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New media lesson of the day: A picture is worth 5,000 calories

Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 by Rex Hammock

Sometimes, when I see something like This is Why You’re Fat: Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks (warning: not safe for the queazy), I think about how hard it would be to get such an elegantly simple, yet deep-fat fried idea … Continue reading →

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The Tumblr-fication of Google Reader

Posted on Monday, May 5, 2008 by Rex Hammock

A new feature that will be recognized as a tumblelog by the tiny fraction of the world’s inhabitants who might know what a tumblelog is, has been added to Google Reader. Wisely recognizing that tumblelog is a far-edge concept, Google … Continue reading →

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What is a tumblelog?

Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 by Rex Hammock

This announcement by Union Square Ventures explains why they’ve invested in Tumblr.com. It also contains a detailed explanation of what a tumblelog is. I use Tumblr.com to aggregate all my posts, tweets, photo-sharing into one “lifestream” that I call “River … Continue reading →

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