The Hammock Blog

As editors, we're suckers for words. Give us a good quote, pun or catchphrase, and you're sure to spark a smile or comment from one of us. Words are our bread and butter (pardon the cliché), so it's no surprise that we rely on such sayings to remember the best practices and rules of journalism. Most of us can't remember where we first heard the adages that follow, but we can't forget them! Here are six of our favorites:

Hammock's work honored as best of the best with major awards from two high-profile organizations.

On Nov. 12, Hammock scored in three categories of the Pearl Awards sponsored by the Custom Publishing Council. "Live SNAP '09" took top honors with a Gold award in the Best Use of Community/Social Networking category and Silver in Best Microsite. "Live SNAP '09" created an online space where attendees and those who couldn't be at the Association Media & Publication Conference could follow the schedule of events along in real time. The goal was to provide a place for members, attendees, speakers and exhibitors alike to interact, participate and communicate through social media tools such as Flickr, YouTube, Twitter and blogging during the event.

An Interview with 'Social Media/Blogger of the Year'

At the end of October, Hammock Founder/CEO Rex Hammock was named 2009 Social Media/Blogger of the Year at a large downtown gala hosted by the Nashville Technology Council. The rest of us at Hammock were especially impressed that Rex's "trophy" is a Gibson electric guitar and that only 10 organizations or individuals received one -- two went to HCA and one to Nissan USA. However, it didn't surprise us that Rex won -- he's been blogging since the Paleozoic Age and tweeting almost that long. (His Twitter account is @r if that gives you any idea.)

However, we think it probably surprised a few people who don't know Rex that someone over 25 years old won a social media award. But then, most people don't know that Rex's approach to social media is not just about being up on the latest online fad. It's about innovating new approaches to achieving measurable business objectives for our clients. To help you understand why the judges awarded Rex such an honor, we asked Editorial Director Jamie Roberts to interview him about the award -- and social media in general.