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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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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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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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I’m sorry, Malcolm Gladwell (but you’re still wrong)
An amazing thing happened earlier this morning. My wife and I were having a conversation during which she commented in a rather oh-by-the-way fashion, “I thought you were a big fan of Malcolm Gladwell. So why did you attack him … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, observation, social media, twitter
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The Revolution will be Tweeted
Like there is a Greenwich Mean Time that determines precisely the correct time on which all correct times are based, there should be a standard by which we measure bad timing. I propose such timing be called Malcolm Gladwell Time. … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, google, observation, social media, twitter
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Instant Review of RockMelt
As someone who likes to, in a mixed-metaphor kind of way, kick the tires of shiny new things, when I read about the new web browser, Rockmelt, I downloaded it (thanks to a Facebook friend who was notified by RockMelt … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, internet, social media, social networks, twitter
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Facebook Tip: How to avoid friend requests from spammers
Recently I complained (using my account’s rarely updated Status Update) on Facebook about receiving a flurry of friend requests that are obviously from spam accounts. The requests feature profile photos of, well, let’s just say these photos indicate the requester … Continue reading
A WordPress plugin for adding the Facebook Like button to your blog
[Note: This post is rated: Geek.] While I know in doing so, I’m supporting Facebook’s march towards turning the “social” part of the internet into a corporate-state, I nonetheless decided to add a Facebook “like” button to each post on … Continue reading
Facebook goes River of News
For a few people who are obsessed with the way content flows from creator to consumer (to use a food metaphor), today is a rather interesting day. It’s the day when a concept that started out being called an RSS … Continue reading
Thoughts on Twitter #7: The NY Times has officially run out of Twitter stories
[Notes: You can view all my "Thoughts on Twitter" posts displayed chronologically here: http://www.RexBlog.com/thoughts-on-twitter.] On Twitter, I’ve had a running gag for several months in which I note that the New York Times hazes reporters by making them write a … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, social media, Thoughts on Twitter, twitter
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The unintended consequences of Facebook-fear in the workplace
The second most asked question I receive about social networking from my off-line business friends who know “I do something related to all that stuff” is about some negative situation related to employees use of Facebook or Twitter. Usually it … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, social media, social networks
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I’m not vain, I’m just forgetful: Why I grabbed facebook.com/rexhammock
For the same reason Marshall Kirkpatrick and Chris Messina and many others who wrote on the topic don’t need a Facebook vanity URL, neither do I. However, that didn’t stop me from registering facebook.com/rexhammock (facebook.com/rex.hammock also works) when the service … Continue reading
Users are great for helping you tweak products, but don’t ask when you want break through ideas
(credit: HelveticFanatic, Flickr, [CC]) Robert Scoble has jumped into the debate over the new interface design of Facebook. Scoble’s piece expresses an insight I believe is too often missed by those who confuse the concept of “pleasing the user” with … Continue reading
Posted in conversational media, design, facebook, google, social media, social networks
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Drive-by thoughts on Twitter, Grammys and Alison Krauss
(Credit: Josh Penland via Flickr & Creative Commons.) 1. Twitter and real-time events: I’ve blogged before how Twitter can transform any real-time TV broadcast into a “community event.” I’ve seen this on broadcasts of major sporting events, political debates or, … Continue reading
Posted in conversational media, facebook, friendfeed, media, social media, social networks
Tagged friendfeed
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How *not* to use Facebook as a marketing tool
Jack Lail posts about a Facebook controversy he says hasn’t hit the AP or newspapers yet (but Jack, aren’t you a newspaperman?) but that no doubt will before the day is over. Brad Ward, the coordinator for electronic communications in … Continue reading
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Dell joins Facebook to friend small businesses
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.” … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, small business, social media, social networks
Tagged small business
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