Everyone has a spine. Sure it's not a part of the body we tend to think about or receive compliments on (how hard would you laugh if someone said, ?My what a lovely spine you have ??), but it holds... [link]

Crowdsourcing might sound just like simple feedback, but it's actually so much more. [link]

Judging from the hits, our post last year on creating style guides filled a need. If you're just starting this process, or perhaps dusting off your current guide and thinking of remodeling, we thought we'd offer some tips on things... [link]

The Hammock Team shares some of our grammar pet peeves You'll often find us walking up and down the halls with a red pen tucked behind an ear, resting in a shirt pocket or in-hand, always ready to lend a... [link]

One of my greatest objections to English grammar is the concept of the gender-neutral pronoun. I'm all for gender equality, but I object to the unwieldy sentences it has forced upon us. [link]

When words like "elegant," "inviting" and "grand" are used to describe us and our work, you know we have to tell you about it. Hammock Inc. -- and the publications we create for our clients -- was recently awarded several... [link]

The July/August issue of American Spirit offers hints for planning family reunions and describes the restoration of a historic coffeehouse. [link]

Bringing the Corps' message to the Windy City, U.S. Marines swept into Chicago in mid-May for the first-ever Marine Week, a citywide series of events designed to better acquaint Chicagoans with the Corps. Our client, the Marine Corps League, partnered... [link]

If you walk around our offices here at Hammock Inc., you'll find that most of us Hammockites have cherished desk items that have been with us almost as long as we've been working here. While some of us like to... [link]

Once a month, we'd like to bring you your morning coffee and news. Truth be told, we don't know a lot about brewing fancy coffee, but we always know the latest and greatest from the world of custom media and... [link]

Ok, fine. So I don't have a garden like my green thumb colleagues, but I do love food. And film. That's why I feel it is my duty as a responsible food eater/film goer to point all of our Nashville... [link]

'Tis the season for peas, so lately my weekly CSA shipment has been jam-packed with snap peas in addition to broccoli, cauliflower, peaches, lettuce and basil. Tired of snacking on raw snap peas before dinner, last night I started... [link]

You know that many members of Team Hammock are becoming locavores this season. We're shopping local farmers' markets, enjoying a bounty of produce delivered right to our front doors through CSAs, and growing a plethora of veggies and herbs in... [link]

Eating locally sounds appealing, but it's not always easy to do. Especially when, like me, your CSA has produced nothing but lettuce for three weeks straight. Lots and lots of lettuce. Last year I discovered that if I didn't have... [link]

It's going to be an unseasonable 86 degrees for the Country Music Half Marathon, which my husband and I are running. It's going to be rough, so if you're out watching, yell at me (and wish me luck). [link]