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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: June 2008
FaceBook, Ning, Google & the Flow of Community
Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape (at age 22), Opsware and Ning (translation: the smartest guy in the room), is joining the board of FaceBook, according to TechCrunch. Andreessen, of course, has a unique position in the history of the Internet. … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, facebook, google, identity, social media, social networks
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links for 2008-06-30
Twitter or FriendFeed? There can be more than one. | VentureBeat Link #1 on the topic of Twitter vs. FriendFeed. (tags: twitter friendfeed) I Love FriendFeed, But… | Patrick Ruffini (Engage) Link #2 on the topic of Twitter vs. FriendFeed … Continue reading
links for 2008-06-29
Time Inc.’s Maghound Set to Debut in September | FolioMag.com I can think of ways the “Netflix for magazines” does not work as a good analogy, but I’m greatly supportive of any new model for fixing the broken-from-the-start U.S. mag … Continue reading
Help for media watcher school-marms: Entertainment is not journalism
ABOVE: This morning, the New York Times devoted an entire page to a news article suggesting the possibility of Estee Lauder’s influence on editorial decisions at Harper’s Bazaar Magazine. The news article was preceded by Estee Lauder interstitial “pre-roll” advertising … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, magazines, marketing, media, publishing
Tagged advertising, magazines, marketing
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links for 2008-06-27
Where to run the One Machine? | The Long Tail Differences in privacy laws, censorship, and national security fears may restrict places where data can flow freely. In that case computation will have to hopscotch around the world following the … Continue reading
links for 2008-06-26
Over 30,000 books to read on your iPhone. Free. TextOnPhone.com is beginning to alter my heretofore belief that I could not read a book on an iPhone screen. Handy text-size-setting makes it readable for my far-sighted eyes. Still waiting for … Continue reading
links for 2008-06-25
At Google, Slow Growth in News Site | NYTimes.com Quote – Google News appears to be stuck in neutral and struggling to keep up with rivals. (tags: google) Google is ‘user-generating’ more of the world on Google Maps | Google … Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Rob Haggart (A Photo Editor Weblog)
From the post: “Who Should We Put On The Cover?“
links for 2008-06-24
Entertainment Weekly is not a celebrity magazine, its publisher jokes(?) | Advertising Age Surely Scott Donaton was winking when he said : “We’re a category of one. When we cover a celebrity, it’s about what they do for a living; … Continue reading
It’s 2008. Why hasn’t Internet advertising surpassed magazine advertising?
Four years ago, an article in the Wall Street Journal suggested Internet advertising would match magazine advertising by 2007 and blow past it in 2008. What happened? The very short version: During 2007, almost $60 billion was spent on advertising … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, internet, magazines, marketing, media, publishing
Tagged advertising, internet, magazines, newspapers, statistics
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links for 2008-06-23
Hacks divided by an (un)common jargon | Martin Stabe Martin explains what a lede is called in the UK – It’s the intro. Makes more sense to me than ‘lede.’ Actually, it’s the intro par — as in paragraph. (tags: … Continue reading
How to hype a book into being a best-selling. Rule #1 – Start with a wonderfully-written book that includes dogs
I learned about The Story of Edgar Sawtelle the old fashioned way – newspaper book reviews. Continue reading
links for 2008-06-22
Interview with Alan Taylor, Creator of Boston Globe’s The Big Picture | Waxy.org Great interview about the development of what’s being called ‘The Best New Blog of the Year’ – And it’s from a newspaper. http://boston.com/bigpicture/ (tags: photography boston blogging) … Continue reading
Hey Nashvillians, What should they develop on the site of the old thermal plant?
The following is a guest post. I never have guest posts, but I made an exception this time as the guest post is written by someone who has me wrapped around her little finger. She is part of a group … Continue reading
Posted in blogging & bloggers, Nashville
Tagged acellerator institute, downtown nashville, Nashville, thermal plant, urban planning, vanderbilt
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A short comment on comments, A rambling essay on why all this stuff fascinates me
A comment on comments: Yesterday, I wrote the following on Twitter: “FriendFeed, Twitter, Seesmic et al, are pointing in the direction of something. They aren’t the destination.” Because everything I post on Twitter (and other places) is mirrored on FriendFeed, … Continue reading →