Thanks to IFAJ for sharing the fact that the Philippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc. or PAJ recently elected a new set of officers. This followed its recent general assembly, held at the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Auditorium, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Elected president for the sixth time is Roman Floresca, business editor of The Philippine Star. Other elected officers include Noel …
QiPack Powers Your Gadget
I’m all about having extra mobile battery power. I also want it to be as small and portable as possible. That’s why my kit contains a couple mobile chargers, including the Golden ZimmComm mobile charger! Here’s a new one I just learned about. I made a Kickstarter contribution to help them get started. Today, entrepreneurs Michael Goyack and Lance Wu …
Invite to 2014 ARC Annual Meeting
You are invited to the 2014 Agricultural Relations Council Annual Meeting. It will be held Tuesday, June 24 at 2:00 PM to Thursday, June 26 at 10:00 PM at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, WI. Just two months remain before the annual ARC meeting and the agenda is complete. The meeting will be held at the historic Madison Concourse …
Typo Keyboard for iPhone Review
If you wanted one I hope you ordered it in time. After several weeks of using my iPhone 5S with a Typo Keyboard I’m ready to let you know what I think. But first you need to know that sales of the device are on hold right now. I guess this is due to a lawsuit filed by Blackberry. Hope …
Introducing MyNewHolland.com
There’s a new online community open to all farmers and of course customers of New Holland. Today is the launch of MyNewHolland.com. This virtual community is set up to provide a meeting place to share information, contribute to farming related discussions and access premium contents and services. It is very simple to create your account by visiting MyNewHolland.com. Then you’ll …
Tim’s Real Easter Basket Grass
Does it ever seem like you’ll never get all the plastic Easter basket grass out of your house when the holiday is over? Do you find it years later? Still in mint condition? Solution: Tim’s Real Easter Basket Grass Here’s part of The Story: Tim’s Easter Basket Grass was conceived of when I began collecting hay from the neighboring farm …
How ZimmComm Became Ten Years Old
While ZimmComm New Media is celebrating ten years we’re doing some reminiscing about some of the milestones in our journey. Speaking of miles, Cindy and I met up in a Delta Sky Club in Atlanta last night to record this week’s program. She was returning from the Bayer CropScience Bee Care Center opening and I was returning from a visit …
NAMA Trade Show Through ZimmGlass
Google Glass got a lot of attention during the Connection Point at this year’s Agri-Marketing Conference. Here’s Bruce Rasa, TekWearAg, doing a demo with Karen and Cliff from GROWMARK. Bruce patiently conducted countless demos during his time working with us in the ZimmComm booth. We really appreciate his participation and have enjoyed a great relationship as we work on ideas …
Seeing New Holland Through ZimmGlass
I’m having so much fun with the ZimmGlass Project that it has been well worth the expense to become a Google Explorer to use this new wearable technology during the beta phase prior to public release. News Flash, today only for a limited time the general public can order them. I’m not sure how many they will sell so if …
NAMA Fresh Perspective
During the 2014 Agri-Marketing Conference Max Armstrong produced daily “The Fresh Perspective” videos with information about what was happening during the event. In fact, The Fresh Perspective is sponsored by This Week in Agribusiness. Here’s the last episode. 2014 Agri-Marketing Conference Photo Album