Internet & Farming

This weeks’ latest batch of Agri-IT related news;   The UK’s National Trust has opened up the Wimpole Estate Farm to 10,000 web users who will decide on which animals to purchase, which crops to grow and whether to regain lost hedgerows. Online farmers will run the farm through discussions

Internet and Farming News

Well, you have not heard from me for a while with just cause I might add. I have been busy overseeing the development and roll-out of a key decision support app for Irish farmers. The big challenge was to develop something that was cross generational (over 70% of farmers in

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Skimming Through Life on a Charm

I have been holed up in my bunker of an office for the last 36 hours trying desperately to complete a dissertation based on Action Research findings and learnings and it is breaking my heart. I just can’t seem to get into it – I have collated all the data

Social Shangri-la

In recent months, I have been getting daily doses of déjà vu. When skimming through all my social media channels in the morning, I keep coming across the same articles, whether it is through my Facebook news feed, Twitter updates or YouTube channels. I also receive ‘Google Alerts’ emails which

Am I happy being a utility player?

‘Forget Cristiano Ronaldo, John O’Shea has been our best player this season, what an inspiration!’ (Sir Alex Ferguson). * It’s normally this time of year when I start to review what I have achieved in the last 12 months and attempt to update my CV with the  relevant detail. In

Riding the Rails

Last week I had to go to Kilkenny for the launch of a usability project I am involved in. I got the train before 8am and arrived just after 9am. That was the most complete hour of focus I have had in a long while. I know from trips to

The App Generation

I have been working in the Agri-IT sector for over a year now and have conducted deep research into the adoption of technology by the farming community. All avenues explored to accelerate the adoption of ICT lead to dead ends which I hypothesised in a previous post. I know that

Can Marketers Reach The ‘Digital Ostrich’?

After a recent reunion with college buddies, we were sitting around the next day recovering from the night before. The TV was on but with no sound and three of the guys sat with laptops on each of their laps. One of them called me over to view the latest

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