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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: January 2006
Travel advisory
Travel advisory: I will be traveling tomorrow and have no idea whether or not I’ll be passing through wifi during my journey.
Breaking “Rex” news
Rex, the Bomb Sniffing Dog Breaking "Rex" news: I had decided to skip watching the State of the Union Address (I was going to catch the blogosphere highlights film) when I learned that "Rex the Bomb Sniffing Dog" will be … Continue reading
Don’t look up
Don’t look up: There are meteors heading straight this way (via: Dave Winer) Technorati Tags: humor
Gee, I wonder what they’ll decide
Gee, I wonder what they’ll decide: From a press release with the headline ” Newspaper, Magazine and Book Publishers Organizations to Address Search Engine Practices,” we learn the following (in the lede): The newspaper, magazine and book publishing industries have … Continue reading
The bad idea that won’t die
The bad idea that won’t die: It’s true what they say about cats having nine lives. Because the dumbest idea of all time, the Cuecat concept keeps coming back in different guises (I’ve blogged about a few of them over … Continue reading
Results 1-10 of about 1.29 billion
Results 1-10 of about 1.29 billion: Strangely, I don’t blog about investing, however, this is the second post in a row regarding plunging shareholder value: Via CNN – “Google earnings miss targets; stock clobbered“. Spinwatch: Moments after the earnings were … Continue reading
Perplexing quote of the day
Perplexing quote of the day: (From the NYT story about Time Inc. layoffs) “…we’re moving from being a magazine publishing company to a multiplatform media company, and we have to reallocate our assets. The people you need, the investments you … Continue reading
Do know evil
Do know evil: John Battelle asked the following two questions to Google and in both cases they told him, the answer is “yes”: “1) “Given a list of search terms, can Google produce a list of people who searched for … Continue reading
Rextrordinary discovery
Rextrordinary discovery: Nashville blogger TV on the Fritz has made a startling discovery: He figured out I’m not the Rex that is the funny Middle Tennessee blogger who goes by the name Rex L. Camino. I’m sorry to disappoint him … Continue reading
The conversational part of Wikipedia most people don’t see
The conversational part of Wikipedia most people don’t see: Until I started hanging out inside Wikipedia to understand the “community” part of it, I didn’t quite “get” it. While this “talk” page on Wikipedia has been linked to by both … Continue reading
Time Inc. lays off broken down employees
Time Inc. lays off broken down employees: The following sentence is a direct quote from this MediaWeek article: “Broken down, 40 business-side employees and 26 non-union protected editorial staffers were let go across multiple titles…” (Note [and pre-apologies]: I saw … Continue reading
Pulitzer prize countdown
Pulitzer prize countdown: Jim Amoss of ‘Times-Picayune’ is Editor & Publisher’s ‘Editor of the Year’. (rexblog flashback) Technorati Tags: katrina
A good example of a new Nashville business (and media executive) weblog
A good example of a new Nashville business (and media executive) weblog: The blogosphere-embracing general manager of the Nashville ABC-affiliate, WKRN-TV, Mike Seachrist, has started blogging himself. Here are a few good things I believe suits (like me) can learn … Continue reading
Sarcastro asks
Sarcastro asks: Sarcastro, who is guest-blogging this weekend at Nashville Is Talking, sarcastroiscally asks: “What’s Not To Love About Global Warming?” since it’s the last weekend in January and here in Nashville, it’s sunny and 65 degrees. (This also explains … Continue reading
The future of ‘media design
The future of ‘media design’: Except for using the word “consumers” (I read, view, listen to, etc. media, I do not consume it), here’s a great quote from an article in MediaPost: “The biggest mistake the media industry and Madison … Continue reading