Monthly Archives: May 2011

links for 2011-05-30

Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Metaphors we do everything by? | The Economist Thinking is like a metaphor, metaphorically speaking. (tags: linguistics)

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I wonder what young Jann Wenner would say

Posted on Monday, May 30, 2011 by Rex Hammock

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 →

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Content isn’t king, Creative and talented people are

Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2011 by Rex Hammock

[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 →

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links for 2011-05-27

Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Literally Unbelievable Curated examples of individuals encountering items from The Onion on Facebook and missing the joke. (tags: humor facebook curation clueless conceptual)

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links for 2011-05-25

Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2011 by Rex Hammock

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 →

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