Category Archives: blogging & bloggers

Just because you can make money from something doesn’t mean you should, and other rules of the web

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 by Rex Hammock

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 →

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The most amazing blogging feat ever: Niemann’s live-illustrating the NYC Marathon

Posted on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 by Rex Hammock

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 →

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Rebooting the News – Who is Rex, Edition

Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 by Rex Hammock

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 →

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The web is a place. This blog is me.

Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 by Rex Hammock

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 →

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See you soon, Adam

Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 by Rex Hammock

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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