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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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Today is the 150th Anniversary of the Medal of Honor
On this date in 1862, President Lincoln signed into law the legislation that created what we know today as the Medal of Honor. The photo accompanying this post is of the cover of the current edition of Semper Fi, a … Continue reading
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Steve: An appreciation
My son called me from his college dorm earlier this evening to ask how I was doing. As I was out to dinner, I said, what do you mean?. “Oh, I’m sorry,” he said. “Steve Jobs died.” Moments later, my … Continue reading
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Hammock marks its 20th anniversary
This week is the 20th anniversary of Hammock, the company I named in honor of a rope-swing napping device hanging from some trees in my backyard (and not, as some have suggested, because it’s an eponym).* It started out being … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Steve and the future of Apple
Steve Jobs resigned today as Apple CEO . This comes as no surprise to those who have closely observed Apple and Jobs since 2004 when he first announced he had pancreatic cancer. But perhaps because of the mystery that has, … Continue reading
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Thank you
While I’ve always considered this as much a personal as a business blog, I do realize that most people who read it have landed here randomly from a link that shows up on Google or Techmeme or more likely these … Continue reading
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A word of love for Frances Wilks Hammock
My mother with her three sonson her 90th birthday in 2005. Last night (Saturday), my mother passed away in Fairhope, Alabama. Holding my brother’s hand, she whispered peacefully to him her last word: “Love.” No word could better sum up … Continue reading
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Always grateful
One of the magazines Hammock has the honor to publish is Semper Fi, the national magazine of The Marine Corps League, a congressionally-charted national auxiliary organization founded in 1923 that promotes and preserves the spirit and traditions of all Marines … Continue reading
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Remembering Uncle Walter
And that’s the way it is. I’m sure that people under a certain age aren’t understanding why those of us over that same certain age are making such a big deal over the death of Walter Cronkite. Here’s one way … Continue reading
Fly high, Steve — your fans
My son, 2006 Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair died today. Those who have read this blog know that I have written about Steve as long as this blog has been around. A Google custom search of the term “Steve … Continue reading
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Happy Mothers’ Day
Through some odd circumstances that include, no lie, a swine-flu related preventative quarantine, my wife is celebrating Mother’s Day with no children (except me) in a last-minute change-of-destination, but awesome weekend trip to the Georgia coast. (Sidenote in support of … Continue reading
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Tom Peter’s TP Wire Service Ending
I’m not sure how many people subscribe to one of the finest business-related news story curation* services I know of, Tom Peter’s TP Wire Service. Unfortunately, TomPeters.com announced on Tuesday that the service will be ending on February 2. I … Continue reading
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The music of Butch Baldassari will play on
A photo I took in October 2005 of the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble. Butch is far-left. I’ve written before of the pleasure I had sitting quietly in a corner taking notes, while my son took lessons from the mandolin virtuoso, Butch … Continue reading
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And God Saw That It Was Good
I was in the ninth grade on Christmas Eve, 1968, so I remember it well. It had not been a good year. Martin Luther King was murdered earlier in the year, as was Robert Kennedy. And 16,592 members of the … Continue reading
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Remembering Bobby Mathews, Nashville visionary and doer
One of Nashville’s great business leaders, Bobby Mathews, passed away yesterday. (Coverage in NashvillePost.com and The Tennessean). This quote from NashvillePost.com captures his role in the development of Nashville: “Besides building a family, he helped build the city of Nashville. … Continue reading
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Bill Weaver: An appreciation
I just learned of the death last night of one of my heroes: Bill Weaver, Nashville businessman, civic leader, devoted-father and grandfather, loving-husband, philanthropist, friend to all he knew, and inspiration to all he encountered. Where does one start in … Continue reading
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