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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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Tag Archives: web culture
My review of the Sharpie Liquid Pencil
From the RexLabs Since the dawn of time, humans have been seeking a breath mint that tastes like a candy mint and a candy mint that works like a breath mint. Yet, whenever someone comes out with two-, two-, two-mints-in … Continue reading
The web is a place. This blog is me.
Recently, I read a post by Alexandra Samuel that appeared on the Harvard Business Review’s website. While the subject line started off, “10 Reasons…”, something I doubt she ever starts an “IRL” (in real life) conversation with, the rest of … Continue reading
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
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
Kids aren’t DNA-level digital natives and “best selling” eBooks are free — but you knew that
In the past few moments, I’ve been reminded of how distorted my view can become when I limit my beliefs to the reality I find from the firehose of news and information that floods forth from the RSS/Twitter sources I … Continue reading
Tagged web culture
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Privacy is not dead, get over it
As typical, when danah boyd (it is she who uses the lower case) writes, it’s worth reading. In this post, she explains why it may be in Facebook’s interest to wish that “privacy is dead,” but why Facebook’s interests are … Continue reading
Stop trying to limit the Internet to a metaphor
Today, I spent several hours in a conference with 300 marketers who fit into one of two categories: 1. They work at companies that are trying hard to figure out how to use something currently called “social media” to help … Continue reading
Posted in Content Marketing, marketing, social media
Tagged cluetrain, technology, web culture
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The coming demise of ‘social media’ (the term, that is)
Despite using it in our company’s marketing material (hey, we know a thing or two about search and marketing), I don’t like the term “social media.” I dislike it for the same reason I never liked the term “Web 2.0.” … Continue reading
Posted in conversational media, observation, social media, social networks
Tagged web 2.0, web culture
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I buried the album cover
Via the BBC, I learned a few moments ago that today is the 40th anniversary of one of the most iconic photographs ever taken, Iain Macmillan’s shot of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road. Of course, we all know the photo … Continue reading
Another Dave Delaney simple, great idea: Tool Talk
A big thanks to Dave Delaney, social media coordinator at Nashville-based Griffin Technology, who last night organized what I guess can be called the “beta version” of a new idea of his called Tool Talk. In 2007, Dave started an … Continue reading
Can people who max out at 140 characters read long stuff?
I’m taking part in an online book-reading-club-support-group-community-project* called Infinite Summer, a group-read of the 1,000+ page novel Infinite Jest by the late David Foster Wallace. I’ll admit, I got a bit of a head-start on the project because a couple … Continue reading
When you live in a culture of fear, even student hugs and helpful teachers are viewed as threats
I’m bothered when I read that some schools are banning students from hugging and (via danah boyd – and be sure to read the comments) other schools are banning any contact between students and teachers during “off-hours,” including any contact … Continue reading
To parents of teens, read this
I get asked lots of questions (from parents) about how teens use the Internet. Typically, the questions are phrased in such a way as to imply the Internet should be added to the list: sex, drugs and rock-n-roll. I can … Continue reading
Those web services you couldn’t live without in 1999 – Where are they now?
Harry McCracken has a thought-provoking post that lists what were, ten years ago, “the top 15 web properties (ie, networks of related sites) as measured by Media Metrix”. Specifically, the thoughts Harry’s post should be provoking are these: 1. Why … Continue reading
Tagged web culture
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Required skimming: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview
There are lots of inside jokes and jabs in this hilarious McSweeney’s piece that’s a description of an “upper-level” course called, “Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era.” Among the prerequisite courses: ENG: 232WR—Advanced Tweeting: The Elements of Droll LIT: … Continue reading
