Category Archives: video

The frightening future of the entertainment industry

Posted on Monday, January 9, 2012 by Rex Hammock

In light of last week’s posts  about the entertainment industry’s effort to enact the legislation called SOPA (here and here), I saw a couple of items early this morning that reminded me that much of the reason that industry wants to out-legislate … Continue reading →

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Inst@Review: Tailor, Tinker, ZZZZ, zzzzz

Posted on Friday, January 6, 2012 by Rex Hammock

Apologies to the person from the UK who is one of the 12 readers of this blog, but many years ago, I discovered that, for me, the perfect cure for insomnia is listening to the World Service of the BBC. … Continue reading →

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The thin line between honoring and commercializing

Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2011 by Rex Hammock

I can only imagine the debates that took place inside State Farm and its agencies over creating a TV commercial to run during the coverage of the 911 tenth anniversary. Frankly, if I were in an advisory role, I would … Continue reading →

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Video short: Change for a Dollar

Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2011 by Rex Hammock

I do not know anyone associated with this short, well-crafted, uplifting film called “Change for a Dollar.” It just flowed by me earlier this morning and at the time, only had 350 views. It was posted yesterday, so I clicked … Continue reading →

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Wow: It’s from AOL and it’s great (so it must be somehow evil): AIM AV

Posted on Friday, May 13, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Last week, AOL had an “employees only” message on a new video-conferencing platform attached to the Domain Name (http://www.aim.com/av) we all associate with AOL’s “Instant Messaging.” The “employees only” message is now off the page, so I guess that means … Continue reading →

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