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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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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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What time is the Superbowl and thoughts on Facebook and why I blog
[Warning: This is a long and rambling post that may or may not make a point.] Superbowl XLVI (46 for you non-Romans) starts at 6:30 p.m. eastern time on the NBC television network. The teams playing are the New England Patriots and … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, identity, internet, observation
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Chief Executive magazine spurs a RexBlog Sally Fields moment
So, excuse this interruption for some shameless self-promotion, but I’m honored (baffled a bit, yet honored) that this 11-year-old blog is included in the current issue of Chief Executive magazine, on a list their editors have selected as the Top … Continue reading
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I’ve been Broganized
Thanks to superstar Chris Brogan for inviting me to join him the other day for a Skype interview about Google+, publishing, customer loyalty and what exactly the heck I do. It turns out, Chris is one of the 12 people … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Hammock Inc., marketing, publishing, rexblog, social media
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Google+ and the identity thing
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
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I won’t be at SXSW, but not because I gave it up for Lent
If you are attending the interactive part of the gigantic Austin, Tex., music, film and interactive “festival” called South by Southwest (or, as the locals say, “South-by”), I suggest you attend today’s panel at 2 p.m. called “How To Not … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, humor, internet, observation
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When back channels become front channels
Yesterday, I attended an annual day-long conference hosted by my friends at PaidContent.org. The format of the conference was what I call “talk show,” no presentations, but a series of groups and individuals who were interviewed in a conversational manner … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, media, observation, twitter
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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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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
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Tagged Creative Commons, E-book, Google Reader, IPad, ipod, National Public Radio, Sequoia Capital, United States
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Bookmark this, Yahoo!
I’ve been offline for much of the past 24 hours, so, except for a tweet or two, I haven’t weighed in on the news that Yahoo! is, well, I’m not quite sure, but whatever it is, owning the social bookmarking … Continue reading
The history of blogging marches on
Reading Om Malik’s reflection on the AOL purchase of TechCrunch, I had to pause at this sentence: “Like Arrington, I learned much about blogging from Dave Winer and Doc Searls.” It reminded me of a long-ago post on this blog … Continue reading
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I blog because I’m a defensive pessimist
Last month, this blog turned ten years old. Why did I start blogging and keep blogging for that long? Frankly, I have lots of theories on that, but this morning’s theory — literally, the theory of the moment as I … Continue reading
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Techmeme receives a love letter from the New York Times
I’ve tried many times over the years to kick my habit of checking in numerous times a day to see what’s on Techmeme. I’ve always failed. Because I was an early fan of Gabe Rivera and his approach to aggregating … Continue reading
Why do I blog? So people will meet in the comments, fall in love and get married
A few years ago, when a couple told me they first met one-another through comments they posted on this blog, I was dumbfounded for two reasons: 1. Because this is more a “personal” blog than a “topical” blog, the “community … Continue reading
Things I keep learning about magazines (and much more) by blogging
If you’re attending,my session is next Wednesday. Next Wednesday, I’m speaking in Toronto at MagNet, the annual conference jointly produced by a several organizations related to the magazine industry in Canada. (I wonder why such groups in the U.S. can’t … Continue reading
