For quite some time, the technology gurus have been excitedly promoting Twitter and it’s benefits. Sure, the concept is simple… Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Yet, I remain skeptical about incorporating it into my life. When …
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 …
Happy Holidays
The Happy Holiday-ness continues here on AgWired. And why not? There’s 12 days of Christmas to start with right? And most of you are on holiday for another week or so. So here’s one from Goran Djakovic, Serbia, AGROPRESS. He’s currently VP of IFAJ and wishes us, Mir Boziji, Hriston se rodi? Wishing you all peace for the Holiday Season …
Internet Continues To Grow As News Source
You’ve probably seen this already but just in case you haven’t it’s worth knowing and noting. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: The internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all other media except television as a main source for national and international …
A New Face at AgWired
Thanks for the introduction, Chuck! I’m glad to be a part of AgWired, and I look forward to bringing a unique perspective to new media uses as a cattle rancher, college student and agricultural journalist. Young people are always the go-to generation when it comes to utilizing technology to its fullest potential, and I’m excited to share with you some …
Yes Rural Broadband is Important
The latest issue of Farms.com’s Highlighter Newsletter contains an article titled, “Rural Broadband – An Important Platform.” Now that’s a subject near and dear to my heart. Joe Dales is the author and he makes some good points like, “. . . it can be a strong platform for rural economic growth.” He also says: To be sure that our …
Happy Holidays
This holiday greeting comes from the Mother Nature Network. Dear friend of Mother Nature, Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers who have joined us since our beta quietly launched earlier this month. The buzz is building…see what the New York Times has to say. And we greatly appreciate the helpful advice and ideas you’ve sent our way. Up next, …
Blue Ribbon Cookbook Wins Prize
Liz Harfull, IFAJ e-news editor and author of The Blue Ribbon Cookbook is pretty excited. A best-selling book about South Australian country show cooks and their prizewinning recipes will represent Australia in the 2008 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The Blue Ribbon Cookbook by Adelaide Hills author Liz Harfull has been selected from a record number of entries to be named …
More Media Fragmentation and Diminished Importance of Reach
Loyal AgWired fans will know that I am a big fan of Steve Rubel, Micro Persuasion. He’s one of the new media guru’s who helped form my initial thinking about the online world and the direction it was going at the time we started ZimmComm New Media. He posted a great outlook for where media is going yesterday which is …
NAFB Wave Research Study
I’ve been meaning to write about the National Association of Farm Broadcasting’s Wave Research Study. Looking at this month’s Agrimarketing Magazine prompted me to go ahead. I found it ironic that there’s an ad for Farm Journal Media early in the publication touting their position compared to other major ag pubs and quoting the NAFB study. Then NAFB has an …