http://www.RexBlog.com The personal weblog of Rex Hammock. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:17:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With this innovative video/transcript archival feature chronicling last night's Veep debate (and last week's first debate), the New York Times is displaying what a news website of record should be: The definitive spot where news-related media is collected, curated, analyzed and then organized in various ways that allow individuals to ... http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/10/03/18339 Poor Steve Jobs is like the U.S. economy, rumors of his demise keep being greatly exaggerated. A month ago, Bloomberg (the news service, not the mayor) mistakenly published his obituary and this morning, a "citizen journalist" on CNN's iReport.com, posted a false report that Steve Jobs had a heart attack. Jobs ... http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/10/03/18335 Today, Dell's Small & Media Business (SMB) online marketing group launched a Facebook "community and guide" (translation: page) designed to help educate small business owners on "how to harness the power of social media to reach and serve their customers." Dell is calling the Facebook "community and guide" Social Media ... http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/09/19/18284 Due partially to some Ike-related distribution glitches, but primarily to some panic buying on the part of locals, there is a gasoline shortage in Middle Tennessee. Many stations have plastic bags over pump hoses and those with supplies have lines of cars backed up for blocks. It has a very ... http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/09/19/18280 During the days preceding the landfall of Hurricane Gustav, I pointed to an online community and wiki developed by individuals, many of whom were veterans of the post-Katrina online efforts building on their previous experience and information. That effort has now evolved into Hurricanes08.org and includes: The Hurricane Information Center: A ... http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/09/12/18259 Because it's MapQuest, a site you forgot was there unless you're that guy who works from bookmarks made in 1998 (or maybe you remember it was mentioned in Lazy Sunday), I doubt many people are going to check out the site's new "local pages." (Here's a link to the generic ... http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/09/10/18250 The folks at the new Blogs.com included RexBlog on a list of popular CEO Blogs . When I saw the list, all I could think of was back when my children were young, hearing Cookie Monster sing, one of these things is not like the other things . http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/09/04/18191 Here's a map that's tracking evacuation centers and updates related to Hurricane Gustav: View Larger Map (via: Gustav Information Center) http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/09/01/18184 Hurricane tracking map widget via Lockergnome.com'sInside WeatherBug Blog. With natural disasters in the past, I have pointed to ways in which volunteers, individuals, aid organizations and the media have utilized the web to help communicate and coordinate their responses. As I've said before, my interest in this began with having family in ... http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/08/31/18175 Jon Henshaw, the SEO guru (among many other things) at the web-development firm, Sitening, says some very nice things about the online strategy displayed on the Hammock Inc. company website, Hammock.com. (Yes, I do have a job.) Thanks, Jon. I feel like Sally Field. There are subtle things about the ... http://www.RexBlog.com/2008/08/26/18161