Monthly Archives: June 2012

Smithsonian Exhibit: Steve Jobs Patents

Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 by Rex Hammock

Off the tourist-beaten track in the complex of Capitol Mall Smithsonian museums and galleries is the the S. Dillon Ripley Center. I’ve been to the Mall-located Smithsonian complex dozens of times (I lived and worked in DC for three years, … Continue reading →

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Regurgitation as curation at BuzzFeed

Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 by Rex Hammock

If you read  my post last week about the practice by, well, new and old media companies alike, in which “lists” and slide shows that appear somewhere (say, on a blog) are re-written (or just used word-for-word) and posted on … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS Arizona ruling a challenge to headline writers at Washington Post, NYT websites

Posted on Monday, June 25, 2012 by Rex Hammock

The Supreme Court today rejected or upheld the Arizona immigration law. I guess I’ll have to read the story (and a hundred blogs) to see why there’s enough in this ruling to disappoint everyone.   Related posts: rexblog nano The … Continue reading →

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A tale of two announcement press releases: The iPad vs. Surface

Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012 by Rex Hammock

The press release below, on the left, accompanied the January 27, 2010 announcement of the Apple iPad. The press release on the right accompanied today’s announcement of Microsoft’s  Surface. While both releases follow in a tradition that seems to dictate that … Continue reading →

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How many curators does it take to curate a story about lightbulbs?

Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012 by Rex Hammock

The concept of media curation has been around a long time. How long? Well, I can at least date it back to August of 2007, as that’s when I registered the domain CurationMedia.com, an address that re-directs to Hammock.com. But … Continue reading →

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