AgChat Summary

Chuck Zimmerman

I enjoyed another great AgChat session tonight. This time the focus was on Food, Inc. the movie. You can follow back through the conversation via Twitter. It was obvious that most of us participating haven’t had a chance to see the movie yet but you can watch the trailer and read around their website or get the associated book to …

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Wynonna Wows CMA Music Festival

Chuck Zimmerman

It has been a great day of country music at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, TN. We got to watch Michael Peterson perform at Hard Rock Cafe before heading over to LP Field for the evening concert. Tonight we had a very special performance by Wynonna and then she was joined on stage by her Mom, Naomi. It was …

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Live Country Music Delayed

Chuck Zimmerman

This evening the CMA Music Festival had a storm issue at the LP Field concert. The second act was Reba McEntire and she was just getting started when they had to clear the field. We got to see Brooks & Dunn and then a couple songs by Reba. It was very disappointing and I’m sure most fans stayed underneath the …

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AgWired RSS Trick

Chuck Zimmerman

Although we have many people subscribing to the AgWired rss feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/Agwired) what happens if you don’t want all our news? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could just subscribe to the content you’re most interested in? Well you can. Here’s how: Let’s say you work for an advertising agency and would just like to subscribe to news we give …

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Blogs and Podcasts are Relevant

Chuck Zimmerman

Most of you probably don’t remember when radio got started or probably even when we moved from black and white to color tv. But if you were around then, it was a big deal. It was “all the buzz.” Technological advances in entertainment and communications are always interesting and can have profound impacts on how we receive information. Can you …

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AgChat Summary

Chuck Zimmerman

After missing it the last couple weeks I got to participate in tonight’s AgChat session on animal ag via Twitter. Here’s the questions posed. Q1: Should we have a #farmfact and/or #foodfact day each week? Which day & which tag best for educating non-ag? Q2: Should NAIS be voluntary or mandatory? Why? Q3: Is it possible to be for MCOOL …

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Reminder About 2009 CCA Institute

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s a reminder about the 2009 CCA Institute. It’s not too late to register according to Terri Breon. Tickets are still available to attend the Friday night “Fun Night” at the ball park. Join fellow CCA’ers as the Kansas City Royals take on the Cincinnati Reds at the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium! As a bonus, the night ends with fireworks …

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Misty Mount Rainier

Chuck Zimmerman

This will be my last photo post of the day from the great state of Washington. Although most of the mountains were clouded over this morning, they pretty well cleared up this afternoon. Here’s Mount Rainier on my way back to Seattle. According to Wikipedia it’s an active stratovolcano. With the cloud lingering at the top it looks like it’s …

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Is This The End Of Traditional Radio In Home?

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m not saying you should go out and buy one of these today but it sure is tempting. I found this story on Podcasting News and I’m going to let James tell the story because he does it very well. My main reason to post this is to keep you up to date on what’s happening with technology that will …

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Podcast Audience Keeps Growing

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m on the way back to ZimmComm World Headquarters after spending quality time with web guru Robert and a day with John Deere in Fresno. I’m ready for some of this warm, sunny weather to hit our area. I just thought I’d point you to an article on Podcasting News that brings together several sources of data on podcasting growth. …

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