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Tweeting the #GlobalAg Summit in Washington DC
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Some days life moves at 300mph. Some days you feel good about what you spent your day doing. May 18, 2012, was both of those days for me, when, on Monsanto’s behalf, I live tweeted the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. It was an…
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E-Book Popularity Continues to See Huge Increases; Readers Win
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Yesterday, Reuters ran a story about the ongoing changes in the book publishing industry, which I discovered thanks to the Drudge Report. As a small publisher, I can echo the radical changes we are all seeing. The report covered a survey that showed e-books doubled in popularity in 2011. Using data from more than…
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I’m Farming and I Grow It
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Earlier this week, one of my co-workers, Glynn, ran across an incredibly creative music video created by three farming brothers in Kansas. At that point the video had been viewed about 400 times, so we decided to share this fun, creative promotion of the importance of agriculture via our social media channels. And so did…
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I really don’t like Dolores Umbridge…
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I’m reading the Harry Potter series. Yes, I know, I’m late to the party. I actually started with the movies when the final book came out and rather enjoyed them. And in the last few weeks, both my wife and I have embarked on our journey through the imaginative pages of muggles and wizards,…
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Change or Die
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Yesterday, Christianity Today blogged about the purchase of Thomas Nelson by HarperCollins. While the debate rages about whether this is good or bad for the Christian publishing market, I would contend that it doesn’t matter. I would argue that it is irrelevant. As most people are starting to notice the publishing industry has radically…