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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 2009-04-29
Time Warner CEO: Magazines remain 'attractive' | MarketWatch Quote: "Magazines are national, not local." Huh? I was following up to that point. (tags: magazines) The Rumor #3 Drumbeat | CNN.com Call it whatever: the iPad, the Media Pad, the iPod … Continue reading
Creativity inside the boxes
There are several reasons I love what photographer Peter Norby did on his Flickr account the other day. If you are viewing it as I am seeing it (on the morning of April 29) all 12 photos appearing on the … Continue reading
Ads on the cover vs. ads on the home page
I first started writing last January about the incredible Apple ads that appear on the front of NYTimes.com and, at least in the past, WSJ.com. I think they are great ads, but as I have said as soon as they … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, apple, magazines
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Making bold predictions regarding Rumor #3 is a game of inches
Unless an amazing half-court shot goes in, I’m within a couple of days of air-balling on my “guessay” prediction that Apple will announce a larger format iPod Touch by May 1. As long-time readers of this blog know, I’ve been … Continue reading
End of a short era: Portfolio
Blogging its own demise. Sorry as I am to see Portfolio magazine shutter (also, see AdAge.com, NYTimes.com), it’s not hard to understand why such a major launch failed in the current environment. As I’ve said before on this blog, this … Continue reading
Dear Columnist, No One Cares What You Think of Twitter
I have some advice for writers who think the world wants another column about Twitter. They don’t. Nor do they want another blog post. But obviously you, nor I, get that yet. I know, I know. You’re thinking if people … Continue reading
Posted in conversational media, twitter
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Flu symptom design watch – look for cliché surgical mask illustrations
The last time a virus story hit the news radar was six years ago (almost to the day). One of the symptoms of the SARS virus was its effect on magazine cover designers and the editors with whom they work. … Continue reading
Posted in design, magazines
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Lies, damn lies and the stock market charts
There is an interesting piece in the New York Times today about the historical chart that shows it took 25 years for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to recover after the 1929 crash. However, because the DJIA is merely a … Continue reading
Posted in observation
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links for 2009-04-25
You're nuts if you believe me | Seth Godin Quote: I don't have a lot of patience for this list of seven rules or that manual of how it's supposed to be or the step-by-step road map you can purchase … Continue reading
Puppy post
Some of you may recall my post last November when I was in awe of a post-election New Yorker cover illustration by Bob Staake. (Later, the cover was selected by Time as the best magazine cover of the year). When … Continue reading
Posted in design, magazines
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Those web services you couldn’t live without in 1999 – Where are they now?
Harry McCracken has a thought-provoking post that lists what were, ten years ago, “the top 15 web properties (ie, networks of related sites) as measured by Media Metrix”. Specifically, the thoughts Harry’s post should be provoking are these: 1. Why … Continue reading
Tagged web culture
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Talketh, Blogeth and Tweeteth like Shakespeare Day
Have your heard that today is Talk Like Shakespeare Day? You know those goofy Internet memes, those inside jokes or a new slang word or anything-about-Susan-Boyle that spreads around the web so quickly that everyone has heard about it before … Continue reading
Required skimming: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview
There are lots of inside jokes and jabs in this hilarious McSweeney’s piece that’s a description of an “upper-level” course called, “Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era.” Among the prerequisite courses: ENG: 232WR—Advanced Tweeting: The Elements of Droll LIT: … Continue reading
links for 2009-04-21
The $20 Magazine: Worth's Odd Recession Strategy | TIME I don't know what surprised me more. That Worth magazine is raising its newsstand price to $20 or that Worth still exists. (tags: magazines)
If you want to be found via Google, here’s how — even if you have a common name
[Warning: This is a relatively geekish post, but if you want people to be able to find you on Google, there are some things you'll find helpful in it.] The search go-to guru of choice here on the RexBlog is … Continue reading
Posted in identity, search
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