Daily Archives: Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Marketing and math quiz: Take the tickets vs. the refund

Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 by Rex Hammock

The company producing Michael Jackson’s concert tour has announced those who have purchased tickets can get a refund or receive “souvenir tickets.” In the old days, before electronic ticket ordering, the tickets would have been issued upon purchase. I assume … Continue reading →

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It’s not a job, it’s an adventure

Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 by Rex Hammock

One of those intangibles about working on a magazine — an intangalbe that one doesn’t often experience when working primarily on the web — is a sense that something can have a beginning, a middle and an end — and … Continue reading →

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Can people who max out at 140 characters read long stuff?

Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 by Rex Hammock

I’m taking part in an online book-reading-club-support-group-community-project* called Infinite Summer, a group-read of the 1,000+ page novel Infinite Jest by the late David Foster Wallace. I’ll admit, I got a bit of a head-start on the project because a couple … Continue reading →

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