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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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Category Archives: blogging & bloggers
Just because you can make money from something doesn’t mean you should, and other rules of the web
Here are a few things I’ve learned from 20 years of living online, developing or managing online things and using lots and lots of things others have developed. I’ve learned them by writing and by reading about those online things. … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, blogging & bloggers, internet, observation, social media
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The most amazing blogging feat ever: Niemann’s live-illustrating the NYC Marathon
A few years ago, I video blogged a half-marathon from a participant’s perspective. But that is nothing even close to what NY Time’s illustrator Christoph Neimann did while participating in Sunday’s New York Marathon. His “live-illustrating the New York City … Continue reading
Posted in blogging & bloggers, humor
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Rebooting the News – Who is Rex, Edition
This morning, I spent an hour chatting with Dave Winer on Rebooting the News the weekly podcast he typically records with NYU Professor Jay Rosen. To me, getting invited to spend an hour with Dave Winer on a podcast is … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, blogging & bloggers, Content Marketing, facebook, Hammock Inc., internet, iPad, magazines, media, publishing, twitter, usability
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The web is a place. This blog is me.
Recently, I read a post by Alexandra Samuel that appeared on the Harvard Business Review’s website. While the subject line started off, “10 Reasons…”, something I doubt she ever starts an “IRL” (in real life) conversation with, the rest of … Continue reading
See you soon, Adam
Despite the rather amazing record we’ve enjoyed at Hammock for maintaining long relationships with clients, I know what it’s like to lose big clients. I know the necessary, but always painful, process of laying off employees who are not only … Continue reading
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Happy “5th” Anniversary, Podcasting (well, not actually)
First off: Today is not actually the fifth anniversary of podcasting. Dave Winer had demo’d file enclosures distributed via RSS over three years earlier. In other words, RSS-enabled audio and video distribution was almost four years old, five years ago … Continue reading
Flashback: Nashville & the Internet in 1998
How long has it been since ten years ago? Here’s a hint: Ten years ago was when you first heard a President say, “I did not have sex with that woman.” Here’s another hint: Ten years ago is when I … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, internet, Nashville, technology, web cluture
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Hey Nashvillians, What should they develop on the site of the old thermal plant?
The following is a guest post. I never have guest posts, but I made an exception this time as the guest post is written by someone who has me wrapped around her little finger. She is part of a group … Continue reading
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Tagged acellerator institute, downtown nashville, Nashville, thermal plant, urban planning, vanderbilt
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Rexblog – The love connection
Posted on February 23, 2008 Over the years, I’ve heard lots of stories about couples meeting online. And I know that an online industry has grown up around helping people connect with others who are of the same mind — … Continue reading
Blogger to New York Times cub reporter update
A few months ago, I blogged about the New York Times hiring Brian Stelter as a reporter straight out of Towson University where he was tapped for membership in the prestigious honor society, Phi Beta Blogga. According to FishbowlNY, Stelter … Continue reading
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Tagged All other, blogging
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Just passing through
Just passing through: This is not me actually blogging. It’s just me pointing to a story in the NY Times that rehashes an old theme here on the rexblog: the magazine category we call the “nouveau niche.” More nouveau niche … Continue reading
Blog late day
Blog late day: I’m away until later today. Also, I’ll be posting my travel schedule later today as over the next couple of weeks I’ll be places where some of the readers of this blog may be and would love … Continue reading
Apple-free speech
Apple-free speech: I’m in day three of my Apple-free speech movement which will last until the company drops its legal argument that fan websites are not protected free speech (mine is a very narrow protest). Back before I switched from … Continue reading
Questions worth pondering
Questions worth pondering: John Battelle asks, “What happens to advertising when distribution is secondary, and audience and content is primary?”
Magazines and blogs
One small step for magazines: Newsweek has started a new feature called “BlogWatch.” (via: Steve Rubel)
