Category Archives: google

Everything’s awesome, nobody’s happy

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking about that now famous (iconic? seminal?) appearance by comedian Lewis C.K. (what’s with that name?) on Conan O’Brien’s show (the NBC one) in which he captures the zeitgeist of the current … Continue reading →

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Google+ and the identity thing

Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Rex Hammock

I’m on the bandwagon of Marco Arment and Dave Winer when it comes to the need for people to own and control their online identity. Facebook.com/rexhammock is not something I own; I merely use it — but RexHammock.com and RexBlog.com … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, facebook, google, identity, internet, observation, social media, twitter | 1 Comment

I assume everything I do is being tracked

Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 by Rex Hammock

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 →

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Google Docs discussion feature demos a wave of future collaboration

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Last November, I wrote about the two kinds of products I believe Google releases (or, as software developers call the release of anything new, “ships”). I called them “Lucy Google” products and “Pigpen Google” products and used the post to … Continue reading →

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Google social search results are great (not creepy)

Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 by Rex Hammock

This isn’t a post for my tech and new media friends. Rather, it’s a post for my friends who do NOT obsessively follow developments related to the intersection of media, technology and marketing: in other words, nearly everyone I know … Continue reading →

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