Another AgChat session is wrapping up. The topic this week is the death tax or as some like to call it, the estate tax. As always, you can scroll back through the conversation via Twitter Search. We have a Twub set up for AgChat too which is becoming my favorite way to participate. #agchat
State of the Blogosphere 2009
The 2009 Technorati State of the Blogosphere is worth your time to read through. The final segment of the report will be released today. Here’s just a couple of tidbits from the report and you can listen to my interview with Richard Jalichandra discuss the report here. The rise of the professional blogger continues. 70% of Part-Timers, Pros, and Self-Employeds …
Blog Action Day Thoughts
It’s Blog Action Day. A day when apparently a whole lot of environmental extremists are joyfully proclaiming the end of life as we know it. Seems like a continuation of the Chicken Little theory. Take the Prime Minister of the UK’s blog post that says, “Climate change is the biggest threat to all our futures.” Maybe we should just all …
ZimmComm On Location at BlogWorld
How do you become new media experts? Participate in conferences like BlogWorld and New Media Expo. That’s why I’m here with Carly and Robert our webmaster. In fact, Robert is in this photo somewhere. The Mac in the front row on the left is mine. The opening session is underway featuring Laura Fitton, Pistachio Consulting. She’s challenging and inspiring us. …
Getting Ready For Start of BlogWorld & New Media Expo
The 2009 BlogWorld & New Media Expo is about to get underway in Las Vegas. Carly, Robert and I are on location (finally). I’ll primarily be writing about the conference on ZimmComm.biz but will post here too when I find something you new media farm folks might be interested in. My hope is that I can shed a little more …
Immersion In New Media
The BlogWorld & New Media Expo is next week folks. Have you registered? I’m serious. If you work in ag media, agency, company marcomm then you should really consider being there. This is your professional improvement opportunity to be immersed in new and social media for 3 days. That’s where you’ll find ZimmComm. If for some reason you can’t make …
San Francisco City Critter
You never know what you’re going to see traveling away from home. I was amazed at the number of jack rabbits roaming around the street and parking lots of the office buildings right near my hotel in South San Francisco. I almost stepped on one when it jumped out from under a bush next to the sidewalk. This one kind …
Learning About Fluidigm IFC’s
Here’s a look at a Fluidigm integrated fluidic circuit (IFC). This is the core technology that the company produces. Holding the chip is Yong Yi, Product Manager, Fluidigm. He was one of the first people I interviewed here at the company headquarters in South San Francisco. I’ll be posting his interview later. I just wanted you to see that we’re …
FuelChat Session at 2pm Eastern Today
This is a reminder that today at 2:00pm Eastern time the Renewable Fuels Association will be hosting another 1 hour online Twitter chat session. It’s FuelChat and you will have the chance to ask questions and interact with others on the subject of ethanol. I’ll be working with RFA as moderator for today’s session. There are a number of mechanisms …
Tweetup4Troops
The Christmas SPIRIT Foundation (CSF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the Spirit of Christmas for kids, families and the environment. Since 2005, CSF has delivered 50,000 Real Christmas Trees to military families in the U.S. and overseas through the Trees for Troops program. CSF is inviting people to become local hosts of fundraising events called “Tweetup4Troops,” designed to …