John Blue - The Best Apps For Agriculture
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The Best Apps For Agriculture - John Blue, presented at the 2015 Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer Leadership Conference, January 31, 2015, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
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- 2. Truffle Media Ned Arthur, Director of Sales and Content Development John Blue, Chief of Community Creation
- 3. Thanks to the Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer Leadership Conference team for the opportunity to provide you information you can use.
- 4. Goals: Learn where to find apps. Learn about ratings & reviews of apps. Discover some apps used by others.
- 5. What apps on your phone do you use the most?
- 6. Apps?
- 7. What problems are you trying to solve with an app? Make decisions? Save time, be more productive? Make / save more money? Be entertained?
- 8. iOS App Store has now reached 1.2 million applications Android Google Play has now reached 1.4 million applications
- 19. Best App? What makes it “Best”?
- 20. Best App? What makes it “Best”? http://agtoday.us/1HsLfhf http://agtoday.us/166eDtf http://appsilo.co
- 21. Best App? What makes it “Best”?
- 22. Best App? What makes it “Best”?
- 25. Best App? What makes it “Best”? http://agtoday.us/1HsLfhf http://agtoday.us/166eDtf http://appsilo.co
- 35. Some must have apps (my view of the world)
- 36. Google EvernoteDropbox Sheets Docs Calendar Drive Chrome Get stuff done tools
- 37. Entertainment
- 38. Banking
- 39. Weather
- 40. Social
- 41. News & info
- 42. News & info: 100’s more to try out!
- 43. Ag specific news, markets, & weather
- 47. Thanks to the Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer Leadership Conference team for the opportunity to provide you information you can use.
Editor's Notes
- Welcome to the session “The Best Apps for Agriculture” This presentation and additional links to agriculture apps can be foundat http://agtoday.us/ag-apps
- Hi, My name is John Blue and I work at Truffle Media Networks, an agriculture media company focused on agriculture animal health issues.
- Thanks to the Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer Leadership Conference team for the opportunity to provide you information you can use.
- What are the apps on your phone you use the most? This is an example of apps on my iPhone and iPad. Some I still use, some have fallen out of use due to not solving a need or are no longer supported.
- What is an app?
- What problems are you trying to solve with an app? Apps ideally are trying to help you make decisions, save time/be more productive, make or save money, or be entertained.
- Perspective on the apps available
- There are two main places to get apps on to your smartphone: Google Play Store for android devices
- And the Apple iTunes apps store for iPhones & iPads.
- And there is a Windows Phone app store...
- App example: An app listed on the stores will usually have info on what it is, screen shots of the app, when it was published,
- App stores also (usually) share info on apps that are similar based on what other people have downloaded.
- This is an Apple Apps store view, similar to that of the Google Play store.
- The stores share related apps, on the idea that you might like these because they are similar to what you are looking at.
- FYI: These bits of information can help you decide to use or not use an app. Missing ratings or costs associated with using a “free” app might sway you.
- Also, the date an app was last updated is good to know. If an app has not been updated in over two years then the app may no longer be supported and/or the app will not work on newer smartphone operating systems.
- Sometimes there is additional information on the number of installations and inapp purchase costs.
- Questions?
- Best App? What makes it “Best”?
- Best App? What makes it “Best”? Best is an opinion.
- Best App? What makes it “Best”? Best is an opinion. The ratings can help be an indicator. No ratings does not mean it is bad.
- Best App? What makes it “Best”? Best is an opinion. Reviews with notes from people can be another indicator to help you decide to use the app.
- Some apps can be “best” because they are related to apps similar the one shown.
- Also, there can be related apps by the same app developer. If one app is good, their others might also be good.
- Media reviews of apps can help.
- Crop life has been publishing app updates for several years. I would say these are less reviews and more about an FYI that these apps exist. In their posts there is nothing to say the app has actually been used or tested by the writer.
- AgWeb app finder has some items that may be of value. It has a list of ~70 ag apps with some links. The reviews stars are provided by the media editors, so again, actual use or testing is unknown.
- AppSilo is working to help bring some new info to apps that are available for ag.
- AppSilo aims to share information on bundles of apps to solve specific needs. Again, these are not formal reviews but more of an app FYI.
- Questions?
- Another route to finding apps: Ask people you know. This is Jeff Fowle, a rancher in California, shares his app recommendation list.
- Lynn Sosnoskie is a UCD weed scientist working in annual and perennial crops.
- Chris Chinn is a 5th generation family farmer. Her recommendation of LogMeIn is a great one because this app allows you to log in to a computer in your office and use those apps, like looking up animal records or QuickBooks.
- Will is a dairy farmer in Alabama.
- Carolyn and her husband grow organic row crops and have a conventional pig farm in Southwestern Minnesota.
- These apps are general purpose and allow one to read or create apps for use with Microsoft office like apps, share files, browse the web, and capture notes.
- We all hand out devices to our kids... Movies, games, puzzles.
- We all need to check on our money. Many of these apps are really the same with just the brand and account details to fit you. These apps also offer digital deposit of checks, with limits on the size of the check.
- Weather. In ag this is important. And there are numerous weather apps. And they all offer different features and some cost money. The “best” is going to be what you need for your region.
- Social apps help you stay connected. All the main social channels have an app.
- These are two apps I recommend to read news and info. Feedly is best for collecting, organizing, and sharing news and media things. Flipboard is more for casual browsing.
- And there are a ton of news apps. It seems every media outlet has one. I would stick with national / wellknow brands as the experience will be much better.
- News in ag can be specific and there are apps for that. Most of the major ag media outlets have an app. And for markets and commodities there are apps too.
- Square app is the best for when you need to sell something and you want to take credit cards.
- Questions?
- General apps: Where can I learn more about apps in general, reviews, etc.?
- This presentation and additional links to agriculture apps can be found at http://agtoday.us/ag-apps
- This session is being recorded and will be published when done.
- Thanks to the Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer Leadership Conference team for the opportunity to provide you information you can use.