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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: May 2009
Comparing this recession to the Great Depression
In March, when I suggested ways to determine if the “economic narrative” has shifted from recession to recovery, one of my markers to look for was this: “Stories that challenge the premise that this is the worst recession since the … Continue reading
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Newspapers in a digital form are news, but they aren’t papers
Serge Jespers, “Adobe platform evangelist” (and you thought you had difficulty explaining to your parents what you do — imagine if you had a job evangelizing “air“), announced today that there is now a New York Times Reader version that … Continue reading
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Tea leaves, anecdotes, surveys of economists and Chauncey Gardiner
Last week, I was talking with someone who runs a company with a service primarily sold through an out-bound phone sales effort targeting decision makers at small and medium size wholesale businesses. He told me he thought the economy turned-around … Continue reading
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Happy Mothers’ Day
Through some odd circumstances that include, no lie, a swine-flu related preventative quarantine, my wife is celebrating Mother’s Day with no children (except me) in a last-minute change-of-destination, but awesome weekend trip to the Georgia coast. (Sidenote in support of … Continue reading
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links for 2009-05-06
FPO: For Print Only “FPO is a blog dedicated to both the visual stimulus and the detailing of the development and production of printed matter: annual reports, books, business cards, stationery suites, collateral materials, posters, packaging and anything else where … Continue reading
The New York Times, Kindle announcement sounds like deja vu all over again
A brief history (in links) of announcements of New York Times digital version (of print edition) subscription deals: • February 20, 2001. • September 15, 2006 • Today Quote from today’s announcement (NYTimes live blog – linked above): “10:58 a.m.: … Continue reading
The recovery narrative, update
The New York Times seems to have shifted from its practice of writing only stories about Twitter to writing stories about hiring and economic recovery. Does this mean that Twitter is headed for a collapse? Or does this mean the … Continue reading
links for 2009-05-04
The Sun Sets On BusinessWeek, Forbes, And Fortune | 24/7 Wall Street Quote: "No matter what McGraw-Hill does, BusinessWeek will not be a weekly magazine with over 200 employees and a rate base of 900,000 at the end of the … Continue reading
Thoughts on Twitter, chronological version
As I don’t always like reading multiple posts on one topic in reverse chronological order, I’ve created a page on which I’ll display “Thoughts on Twitter” posts chronologically. At some point, I will also create the eBook, Kindle, PowerPoint and … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Twitter #3: If the creators of Twitter don’t always get Twitter, why should you?
[Note: You can view all my "Thoughts on Twitter" posts displayed chronologically here: http://www.RexBlog.com/thoughts-on-twitter. ] In interviews (lots and lots of interviews), the creators of Twitter (Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz Stone) admit they are surprised by the level … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Twitter #1: I surrender. Twitter is the only thing worth blogging about
[Note: You can view all my "Thoughts on Twitter" posts displayed chronologically here: http://www.RexBlog.com/thoughts-on-twitter. ] On Twitter (where you can follow me: @r) I continuously mock the way in which media — especially the New York Times — seem obsessed … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Twitter #2: Twitter means never having to say you get it
I am always intrigued by how people — even those who have never used Twitter before — describe what they think it is. In some ways, it sounds like a blind person trying to describe the color blue. But in … Continue reading
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All the rumor and speculation fit to print
The New York Times is reporting that as early as this week, “according to people briefed on the online retailer’s plans,” Amazon will introduce a larger version of its Kindle wireless device tailored for displaying newspapers, magazines and perhaps textbooks. … Continue reading
Posted in apple, kindle, Rumor #3
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links for 2009-05-02
Danny Sullivan Previews The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine” | Search Engine Land He says it's impressive — but it's not a Google-killer (tags: search knowledge internet)
links for 2009-05-01
We’re Not Like The Newspaper Industry | paidContent.org Why I linked to this: I just thought you'd like to read what consumer magazine people say to each other when they think no one else is listening. (tags: magazines)
