Although many of you are “getting it” when it comes to this whole new social media thing, which includes new media, there are so many who don’t. Well, maybe this video will help you understand. Social Media in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo. Thanks to Sundog for bringing it to our collective attention.

I thought I’ve been pretty clear about the fact that you can send me your company/organizational news and announcements for possible posting here on AgWired but I’m finding that some companies are not doing so or forget to include us at times. So I guess all I can do is remind you again. If you want your customers to know …

I’m not sure if mobile computicating is a term but the phones of today are computers that let us communicate on the go and today the iPhone took a step forward. I got back from Nashville in time to follow along with Tom Kravitz on One More Thing as he wrote about the stage show at the Apple WWDC. I …

I just got into Nashville and am sitting in my hotel waiting for a room to open up. Thought I’d use the time to get caught up on some email and found a release about this. I think this is a little creepy. You’ve got to watch the video (psa) to see why (Smokey shouldn’t have a gender identity issue). …

I try not to get too political here on AgWired. Don’t I? But, in this case I wanted to see if you would help Colleen out. She’s a long time farm broadcaster, wonderful person and I think she’s a worthy cause. Don’t you? Dear Agricultural Marketing Friends and Colleagues, Our Colleen Callahan for Congress Campaign is building MOMENTUM! But…this election …

The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council Annual Meeting is underway here in Omaha, NE. Last night we had a major lightning storm. After living through one in Kansas City the night before I’m wondering if I’m a lightning rod. I’m heading to Nashville tomorrow and keeping my fingers crossed. To kick things off here EPIC Executive Director, Toni Nuernberg, welcomed …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of a new member to the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. Newly appointed to fill a vacancy lasting less than 18 months is Jay S. Bryant, Reston, Va. (Region 6). The term for this appointee expires June 30, 2009. This new member will be seated at the board meeting July 17-19, …

It was a beautiful day to be out on the Katy Trail today and with that great weather comes a lot of field work. Here’s some red and green on the job in the Missouri River bottoms. Around here we’re starting to see corn and even some soybeans above ground but there’s still a lot of fields waiting to be …

For you aspiring audio editors or farm broadcasters out there with a Mac, multi-track editing just got easier. I’ve been using Adobe Soundbooth and wondering why they never made a version of Audition for the Mac. Well they still haven’t but they’ve got a new version of Soundbooth in beta and I just edited tomorrow’s ZimmCast with it. It’s still …

A post by Scott Kelby on Photoshop Insider about his photo and computer back-up strategy made me decide to post one too. I get asked this fairly often and I’ve seen several seminars on the topic. I will mainly address photos but will also mention audio and video too. To get started on a plan to back up your data …