 2,713,518 or 0.9 percent from New Year’s Day 2005. In January, the U.S. is expected to register one birth … Continue reading
There is nothing new about a website launching a print magazine
There is nothing new about a website launching a print magazine: For some reason, whenever a web-based media company launches a print magazine, reporters feel the need to make it into a trend story, implying that there is something “new” … Continue reading
Fine Advice
Fine Advice: Business Week’s media writer Jon Fine has advice for newspapers; advice that works for other traditional media, as well. (I’m thinking B-to-B). Quote: STEAL FROM GOOGLE. Make your ads hyper-accountable. Identify the top advertisers in your local market … Continue reading
Khoi going to the Times
Khoi going to the Times: Designer Khoi Vinh is leaving the firm he co-founded to become the design director for NYTimes.com. Quote from Khoi: In a few weeks, I’ll be starting work at The New York Times as the Design … Continue reading
Big companies & their blogs
Big companies & their blogs: Chris Anderson points to a wiki that Wired and SocialText have set up to compile a list of blogs related to Fortune 500 companies. Quote: “Once we’ve got this list in pretty good shape, we … Continue reading
Rex’s predictions
Rex’s predictions: Rex Sorgatz makes his annual predictions for “Media, Technology, and Pop Culture”. Quote: “A new Pew study will reveal something about internet use that will be drastically over-cited by people who are reading this blog post.” Also, Rex’s … Continue reading
Flickr calendar view
Flickr calendar view: I guess I’ve had a little more time to play around with Flickr while on vacation because I’ve noticed some features I’ve never seen before. One of these features that’s new to me (is it just me?) … Continue reading
Proof I’m on vacation
Proof I’m on vacation: It’s taken me four days to hear about the nun bun being stolen on Christmas Day. Is nothing sacred? Technorati Tags: nashville
Vacation blogging
Vacation blogging: What Jeremy Hermanns is blogging about is not what you want to be blogging about during a vacation. However, it’s incredible that he survived to do so. Quote: “And as the oxygen masks deployed from the ceiling in … Continue reading
Here’s how I blog during a vacation
Here’s how I blog during a vacation: Stephen Baker asks about how one should blog during a vacation. Posting photos on Flickr is one way to do it. It’s especially fun to do when you’re able to post photos of … Continue reading
Key West Flickr set
Key West Flickr set: My father-in-law was in one of the first cars to drive all the way to Key West without having to ferry between any island (in 1938). He’s been coming here since even before then, however. When … Continue reading