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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: January 2010
Should I care about Flash?
NYT.com with flash blocked. John Gruber writes a typically thought-provoking piece about Flash, the ubiquitous software platform that designers and marketers love because it enables animation and video that make a website act just like a TV or interactive game. … Continue reading
Tagged technology
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When it comes to the future, you have two choices
I have read with interest and appreciation the thoughtful responses to the introduction of the iPad. If you ignore those who label individuals who disagree with them “idiots” etc., this product announcement has inspired some really smart and articulate people … Continue reading
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What geeks and marketers can learn from the next 60 days
I woke up today to hear two NPR stories about the iPad. Story 1 was a technology analyst blasting the device because it doesn’t have a camera and so, therefore, isn’t taking advantage of social media. Story 2 was a … Continue reading
Posted in apple
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Google gets a little glue-like
Many people know I’m a fan of a web service called Glue (although it’s at the URL, “getglue.com”, not glue). I allow the service to follow me around the web and it gives me the chance to thumbs up or … Continue reading
Posted in identity, search, social media
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Quick thoughts on the iPad before being influenced by the crowd
I’ve been snowed under since “the announcement.” Here are some quick thoughts before I read what others have written: 1. No where in the marketing materials or presentation (except for a slide with a quote from Walt Mossberg) are the … Continue reading
Posted in apple
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The future of magazines in a world of slate devices
Yesterday, I blasted those in the world of print media who are holding out hope that today’s Apple announcement will somehow save print. Read one way, it could appear that I believe the “slate” device will mean the end of … Continue reading
The chance to re-gift for a great cause
In 2007, Hammock donated funds for some computers in the One Laptop Per Child program. We also participated in their “buy one, get one” campaign in order to have a computer to help us promote the effort. After using the … Continue reading
Posted in Hammock Inc.
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Steve Jobs is not the savior of old media and the free press
Enough is enough, people. I love stuff Steve Jobs makes. His Pixar movies are (were?) brilliant. The Mac is magical. The iTunes Store and iPod are the most innovative creation of a controlled media channel and eco-system since the invention … Continue reading
What to expect the reaction to be on iWednesday
Three years ago, on the day Steve Jobs announced the coming of the iPhone, I took this photo of people marveling at one encased like the Hope Diamond. All hail the iPhone. It was just three years ago — although … Continue reading
Kids aren’t DNA-level digital natives and “best selling” eBooks are free — but you knew that
In the past few moments, I’ve been reminded of how distorted my view can become when I limit my beliefs to the reality I find from the firehose of news and information that floods forth from the RSS/Twitter sources I … Continue reading
Tagged web culture
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links for 2010-01-21
Amazon quietly lets publishers remove DRM from Kindle ebooks | Nieman Journalism Lab I don't know what the "quietly" means, but letting publishers do what they want to do seems to be a remarkably sane action. (tags: ebooks kindle)
Free speech or corrupted democracy?
The blogosphere has exploded this morning over the decision by the Supreme Court to, in a simplistic-layman’s explanation, do away with limits on how much corporations, labor unions or advocacy organizations can spend in their support of an individual candidate … Continue reading
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Apple and book publishers were talking way before any 12th hour
Over the past couple of years, I have talked with several individuals in the book-publishing field about Apple talking with book publishers. These weren’t people “speculating” that Apple wanted to use the iTunes channel (or something similar) to offer eBooks. … Continue reading
Posted in apple, books, kindle, publishing, Rumor #3
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Privacy is not dead, get over it
As typical, when danah boyd (it is she who uses the lower case) writes, it’s worth reading. In this post, she explains why it may be in Facebook’s interest to wish that “privacy is dead,” but why Facebook’s interests are … Continue reading
Stanford permanently closes the Stanford Professional Publishing Course
Twenty years ago, I attended for the first time, a wonderful (and then, a nearly three-week) program at Stanford University called the Stanford Professional Publishing Course. When I first attended (alumni of the program can parachute in for segments of … Continue reading
Posted in publishing
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