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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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Perfectionism Schmerfectionism
One of the things we were led to believe in 2011 was a myth about Steve Jobs being a perfectionist. This myth was given a free pass by everyone from The New Yorker on down. In reality, his perfectionism, while … Continue reading
Posted in apple, iPad, iphone, ipod
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I assume everything I do is being tracked
Yesterday, these guys revealed how iPhones and iPads (the models with cell-phone connectivity) maintain about a year’s worth of data related to the cell locations they’ve encountered. What’s more, every time an iPhone/iPad owner syncs the device to their computer, … Continue reading
Steve speaks: Step back from that ledge my friend
Talk about burying the lede. One has to get nearly to the end of this post on Macrumors.com to read what could save face for Apple and could wipe out millions in fees for an army of lawyers. While you … Continue reading
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I remember past visions of malled-off e-commerce
I remember when companies like CompuServe and GEnie and Prodigy and AOL had visions of e-coommerce that used metaphors like virtual malls in which they would let companies sell things in exchange for a cut of the revenues. I remember when the web browser came along and … Continue reading
Some random thoughts wrapped up as predictions for 2011
Last month, I wrote a post for the blog at Hammock.com about my content marketing predictions for 2011. I’ve picked up a couple of predictions from there, however, most of the following comes from my “one day, blog about this” … Continue reading
Posted in amazon, apple, Content Marketing, iPad, iphone, ipod, kindle, magazines, publishing, usability
Tagged keynote
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Rex’s Perilous iPhone: Will it wash?
You’ll recall, in my iPhone’s last adventure, it was recovered after being stolen. I was able to track it by using Apple’s MobileMe service. As stolen iPhones have become all the rage during the past two weeks, my iPhone decided … Continue reading
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How my stolen iPhone was recovered using the formerly lame service, MobileMe
[Before this story, a caveat: In almost 20 years of working in the same office building, our company has never had any theft of equipment. It's a rather secure building and it is managed by some real pros, as you'll … Continue reading
Posted in apple, iphone
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The Apple rumor of the day is #9, not #3
Ever since I posted my three-year old All the Apple Rumors You’ll Ever Need, I’ve been doing all I can to champion Rumor #3, the perpetually rumored oversized iPod Touch (Media Pad, Touch Book, etc., etc.) However, another item on … Continue reading
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Apple’s magic
Steve Gillmore’s love-post to Apple the other day, “Why Apple wins. every. time.” may not be 100% accurate — Apple constantly doesn’t do all the stuff I think would make their products perfect — and I have Mac-related problems daily. … Continue reading
It’s another one of those Apple, blah-blah, Apple, blah-blah days
I wonder sometimes what real people must think of the months of anticipation and the endless rumor-parade that precedes a day like today. What is today? Wow. If you are wondering what I’m talking about, then consider yourself lucky. You … Continue reading
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Want to Paint a New Yorker cover? There’s an App for that
(via: The New Yorker Blog) Artist Jorge Colombo drew this week’s New Yorker cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Times Square. The magazine’s blog has also posted … Continue reading
Posted in design, iphone, magazines
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Making bold predictions regarding Rumor #3 is a game of inches
Unless an amazing half-court shot goes in, I’m within a couple of days of air-balling on my “guessay” prediction that Apple will announce a larger format iPod Touch by May 1. As long-time readers of this blog know, I’ve been … Continue reading
A RexBlog Guessay: Why I believe Apple will announce an 8 1/2 x 11 inch iPod Touch within the next 45 days
Please note, I gave this post the title “Guessay,” which is a portmanteau of the words “guess” and “essay.” What you’ll read in this post is my conjecture based on several years of tracking one topic, first as … Continue reading
Posted in amazon, apple, books, iphone, ipod, magazines, publishing, Rumor #3
Tagged guessay, technology
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Kindle on the iPhone — I <3 Amazon
[I've updated this with a brief review after the end of the original post.] I purchased a Kindle when they first came out and blogged lots about what I liked and didn’t about it. I decided that Kindle fanboy Aaron … Continue reading
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The return of Apple Rumor #3
RexBlog Rumor #3 concept model. 11/07 Here’s something fun to do. Google the phrase Rumor #3. Here, I’ll make it easy: Click here. The top result is a link to a two-year old RexBlog page called All the Apple Rumors … Continue reading
