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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.
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
If you can’t find hope, there’s help
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine took his own life. I don’t know why and have chosen not to dwell on the reasons. I just know that a person I always found engaging and witty was burdened by … Continue reading
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Dear magazine person
Do your readers love your magazine so, so much that they send you letters that have inspired someone to compose a love song with lyrics that are direct quotes from the letters? I didn’t think so. Nylon magazine has. (via: … Continue reading
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God, Tiger Woods is good — but the USAToday.com related topic tool isn’t
Want to read a story related to Tiger Woods winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational? USAToday.com suggests you search its archives using the word “God.” At least that’s the first suggestion on the “related-topics” search tool on this AP wire story … Continue reading
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They took ‘er economy
I’m not suggesting you watch the entire South Park “recession” episode (Margaritaville) because, well, it’s entirely unsuitable for viewing at work or home, it’s offensive and gross. However, if those things don’t bother you, there are some classic scenes that … Continue reading
The recession may not be over, but the recession narrative seems to be recovering
Earlier this month, in a blog post about things I no longer believe in (due to the current recession), I included “economic narratives” among them. In his book, The Black Swan, economist and author Nassim Nicholas Taleb describes the process … Continue reading
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Is an eBook a book?
I think an eBook is a book, but in a Supreme Court case argued today (Tuesday), a brief discussion about guarantees given to books included a reference to whether or not there is a difference between a physical and digital … Continue reading
Happy one month anniversary, Hope Train
Exactly one month ago, the President started to include hopeful messages in his speeches, answers and comments about the economy. Before that, he had stuck to a steady drumbeat of fear-inducing warnings, often evoking “The Great Depression,” in an effort … Continue reading
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If financial industry executives are so smart, why do they keep trying to prove they’re not?
One of the smartest blogs I read everyday is maintained by New York based venture capitalist Fred Wilson. Today, he has a typically thoughtful post titled, “Financial McCarthyism,” a phrase used to capture what he sees as the potentially harmful … Continue reading
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Lessons for the Internet age: Your TV commericals go on your permanent record
Tag line from this 2001 AIG commercial: “The greatest risk is not taking one.” In hindsight, perhaps it should have been corrected: The greatest risk is not taking a bulldozer to your Financial Products Division.
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Word of the day: Toxic
Seeing the word toxic all day made me think of Nickle Creek’s amusing cover of the Britney Spears song of that title. Sara Watkins on fiddle and Chris Thile on mandolin — funny stuff. Speaking of Sara Watkins (and on … Continue reading
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Hope Train goes warp speed
I don’t envy the President and his economic team. No longer must they merely balance the optimism/pessimism message (the optimistic “Hope Train” message to prop up the nation’s psyche and the pessimism message to get congress to enact more stimulus … Continue reading
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Users are great for helping you tweak products, but don’t ask when you want break through ideas
(credit: HelveticFanatic, Flickr, [CC]) Robert Scoble has jumped into the debate over the new interface design of Facebook. Scoble’s piece expresses an insight I believe is too often missed by those who confuse the concept of “pleasing the user” with … Continue reading
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A RexBlog Guessay: Why I believe Apple will announce an 8 1/2 x 11 inch iPod Touch within the next 45 days
Please note, I gave this post the title “Guessay,” which is a portmanteau of the words “guess” and “essay.” What you’ll read in this post is my conjecture based on several years of tracking one topic, first as … Continue reading
Posted in amazon, apple, books, iphone, ipod, magazines, publishing, Rumor #3
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Advertising tax credits? I don’t think so
Bob Pittman is a really successful entrepreneur and business executive. And I concur with his premise in this Fortune.com piece that advertising can help stimulate consumer spending. (Isn’t that typically the purpose of consumer advertising?) But his suggestion that advertising … Continue reading
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We’re all mad as hell, but let’s all take a deep breath
I learned a new term yesterday: Bill of Attainder, “an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial.” I’m embarrassed to say I can’t recall hearing … Continue reading
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