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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: April 2008
We’re still at Kitty Hawk
The BBC has posted a feature to commemorate the 15th anniversary of CERN directors allowing the technology that enables “The Web” to be used by anyone free of charge. (Thank you, CERN.) While it’s hard to believe that so much … Continue reading
links for 2008-04-30
Hearst Magazines Get Geeky With ShopText | MediaWeek.com Yet another dumb idea (IMHO) – In the latest effort by print magazines to make their pages interactive, Hearst Magazines lets readers send text messages to buy products from magazines. (tags: magazines) … Continue reading
If this rumor is true, you should go ahead and get that iPhone this June
Of all the gadgets I’ve ever owned, my iPhone has launched the most conversations with people I meet in airports and on airplanes. (Those being the most likely places I’d use it where people I don’t know would notice and … Continue reading
links for 2008-04-29
Advice to those who may in the future have a job interview (especially teachers) | washingtonpost.com Quote – When a superintendent in Missouri was interviewing potential teachers last year, he’d ask, ‘Do you have a Facebook or MySpace page?’ If … Continue reading
Man, that Andreessen dude sure can blog
This analysis of the potential legal and strategic actions that may kick in if Microsoft decides to pursue a “hostile takeover” of Yahoo! is text-book thorough, but written with such clarity that even I can follow it. As analysis on … Continue reading
links for 2008-04-28
Communications And Conversations Are Not The Same Thing | Six Pixels of Separation Quote – Social Media and Web 2.0 is not a communications tool, it’s a conversational tool. It’s not semantics and it makes a big difference. (tags: conversationalmedia) … Continue reading
A participant’s view from the Country Music 1/2 Marathon
During yesterday’s Country Music 1/2 Marathon, I used my little Canon TX1 (the ‘rex-cam’) to shoot some video from a participant’s point of view. The video below is very shaky and raw — no editing except to put all the … Continue reading
links for 2008-04-26
Country Music Marathon Team Hammock tent | hammock.com If you’re in Nashville and up early Saturday and need a place to view the Country Music Marathon and 1/2 Marathon, the Team Hammock tent will be pitch on 16th Ave. (Music … Continue reading
links for 2008-04-25
Bertelsmann plans printed version of German Wikipedia | AP The One-Volume Wikipedia Encyclopedia will include 50,000 of the most-searched terms on the German language edition of Wikipedia. While not legally required, the publisher will give $1.59 a copy to Wikimedia … Continue reading
When magazine publishers start acting like bloggers
If you haven’t noticed how FolioMag.com has embraced blogging with a vengeance (since Dylan Stableford’s return), it’s time for you to check it out . … Indeed, today, they proved just how blogistic they are by using a post to bust a competitor’s lame attempt at some competitive intelligence gathering . Continue reading
Sales taxing downloads in Tennessee. Apple does it, Amazon doesn’t
The last thing I want to blog about is sales tax, however, there’s a lot of confusion being twittered and blogged around the Nashvilleosphere today about a “technical correction” measure that is working its way through the Tennessee state legislature. … Continue reading
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links for 2008-04-24
Making Money, the How-To Way | New York Times Quote – The latest online stampede is the rush to capitalize on the popularity of how-to videos on the Web. (tags: video how-to) The Poles of Polls | USATODAY.com File away … Continue reading
Don’t waste my time with information unless you can tell me why it matters
Magazine quote of the week, no, make that month: “(Wired magazine is) NOT about technology — we’re about how technology is changing the world.” — Chris Anderson, editor (From Wired wants to blow your mind – MarketWatch) Observation: Whether you’re … Continue reading
links for 2008-04-23
For magazines, ‘be clever or die’ | International Herald Tribune Quote – With blinking lights, pop-up ads, kiss-on lipstick samples, scratch-off scents, melt-in-your-mouth taste strips, and even pocket squares, advertisers are stuffing magazines full of just about anything to make … Continue reading
Let’s stop debating who’s greener
Over on my “People Page” at Hammock.com, I’ve posted an Earth Day message that says, basically, enough already with arguing over who’s green and who’s not. We live in complicated times with complicated problems. Problems aren’t solved by name-calling and … Continue reading
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