Over the past week I've noticed that a lot of my friends have joined, and that everywhere I go online the name Pinterest seems to crop up.

BBC: Pinterest - hot new network or another Quora?

Zimbabwe and its predecessor, Rhodesia (correctly Southern Rhodesia until Mr Smith compressed the name), have produced a crop of fine writing.

ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe

Under the British name, broad beans, this springtime crop was common in colonial American kitchen gardens.

WSJ: Stop Peeling Those Fava Beans

Indeed, my agency Elasticity works with a number of agriculture-based clients such as seed-maker Monsanto, crop-and-commodities predictor Lanworth, Intervet Schering-Plough and SFP, to name a few.

FORBES: Twitter Transforming Farming, Commodities