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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 2011
links for 2011-05-30
Metaphors we do everything by? | The Economist Thinking is like a metaphor, metaphorically speaking. (tags: linguistics)
I wonder what young Jann Wenner would say
When I read this Ad Age interview with Jann Wenner, I thought of all the iconic photography of him from the late 1960s and early 1970s, much of it shot by Annie Leiboviz. Click on that photo of he and … Continue reading
Posted in iPad, magazines, media
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Content isn’t king, Creative and talented people are
[Note: By mistake, I posted an early draft of this item earlier. While no post on this blog has ever been more than a draft (finished stuff appears elsewhere in my "distribution chain," I have a feeling the earlier version … Continue reading
Posted in content, Content Marketing, Custom Media, marketing, media
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links for 2011-05-27
Literally Unbelievable Curated examples of individuals encountering items from The Onion on Facebook and missing the joke. (tags: humor facebook curation clueless conceptual)
links for 2011-05-25
Audio: Hip to be Square? How disruptive is the new iPad cash register? On Twitter, I wondered aloud how someone from the payment processing field would assess Square. The analysis I've seen is from tech bloggers who are enamored with … Continue reading
The difference in the definition of the terms ‘domain name’ and URL
First off, I should not have let my earlier post responding to predictions of the death of URLs be influenced by the fact I was writing it during Saturday afternoon’s hoopla over the rapture (the rapture didn’t happen, if you … Continue reading
Posted in internet, marketing
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links for 2011-05-24
How to avoid or remove Mac Defender malware | Apple.com I'm a PC. I'm a Mac. I'm a malware. (tags: mac osx) Deja Is like Flipboard For Video | Techmeme Introducing a new feature and tag form my link-posting. New … Continue reading
links for 2011-05-23
Personal's user controlled data gems | iCentered Vendor Relationship Management link of the day: A blog post about the startup http://Personal.com – " Personal offers to empower each of us to manage our digital data, share at will and get … Continue reading
links for 2011-05-22
Ebony's 65-year Archive Online Another magazine may have received more coverage for posting their entire archive of magazines online (behind a paywall), but Ebony has partnered with Google to offer a 65-year archive for free browsing, (Previously, a partial collection … Continue reading
Why hiding a browser’s navigation bar does not mean the rapture for URLs
In much the same way as the Rapture was mis-predicted today, some mis-guided souls are mis-interpreting changes in Google’s Chrome browser and other browsers, like Firefox, as a sign of the coming end-times of the URL. Like Pastor Camping, those … Continue reading
Posted in internet
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links for 2011-05-19
Weather App Fight | yewknee.com I agree. It's definitely a "first world problem," but with all the weather apps out there, which has the best UI? (tags: apps usability ui)
The History of Media: Brands have been Publishers Since the 19th Century
With a 1.5 million circulation in 12 languages and 40 countries, John Deere’s The Furrow has been “the future of media” since 1895. Feel free to read-along, but this post was written especially for my blog and Twitter friend, Mathew … Continue reading
Hey, the NYT said “acqhire”: Journey of a buzzword
Circle this date. Today, the term acqhire, the portmanteau neologism* first introduced to the world on this blog six years ago, made it onto the front page of the New York Times. I can now officially mark “coining a buzzword” … Continue reading
Posted in observation
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links for 2011-05-17
The Daily Chart – Average Gambling Losses, by Country | The Economist What happens in Vegas…isn't that significant compared to other places. Note: Chart does not include losses related to gambling on Wall Street. (tags: statistics charts)
links for 2011-05-16
Small businesses turn to mobile apps to boost efficiency | WSJ.com Quote: Businesses are using the software for everything from managing travel plans to tracking employees and equipment in the field, and speeding up invoicing. (tags: apps) Can there be … Continue reading
