Could it really be 28 years since I drove my Pinto station wagon (no air conditioning) across the country from Wisconsin to Sacramento for law school? And no one one told me it would be 105 degrees. Not having been to Sacramento, I pictured it set in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada’s, not in… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Bloglines vs Google Reader : Which is used most?
RSS/newsreader use has taken off over the last year. It’s going to become as widely used as email and the web in time. Web based newsreader, Bloglines, made RSS easy to use for those interested, but Google Reader, also a web based newsreader, is going to bring the use of RSS susbcriptions to the masses…. Continue Reading
Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 31, 2007
What I thought would be a dull week in the LexBlogosphere turned out to be much more exciting than one would expect of the days leading up to a long weekend. Today’s update covers topics ranging from children’s drugs to maggots, from business disputes to potential government regulations. Though the last day of the month… Continue Reading
Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 30, 2007
It is August 30 in the LexBlogosphere, and today’s jumble of news comes from some of our newer clients and some of our older ones, highlighting issues ranging from immigration raids to food poisoning deaths to the trials and tribulations of a first-year legal associate. Among the news this morning: In the recently-launched Alabama Divorce… Continue Reading
Bill Marler keeps making headlines
Yesterday, I got word from Kevin of a LexBlog client who got the star treatment from his University’s flagship publication. Bill Marler, the pioneering food safety lawyer from the Seattle-based firm Marler Clark, is the subject of a feature profile in the August 2007 issue of Washington State University’s Washington State Magazine. Authored by Hannelore… Continue Reading
RSS feeds going mainstream : Time for journalism industry to wake up
Speaking at ILTA – International Legal Technology Association – this month I asked an audience of about 150 how many use RSS feeds and a newsreader. It was over half. If I had asked that question two years ago, I’ll bet my house it would have been less than 10 people. Not surprising that media… Continue Reading
One in Two Americans read blogs regularly
Man, when I started preaching that lawyers should use blogs for marketing, folks thought I was drunk. Now 80% of Americans know what a blog is with half reading blogs regularly. That per a study conducted by Marketing Daily. Source of post: Blog Herald Technorati Tags: blog research
Lawyer and law professor blog content is peer reviewed
Law blog skeptics often argue that law blog content is dangerous because unlike legal articles, law reviews and treatises, a blog post is not peer reviewed. Bunk. A blog post via the power of RSS is peer reviewed with more immediacy by knowledgeable authorities than print copy. In addition, the motivation for a blog author… Continue Reading
Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 29, 2007
I’m down in the San Francisco Bay Area this week, and the weather is phenomenal: warm days, blue skies and clear full moons (anybody see the lunar eclipse early yesterday morning?) have been a far cry from what I’ve experienced in Seattle most of the summer. Anyone reading this blog should resent those LexBlog clients… Continue Reading
Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 28, 2007
Today we had a record number of submissions for Talk of the LexBlogosphere, which means that people are paying attention to what is going on in this blog – and in the blogs of other lawyers from around the country. Thanks to those attorneys sending in content. Today’s submissions and selections include: Attorney Brian Higgins… Continue Reading
Blogging recreational love gets lawyer work
Connecticut elder law lawyer Michael Keenan markets his law practice by blogging about what he loves – marathon running. And his Glastonbury Running blog is getting him legal work. Legal marketing consultant, Susan Cartier Liebel, my source for this post, explains: He started blogging several months after he created a more expensive static web presence.
‘Internet Daily’ : Lawyers win as line between newspapers and blogs blurs
Former editor and publisher at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Joel Kramer, is launching MinnPost, an Internet based daily newspaper. And he’s not doing it alone. Andrew Cleary at TPMCafe, my source for this post explains ‘He has pulled together contributors from across the region who have served the Star Tribune, the Pioneer Press, City Pages,… Continue Reading
Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 27, 2007
This entry comes later in the afternoon than most of its predecessors, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing: it gives us the opportunity to highlight some of those blogs that tend to be updated later in the day (missing the cutoff for Talk of the LexBlogosphere). Today’s post includes some faces not frequently mentioned… Continue Reading
Is the Internet dead and boring?
Mark Cuban’s posted a couple times over the last week that the Internet is dead and boring. The best way to sum up how I feel about the excitement and opportunities on the net compared to the many other personal and corporate technology options out there is to use a Yogi Berra quote. ‘Nobody goes… Continue Reading
Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 26, 2007
The weekend lull in blogging activity continues today, as writers from around the LexBlogosphere take that well-deserved Sunday break. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to report. From whistleblowers to film critics, the discussion today – despite being more limited than usual – continues to highlight diverse offerings from around the virtual table. Some… Continue Reading