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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 2008
Dear Jeff, Please fix Audible.com and, oh yeah, make the Kindle stop hating Mac users
You can transfer audiobooks from Audible.com to your Kindle. That is, unless, you use a Mac. Here’s some big news for audiobook listeners (I’m one): Amazon has announced this morning they are buying Audible.com. If you’re an audiobook listener, you … Continue reading
links for 2008-01-31
Magazine design greatness – the NY Times magazine | Designing Magazines Author (and blogger) Jandos Rothstein hearts Jane Froelich’s art direction of the NY Times magazine. Me too. It’s why I pay extra for that hunk of paper containing stuff … Continue reading
Super Bowl quiz for geeks: At what point during the First Quarter will Twitter crash?
Most of the time, when people talk about the network effect, their focus is on its benefits — As new people join a network, the network grows exponentially in value to the next person who joins. While in reality, the … Continue reading
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How to be cool like Make magazine
First, a confession that comes as no surprise to anyone who reads this weblog: I’m a Flickr fanboy. And for me, being a fan has extended way beyond merely using Flickr as a personal photo-sharing service, but also looking for … Continue reading
Posted in magazines, social media
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Jobs: Did this Keynote presentation slide say two weeks?
I grabbed this screen shot last night to go with a post I was going to make today, asking, Hasn’t it been two weeks since Steve Jobs announced that a free Apple TV software upgrade allowing movie rentals would be … Continue reading
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The simple question a good business-to-business transaction story answers: Why?
A long-standing complaint of mine with business-to-business media is that too often they focus their coverage on the transactions of business rather than leading readers to a deeper understanding of more critical issues related to their industry. Don’t get me … Continue reading
Posted in b2b, media
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links for 2008-01-30
When he signs a book deal, I think he’ll get his wish | New York Times The “rogue trader” who caused Société Générale to lose $7 billion told investigators: “All he wanted was to be respected, and to earn a … Continue reading
The really bad idea that won’t die (continued)
On October 8, 2003 , I first wrote on this blog how strange I thought it was that people actually slept through some of the more bizarre and strange ideas of the late 90s like the CueCat. That was my … Continue reading
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links for 2008-01-29
Bill Clinton: ‘Screw It, I’m Running For President’ | The Onion Observation – This is so funny because, well, it says so clearly what everyone — even his fans — thinks. (tags: humor)
Why Johnny can’t pick out the best Super Bowl ad
Frank Baker, media educator, has posted a "media literacy lesson plan" for teachers informing them How to Use Super Bowl Ads In The Classroom . Apparently this lesson plan is designed to help improve the "media literacy " of children … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, media, observation
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On business models
I’m posting this because I know that one day I’ll be blogging on the topic of why the term “business model” is so useless (like the word “content”) and I’ll want to point back to this quote from Martin Sorrell: … Continue reading
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links for 2008-01-28
Fewer free Macs for Gore? | New York Times In a move that might come to be known as the Al Gore rule, Apple is paring back the freebies for its outside directors. (tags: technology mac apple) Video: How a … Continue reading
Batten down the hatches for a perfect storm of pontification and punditry
Never has there a been a week like the week we’re entering — a perfect storm in which three or more well-formed fronts of hot-air will be colliding for a solid 7-9 day period. In the coming days, hundreds of … Continue reading
links for 2008-01-27
Hammock Camping, The Book Thanks to the funny person who e-mailed this link to me and suggested I take the activity up as a new hobby and ‘branding’ activity. Actually, the idea sounds pretty cool. (tags: hammockcamping hammock)
links for 2008-01-26
Happy Birthday, Amir | JakeandAmir.com Until the writers’ strike is over and The Office returns, the show “Jake and Amir” is the best workplace situation comedy being produced today. (Office fans: Think Jake=Jim, Amir=Dwight (tags: humor video)
