Monthly Archives: March 2009

Hope Train goes warp speed

Posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 by Rex Hammock

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

Posted on Sunday, March 22, 2009 by Rex Hammock

(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

Posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 by Rex Hammock

    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 →

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Advertising tax credits? I don’t think so

Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 by Rex Hammock

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

Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 by Rex Hammock

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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