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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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Blog posts I didn’t write in 2010
[End of the Day by Pensiero, on Flickr; CC 2.0] In a notebook using the service/software Evernote, I collect ideas for possible blog posts. Rarely do these ideas make it into posts. They turn out to be just thoughts or … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, internet, iPad, ipod, kindle, observation, twitter
Tagged Creative Commons, E-book, Google Reader, IPad, ipod, National Public Radio, Sequoia Capital, United States
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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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FT.com says Apple is rushing to have the iPod touch/tablet/mediapad/rumor #3 by Christmas
Actually, the headline and opening paragraph of the Financial Times story is focused on Apple “working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital sales of albums by bundling a new interactive booklet, sleeve notes and other interactive features … Continue reading
Posted in apple, ipod, Rumor #3
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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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How free online tools and “social running” are helping create fanatically loyal customers
My favorite gizmo is a 3-year old GPS heartrate monitor that keeps getting more valuable to me because Garmin has recognized the value of giving me free online tools that keep me addicted to it. A couple of weeks ago, … Continue reading
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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Why I don’t believe analysts
Here’s a quote from a Computerworld story about Amazon’s new Kindle App for the iPhone: “The reader adds to the appeal of the iPhone platform, but it also shows that Apple clearly doesn’t think that the e-book market is important,” … 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
Confessions of a MacBook Touch rumor monger
Alan Kay (who I’ll get back to in a moment) is credited with a great quote: “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” I’ll add to what Alan said: The second best way is to keep … Continue reading
What happens when Apple responds to the Amazon Kindle?
I must say, I’m beginning to admire Henry Blodget for his unabashed willingness to ignore any irony others might see in his analytical posts about Amazon.com, like this one that looks at Citi analyst Mark Mahaney’s report that the Amazon Kindle could be a $750 million iPod-like franchise in a couple of years. … However, I stand by my earlier prediction — and this is where I find a flaw in Mahaney’s analysis: Apple won’t stand still and let Amazon have this market all to itself. Continue reading
How to rip a DVD to iTunes/iPod – legally
Via PaidContent.org, comes news (I guess it’s “news” that the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal are reporting what every Apple rumor site has been saying for weeks) that Apple will announce a rental option for some video purchased via … Continue reading
More on the Kindle vs. a hypothetical Apple device
There have been lots of good comments on my week-old post about the Amazon Kindle vs. a possible larger-format iPod Touch. Today, Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers (the sixth largest trade book publisher in America and the world’s … Continue reading
The iTunes Store needs all the competition it can get
While John Gruber’s post on the new Amazon MP3 download service is filled with interesting facts and dead-on observations, his math regarding the profitability of music sold via the iTunes Store is a bit suspect as he dismisses the significant … Continue reading
