This past June, I traveled with the SDSU Spanish Department to Buenos Aires, Argentina. For an entire month, we attended classes, lived with host families, explored the big city, traveled to vineyards, the Andes Mountains, the rainforest and Iguazu Falls, and learned a lot of Spanish along the way. The month was truly an experience of a lifetime, and I …
Country Lifestyle Connection
If you’re trying to reach the rural lifestyle market, the Country Living Association has your Country Connection. Country Living Association (CLA) now offers a low-cost way for companies and organizations to assist local dealers and representatives in order to reach the rural lifestyle audience. Research continues to show that members of this audience want specific, local information, and if local …
My Twitter Life
A new milestone in my Twitter life is just about to be reached. I have 199 followers on Twitter. Who will be #200? Will it be you? If you’re tweeting let me know what you think about it. Do you like it? Is it useful (personally, professionally)? Post Update: Follower 200 is Livable Future, the blog of The Center for …
New Media Work Station
Here’s my work station earlier today at the DoubleTree Hotel in St. Louis. Macbook Pro, iPhone, card reader and my camera. Oh, and yes, I was using hotel lobby bandwidth. The tools to communicate with are certainly changing. If I didn’t want or need to take real high res photos I could just blog an event with my phone and …
What’s the Job Outlook?
Despite icy roads and blizzard conditions, I made the haul from Brookings, S.D. to Lincoln, Neb. for a job interview. I decided that the poor economy and struggling job market was a lot scarier than a good, old South Dakota winter storm, so I made the 5 hour trip down to Neb. for the interview. As this is my last …
A Network Just For Ranchers
There are so many social networks out there, it’s hard to maintain them all! However, I have found a social network that might be perfect for you! It’s called CattleGrower, a network community for livestock producers to connect, collaborate and promote their operations. It’s a great way to make more connections, increase business in 2009, chat with like-minded producers, list …
Thankful For Blessings
I think one of my favorite things to do is take pictures. If I could choose only do one thing for a living it would be photography. Hopefully y’all are finding that ZimmComm photography has improved over time (and it’s not just because of upgraded gear). This is why I love what Russell Graves is doing. I know I’ve pointed …
In the Same Boat…Sort of
Well, I’m not in the same boat as Chuck, enjoying the nice weather of a Florida cruise, but I am feeling the lethargy and dread of getting back to work once again, like so many of you. Although my college vacation is still effectively on until next Wednesday, writing deadlines are creeping up, job interviews need to be prepared for …
The Lighthouse of a New Day
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 …
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 …