Daily Archives: Thursday, May 17, 2007

It looks like my favorite magazine may be history

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 by Rex Hammock

Several years ago, in a regular feature Folio: magazine used to run about the magazines subscribed to by people in magazine publishing, I said the following: Folio: If you could subscribe to only one title, which would it be? Me: … Continue reading →

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Idol Critic Liza Persky pegs Phil Bredesen

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 by Rex Hammock

I’ve never watched the Jeff Jarvis-created “Idol Critic” show, however, I decided to tune in when I saw Nashville’s (as in the town, not the style of music) Melinda Doolittle didn’t make it into the finals of American Idol. (Even … Continue reading →

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Google adds embed feature to Picasa

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 by Rex Hammock

Google today announced a new feature for its Flickr-like (or, Flickr-lite) program called Picasa Web Albums. It offers an easy, one-click way to embed (YouTube-like) a flash-player version of a slide-show like the one on the left. Tech-savvy users have … Continue reading →

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Greatest startup quote ever

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 by Rex Hammock

Gabe Rivera, in an interview with Wired.com: “For better or worse, I never concocted a founding myth.” Gabe is actually the mythological creator of Techmeme (and memorandum, WeSmirch.com and BallBug.com) and is one of my favorite “met-through-blogging” friends. I’ve blogged … Continue reading →

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Fake Steve Jobs on Fake e-mail

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 by Rex Hammock

As I indicated in my post about the topic yesterday, I always knew the definitive word on the fake Apple email (now known as engadget’s $4 billion blunder), would ultimately come from the fake Steve Jobs, who writes: “Bloggers, hear … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-05-17

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 by Rex Hammock

The $70 magazine! Boutique glossies rampant in Soho | The New York Observer Quote: “A new brand of big glossy is spreading through downtown. But is anybody actually reading it?” (tags: magazines) Google Experimental Search Some new ways to use … Continue reading →

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