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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: March 2007
What are the odds?
The University of Florida will play Ohio State University for the NCAA Basketball championship less than three months after the University of Florida defeated Ohio State University to be NCAA Football champions. Statistically, the chances of that happening have to … Continue reading
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Hacking AppleTV
I’m enjoying my AppleTV right out of the box (although I had to delay hooking it up by a day due to not having the cables necessary to connect it). Apparently, I’m not having as much fun as I could … Continue reading
Posted in apple
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links for 2007-03-31
Why I blog | rexblog.com Excuse me: I’m adding this earlier post to del.icio.us/rexblog. (tags: blogging rexblog)
And the last word of the week is, the first word of the week
My theme (unplanned) of the week was “Magazines launch, magazines die. It happens everyday.” I could link to magazine launch and death stories every day. If you saw my RSS feed, you’d believe me. Today, I’ve already linked to story … Continue reading
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Post traumatic syndrome flashbacks of a by-gone era
I feel like like my RSS newsreader is being fed by something out of the Twilight Zone: It’s March, 2007, and Valleywag is blogging about the closures of the Red Herring and the Industry Standard. Make it stop, somebody. Technorati … Continue reading
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The Not Intelligent Tournament, or never underestimate the value of a good editor
As I said the other day, the unfiltered spelling/grammar on this blog is no reflection of the spelling/grammar obsession you find among the editorial staff at Hammock Publishing. For example, this SI story about the spelling on the T-shirts that … Continue reading
Nashville-published magazine is “Launch of the Year”
My friend, Ole Miss j-school dean, and magazine ubber-launchtracker, Mr. Magazine, Samir Husni (who now has a blog) has named his top magazine launches of 2006. And, well, another set of friends, the people who publish Relish Magazine, received Samir’s … Continue reading
Posted in magazines, Nashville
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It’s Kilt Day!
Don’t know how I missed this: It’s Kilt Day! (I think, however, on that website, everyday is national kilt day.) Coming up on April 6. National Tartan Day in the U.S. I’m happy to keep you all posted on such … Continue reading
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When everyone blogs, all sides of a story can be aired
A couple of days ago, Patrick McGovern, the legendary media entrepreneur who founded IDG, was interviewed by Mark Glaser (MediaShift/PBS.org). (I have some disclosures, below.) In addition to exploring topics related to the role of print and online media and … Continue reading
Wii old folks
Yesterday, I got a year older. (I get a day older everyday.) After reading this story in the NY Times today, I’m looking forward to one day being old enough to really enjoy a Wii. For the record, the resident … Continue reading
Posted in observation
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links for 2007-03-30
Really Simple Definition | Nick Bradbury Nick says it’s Really Simple Syndication, so that’s what I say. (tags: RSS) Googling for ads offline | NY Times Quote: “The early results are mixed, suggesting that Google’s successful transition from online kingpin … Continue reading
From the Pacman Jones mailbag
My colleague Hudge is coping with the pressures of an editorial deadline by forwarding me a list of 20,000 ‘Adam Pacman Jones’ anagrams. Also, for some reason, the creators of an R-Rated, not-safe-for-work, (I mean it) Pacman-related bit of video … Continue reading
Twitter real-estate grab and spam
Celebritytwitter.com is registering celebrity names on Twitter. “Followers” can get Twitter-delivered gossip updates about those celebrities. They are promoting the site by “friending” Twitter users. Hey, how could I not click through on an email that says “Nichole Kidman” has … Continue reading
Tagged web culture
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What does Rafat do?
Media Bistro has an interview with Rafat Ali of PaidContent.org. Now, I finally know what he does.
Why Weiden & Kennedy lost some Nike business
Quote of the day: Hugh MacLeod, gapingvoid.com: “Buying space in someone else’s brain is far harder than buying space in someone else’s media.”
Posted in advertising, custom publishing, media
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