I was lucky to be given the opportunity to conduct the most comprehensive research on digital agricultural adoption on Irish farms and farmers’ attitudes toward digital tech. Through funding provided by Skillnet Ireland and through the reach that the IFA provides, the report, ‘Digital Agriculture: Adoption and Attitudes,’ was completed
I am in the process of building out a vertical app centre focusing on agriculture. I would appreciate feedback, suggestions and comments (don’t hold back) on the responsive layout and also if there are other app categories (and indeed apps) that I should be promoting. For the purposes of this
I’ve been messing around with Google Maps Engine today and found that even with lite version you can do some pretty cool stuff. You can even make your data available publicly without Google authentication being required by the user through the Google Maps Engine API. Here is a list of
You would imagine for a country so obsessed with the weather that we would have produced at least one world beating, beautifully designed weather app that does the core features right. Alas, it appears we would rather spend our time giving out about the weather than actually trying to soften the blow
I said I would not put up a post again until I had something to right about. Well…I started an initiative nearly 2 years ago, where I tried to enable people with IDEAS turn them into something real. This is IdeaSpace. We’ve made good progress in the Irish Agri Sector
I have neglected my blogging for the last year as I have had a lot to focus on. It’s been a year spent in reflection both professionally and academically. I completed the Human Computer Interaction module offered by Stanford on the Coursera platform gaining full marks (taps finger on tongue
Twitter bridging the gap between the Farm and the Table Twitter has become, among other things, a way to bridge the gap between farm and table, and connect Canadians wanting to know more about where their food comes from with the people who make their living producing it. Could Twitter
More Data Was Transmitted Over the Internet in 2010 Than All Previous Years Combined. This is a trend that will continue. There are currently 4 billion connected devices around the world, Intel expects that number to increase to 15 billion by 2015 and 50 billion by 2020. Given that the
This week I will highlight some tools and services that can help with solving computer related problems and help farmers and other non-digital natives; https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/agfoodiehelpvideos/introductionandtheworldwideweb/ List of videos on www.agfood.ie that demonstrate how to; – Register – Login – Manage Animal Identification & Movements – Manage the SFP – Manage Calf Registration These videos can be paused
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