Food recalls seem to be fairly frequent lately and it seems like the general public really doesn’t get good information about what is actually being recalled. I would blame that at least in part to journalists trying to be “sensational” with the effect of scaring the crap out of people who then tend to over react. Okay, got that out …
Sell Internet Access Sponsorships
I’m glad to find out that the Brownfield Network will be sponsoring the internet access at my NAMA breakout session on social media and I thank them. Internet access is really becoming such an important part of everyday life and business that I was determined to find a way to have it. This brought up an idea that I’m sure …
RuMBA Proposes American Broadband Bill of Rights
It looks like the Rural Mobile Broadband Alliance is getting their stuff together. They want to help guide the debate over development of broadband connectivity and have offered the following: According to RuMBA’s Managing Director, Luisa Handem, the “American Broadband Bill of Rights” demands all Americans have access to a network that is: (1) Ubiquitous – Services and devices should …
Adelstein Nominated To USDA RUS Admin
I just noticed in Broadcasting & Cable magazine that Jonathan Adelstein has been nominated by the Prez to head up USDA’s Rural Utilities Service. He’s an FCC Commissioner currently. Adelstein would be administrator of the RUS program. The White House gave Adelstein props for “efforts to improve rural telecommunication s and broadband” while at the commission. The story says RUS …
Soybean Premiums.org Connects Companies & Suppliers
There’s a new website to help connect soyfoods companies with soybean suppliers. The Soyfoods Association of North America (SANA) is committed to helping soyfoods companies connect with soybean suppliers. Soybeans are used to provide a wide range of products including edamame, soymilk, soy-based meat alternatives, tofu, tempeh, miso, shoyu, natto, soy yogurt, non-dairy frozen desserts, nutrition bars, chips, and cereals. …
Internet Use News
Here’s a couple of internet-related tidbits for you on a Wednesday morning. According to comScore, YouTube surpassed 100 million visits in January with the average viewer watching 62.5 videos. This is from an eMarketer story. YouTube owes much of its growth to the users who generate the majority of content on the site. eMarketer estimates that 9.1% of Internet users, …
Recommended Reading – WWGD?
After just getting home I saw that my copy of the Jeff Jarvis book, “What Would Google Do?” has arrived. I highly recommend reading this book and I’ll probably do an occasional post about something I find in it. For starters, on the first page: The mass market is dead, replaced by the mass of niches. Boy, how hard is …
RuMBA Formed To Guide Broadband Spending
Here’s an example of how the stimulus is stimulating. I’m betting there will be other groups formed to help spend that money. I’m not saying this is a bad thing necessarily. Someone sure needs to provide advice to the government officials who are going to be making spending decisions. The Rural Mobile Broadband Alliance (RuMBA) was launched to provide a …
Rural Broadband Debate
I’m not sure where you would come down on the idea of stimulus money being spent on the continuing development of rural broadband but I’m all for it. Thanks to rural_broadband’s heads up on Twitter I thought you’d be interested in these two stories. The first one is from NPR, “Stimulus Stirs Debate Over Rural Broadband Access.” In it they …
Internet In The WildBlue Yonder
The NCBA Trade Show kicked off with an opening reception this evening at the Cattle Industry Convention. I’m planning on spending some time there during the next couple days. It looks like the first session went well judging by all the traffic as I wandered around. I took a few photos which have been added to the photo album but …