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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 2008-05-31
Billboards that look back | NYTimes.com How can you write an article like this an not mention the movie Minority Report? (tags: media advertising)
This chart doesn’t fit into the current narrative
Friday Afternoon Pondering: Minonline.com is the source of the chart above that ranks the top performing publications (as measured by the number of pages of advertising) during the past quarter in the business-to-business vertical of marketing. … I can guess the theories: (A) Media companies are advertising aggressively because they have so much unsold inventory, (B) media companies are launching new properties and thus are buying more ads to promote them, (C) media companies are aggressively pushing the message that advertising in a recession is the mark of a savvy marketer, (D) none of the above, (E) all of the above. Continue reading
links for 2008-05-30
Photos from the Nashville Geek Breakfast, May 29, 2008 Geeks who wake up early. They’re open to anyone. Info: nashvillegeeks.org (tags: nashville geeks community) The Power of Interactive Printed Magazines | Mr. Magazine Samir Husni quotes Time’s managing editor Richard … Continue reading
links for 2008-05-29
Zinio puts hundreds of digital magazines a click away | USATODAY.com Response: I think digital magazines are great — for people who think PDFs are the best way use the web. (tags: ebook digital+magazines printisdead digitalisdead) Mac OS X 10.5.3: … Continue reading
Your address book is your social network
The Important Part: The people at Facebook describe your list of “friends” (contacts) as being your “social-graph.” Others use the term “social network” to describe in broad terms, your network of connections with other people. Chances are, you call that … Continue reading
links for 2008-05-28
Everywhere, JPG – magazines for the future | SFGate.com “Any human interest can become a magazine,” said Halsey Minor, whose Minor Ventures is the parent of 8020 Publishing. (See also, from 3+ years ago, a rexblog post: http://www.rexblog.com/2005/01/13/13477/ ) (tags: … Continue reading
Google Maps (with more)
The Important Part: Since May 14 , you can click on the “More” link at the top of a Google Maps location to see photos (via Panoramio.com ) and explanations (via Wikipedia ) of points of interest. … View Larger Map The Take Away: Users of Google Earth will recognize the “More” feature as a pathway to the ” layer-fication ” of Google Maps. Continue reading
Peter Carlson sums up the past 12 years of magazines
If you haven’t been keeping up with magazines for the past decade, Peter Carlson’s Washington Post column today is the equivalent to one of those 30-second introductions to an episode of a TV drama series that starts out, “Recently, on Lost…” Continue reading
links for 2008-05-27
Mass Mag Exodus Continues as Brands Follow Men Online | Advertising Age Quote – A combination of forces led by the broad economic slump is delivering as challenging a year as ever for traditional publishers. (tags: magazines)
links for 2008-05-26
PR Secrets for Startups | TechCrunch.com Observation: I think these are good “secrets” that will also work for companies that are way past the startup phase. (tags: PR marketing blogging socialmedia conversationalmedia) PR Secrets? Schmecrets | Loic Le Meur Says … Continue reading
links for 2008-05-25
Web users ‘getting more selfish’ with their time | BBC Quote – “Basically search engines rule the web.” Observation: The article doesn’t make it clear, but this is about how users interact with web “content.” I think people linger lots … Continue reading
Rumor #3 Update
The Important Part: Jason D. O’Grady on ZDNet’s Apple Core blog acknowledges he’s spreading a rumor today: “A little birdy tells me that Apple will announce a 12 or 13-inch tablet in the fall of this year. Most likely in … Continue reading
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How social media like blogs, wikis, Twitter and Facebook are changing business
How social media like blogs, Twitter and Facebook are changing business Continue reading
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links for 2008-05-24
Microsoft Closing Live Search Books | Tools of Change for Publishing The project was up against Google Book Search. I think this is what “surrender” looks like. (tags: publishing, books, search) Popular blogger ignites uproar over Twitter harassment | Webware.com … Continue reading
The geek shall inherit the, oh, whatever
The last shall be first and the geek shall inherit the earth. Continue reading
