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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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links for 2007-09-01
Who’s Afraid of Google Cover Stories? | BusinessWeek Tech Beat Blog Rob Hof of BusinessWeek asks, Hmm, haven’t I seen that Economist cover-story and headline before? Answer – It was on a story he wrote for the magazine. (tags: magazines) … Continue reading
Google Earth is still the best software program ever
Google Earth, as it has since the first time I saw it, still gets my vote for the Best Program Ever. The new version is stunning. Really. Find where you are on the globe, then clilck a button and it … Continue reading
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This just in – Jack Donaghy appointed to negotiate for NBC Universal
Staci Kramer at PaidContent.org says the Apple-NBC Universal iTunes Store pricing negotiations are beginning to sound like a Jane Curtain-Dan Akroyd skit. However, to me, it sounds more like NBC Universal’s side in the negotiations are being handled by Jack … Continue reading
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Geeky sidenotes: Twitter feature suggestion, lifestreaming vs. Facebook apps
If you don’t use Twitter, skip this post. It will be even more gibberish than the gibberish found in typical posts. Other reasons to skip it: If you’re tired of hearing about Facebook, or are already tired of the buzzword, … Continue reading
links for 2007-08-31
Will Facebook soon allow me to export my network? | The Unofficial Facebook Blog As LinkedIn and Plaxo already let me export my list of contacts, is Facebook heading that way soon? The addition of some code in their API … Continue reading
Facebook appicons
I like those little favicons (appicons?) they’ve added to Facebook to provide a better interface for accessing features (however, on Facebook, they call features “applications” so that independent application developers will create them for free). Recently, I’ve been removing apps … Continue reading
Newspapers and blogging – They’re learning
Observation: The NYTimes.com has started to include posts from their staff blogs on their “Home Page” RSS feed (unfortunately, they are not full-post feeds, but summaries). So, I was able to learn from the NYT’s U.S. Open blog that the … Continue reading
Why I’m glad Samir Husni is blogging
While I look at hundreds of magazines a week, it’s rarely at the newsstand. My magazine-wonk-friend, Samir Hunsi — Mr. Magazine — does. He checks out magazines in grocery stores, Wal-mart and — I feel certain — one of the … Continue reading
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links for 2007-08-30
MapForUS.org This is so funny, it almost makes it bearable to watch the heavily YouTubed trainwreck of an answer Miss Teen SC gave. (tags: humor)
Katrina blogging
I started blogging about Katrina two years ago, yesterday. A year ago, I looked back at a year of Katrina posts. This post was going to be longer, but I trashed it. It drifted into too much cynicism. I’ll just … Continue reading
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Aloha-hulu-wiki-waki is the Hawaiian word for branding fads
Observation #1: The page about Hulu.com on Mahalo.com will be the Mahalo-hulu page. In other words, are Hawaiian-ish “wiki”-sounding words on their way to replacing dropped-vowel spelling as the new trend in branding web-services? Observation #2: If Newscorp/Universal didn’t purchase … Continue reading
Some content about friending
Despite my contemplative look at the debasement of the word and concept of friend, the reality is this: I’m still going to use the word. I’m still going to describe as friends the people who I make connections with in … Continue reading
links for 2007-08-29
The history of American declinism | realclearpolitics.com As they have for 300 years, a lot of people — liberal and conservative — believe America is declining. (via Rich Karlgaard) (tags: history) How to Eat (and Read) Close to Home | … Continue reading
The 9 steps of politicial scandals
(Note: The title of this post originally said 10 steps due to mis-count later discovered in a recount by our audit committee.) Over the years, I’ve watched these things, and I think I’ve broken the code on the news flow … Continue reading
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links for 2007-08-28
NowPlayingNashville.com Great new non-profit, community-supported site that pulls together listings of all upcoming sports, arts and entertainment events. (tags: nashville) Corporate blogs: Don’t call them that! | Stephen Baker If you’re sitting in a corporate job now, chances are you’ll … Continue reading
