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Friends

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Friends
: Finally got to meet fellow blogger Rex Hammock last night. He’s from Nashville; I’m from Jersey; we both just happened to be at Northwestern yesterday; blog kismet.

What’s amazing about these first-time meetings with bloggers you know well: I felt as if we were old friends catching up… only we were catching up on each other’s entire lives. Because we know each other here, there’s an instant trust.

He’s a damned nice guy and I’m looking forward to meeting again next time we pass by.

: Update/Reality Check: But then again… I’m sitting in the airport lounge now and the guy behind me is telling his life’s story and I doubt the guy he’s telling it to is a blogger.

5 responses to “Friends”

  1. jbm Avatar
    jbm

    I don’t understand – what exactly is the point of the “update/reality check?”

  2. guess Avatar
    guess

    coward

  3. Ebb Tide Avatar
    Ebb Tide

    Is Rex “Hammock man” from the GWB encounter with small businessmen… the guy who blogged the meeting and made all the Wash Post reporters jealous?

  4. Mark Avatar
    Mark

    Ebb Tide: Rex Hammock is the same. Mr. Jarvis is correct in his assessment that he is a great guy. I haven’t met him in person yet, either, but I live in the same city he does and have had email contact with him and read his extremely valuable blog on the magazine industry. You should check it out if you haven’t already. While you’re at it, also check out three other Nashville bloggers who Mr. Jarvis has linked to before – Bill Hobbs, Terry Heaton, and Donald Sensing. Well worth your time.

  5. Ebb Tide Avatar
    Ebb Tide

    Mark, thanks for the info, I followed that story when it first came out, he also did an interview with a local TV station afterwards where he talked about all the attention his blog got, especially when it didn’t even occur to him to NOT blog about it, he sincerely didn’t realize it would cause a sensation… his candid account of that meeting was a great read.