Daily Archives: Monday, June 25, 2007

Running for Dori

Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 by Rex Hammock

My Nashville friend, Jim Brown, started a new blog today. He’s been preparing for a half-marathon in Virginia Beach on September 2 and his blog will follow his training journey. His blog will also be following another journey. Last Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace

Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 by Rex Hammock

Danah Boyd has posted an essay on her “ethnographic research” related to Facebook and MySpace. Her synopsis: “What I lay out in this essay is rather disconcerting. Hegemonic American teens (i.e. middle/upper class, college bound teens from upwards mobile or … Continue reading →

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I’m trivial, therefore I am

Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 by Rex Hammock

I used to wonder why I was glad to be a human. Then I read the rexblog quote of the day from Dave Winer: “Twitter is all about trivial examples. It’s the stuff of no importance whatsoever that make us … Continue reading →

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Rise of the microstock photo services

Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 by Rex Hammock

The New York Times covers the launch today of Corbis-owned SnapVillage, the latest entrant into the “microstock agency” arena. Like the Getty-owned IStockPhoto, the site allows amateur and “semiprofessional” phtographers to submit pictures and (in the case of SnapVillage) set … Continue reading →

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Cover girls and boys

Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 by Rex Hammock

From the New York Times: “In its April issue, Wired magazine, in partnership with Xerox, invited subscribers to upload their photographs to Wired.com. The first 5,000 who did so are now receiving their July issue with themselves as the cover … Continue reading →

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Chime.TV ties together all the tiny TV sources

Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 by Rex Hammock

So wouldn’t it be great if there was a service that culled and categorized good stuff from video sharing sites (blip.tv, Break.com, DailyMotion, Google Videos, Kewego, MetaCafe, MySpace, Veoh.com, YouTube) and then had one place where you could organize and … Continue reading →

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