Welcome back to work everyone. I’m almost there. Sort of. Kind of. Actually I’ll be back to it full time on Wednesday. This morning I got a chance to got offshore trolling for dolphins (Mahi-Mahi) near Pompano Beach, FL. This lighthouse was really lit up by this morning’s sun. It was a beautiful morning on the water. I see from …
A Culture of Meat in Print
This sounds like a magazine I would enjoy. Just the name conjures up savory images – Meatpaper. Meatpaper is a print magazine of art and ideas about meat. We like metaphors more than marinating tips. We are your journal of meat culture. At once divisive and universal, delicious and disturbing, funny and dead-serious, meat polarizes us unlike any other food; …
Whos Talkin About You?
We’re coming off the slowest two weeks in ag news of the year (do you agree?). I’ve just got a feeling that things will pick up a lot starting next week. In the meantime you might want to spend a few minutes finding out who’s talking about you or your products online. You know I strongly advocate “joining the conversation.” …
Sunset on 2008
I don’t think we’re going to have as pretty a sunset tonight as last night. This was the view just before Cindy and I went to enjoy a New Year’s Eve dinner. I hope everyone’s having a wonderful New Year’s Day. I know posting has been a little light but it’s a quiet time in ag right now. I’m pretty …
Happy New Year From ZimmComm New Media
This is your Happy New Year ZimmCast. In it you’ll hear my thoughts on this year’s growth in online communications, especially in agriculture. Agriblogging and Farm Podcasting have exploded and we’re thankful to not only be a part of the conversation but help others along the way. Last week was a milestone for me with ZimmCast 200. Over the course …
AgWired’s Agricultural Communications Reading List
Are you as tired of the “Top Ten . . . ” lists popping up everywhere as I am? Yeah. I thought so. But a conversation last night over the future of ag communications prompted me to put together a list of AgWired posts during 2008 that all relate to where things are going in communications today and that goes …
Recipe App For iPhone
Here’s a great story from our World Dairy Diary site I thought you might be interested in. Do you know of any iPhone apps being developed for agriculture right now? Kraft Foods is making it easier for busy consumers to plan meals, search recipes and even locate the nearest store through a new downloadable application for iPhone and iPod touch …
Will We Have a Livable Future?
What do you think about this new website project by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health? Their Center for a Livable Future has launched the site to “enable research on the critical links between agriculture and public health.” Do you think they understand production agriculture and have farmer’s best interests at heart? Is this needed? Who defines a …
Woods Wanderings
It seems like the end of the year holidays are the only time I get to wander back through the woods behind ZimmComm World Headquarters. We’ve got a lot of cedars and last winter’s ice storm wasn’t very kind to them. I went on a photo shoot this afternoon to see what condition they were in. This one looks like …
Talking Gadgets on RFD Today
This morning I was a guest on RFD Today, hosted by my good friend, Tricia Braid Terry. We talked about electronic gadgets (GPS, Mobile Phone, iPhone apps, etc.). With her permission I’ve got a link to our segment of the show here in case you’d like to listen: rfd-12-26-08-gadgets.mp3 GPS units are cool and I got my first one for …