As widely reported yesterday, CNN has acquired Zite, an iPad application that learns about readers’ tastes and customizes a digital magazine with stories from blogs and news sites. Following my blogging this spring about how Zite worked and how much I liked it, Zite became a popular alternative to RSS readers for many lawyers. From… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : August 31, 2011
For those of you on the East Coast, let this be a late night edition of the usual roundup. We have the NLRB once again chiming in on Facebook, the Department of Justice stepping in to stop AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition and a look at insurance claims in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Total posts on the… Continue Reading
Improving Your Delivery — LexBlog Client Webinar with Faith Pincus on September 14
One of the goals of blogging is to get more speaking engagements, but most people never learn the skills they need to present effectively. Join lawyer and public speaking expert Faith Pincus, who blogs on the LexBlog Network at Speech Advice, and LexBlog’s Director of Client Services, Lyda Hawes, at noon ET (9 a.m. PT)… Continue Reading
LexBlog, OKeefe, and why lawyers blog make TechFlash in Seattle
A ‘legal rebel’ helping lawyers blog without advertising. That’s how Seattle’s TechFlash, a leading technology news site associated with the Puget Sound Business Journal, titled a piece I penned for them on why lawyers blog. It’s not everyday the story of LexBlog and why good lawyers blog is featured in Northwest technology news. So it’s… Continue Reading
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : August 30, 2011
Alright, it’s getting late and time to get out of the office. I’ll admit when I saw this first post come across the wire this morning I wasn’t sure whether or not I wanted to toss it on the front page of LXBN, but Jason Shinn breaks employment matters down about as well as anyone…. Continue Reading
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : August 29, 2011
Wrapping up my first day back after a week off spent down in the Bay Area, it’s time to once again check in on the day’s best posts on the LexBlog Network. Stepping away from the law for a second and more into "Wow, that’s pretty neat," take a look at Daniel Schwartz’s post on social… Continue Reading
65% of online adults use social networking sites : Time for lawyers to wake up
Those are the fundings of the Pew Research Center’s social media survey released last Friday. The New York Times’ Somini Sengupta jumped on the fundings to proclaim another milestone being crossed with over one half of all Americans using social networks. That’s 50 percent of all Americans, not just those who say they are online…. Continue Reading
Lessons in legal social media from crazy Hurricane Irene reporting
This morning I saw a reporter on one national news network standing on the beach in the hurricane in his red jacket screaming into his microphone with another reporter in a read jacket standing right behind him doing the same thing. The camera person with the first reporter was doing their darndest to keep the… Continue Reading
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : August 26, 2011
If the LexBlog Network were to create a "Word of the Day" section, today’s word would definitely be "employment". As you could probably guess, today’s roundup is heavy on employment and labor issues that range from wage and hour matters for employees in the event of a hurricane to fresh perspectives on the recent pregnancy… Continue Reading
New blogs joining The LexBlog Network for the week of 8/22-8/26
The last full week of August has come to a close with the sun shining bright in Seattle. Before we head into the weekend, let’s take a look the two new blogs joining the LexBlog Network this week. We span a wide spectrum of blogging experiences as AmLaw firm Cozen O’Connor adds its eleventh blog… Continue Reading
Talk of the LexBlog Network: Michelle Estlund of Red Notice Law Journal
When Florida criminal defense lawyer Michelle Estlund started the Red Notice Law Journal earlier this year, she was looking to simply add depth to the resource-shallow canon of discussion surrounding a very specific area of international criminal law, but has quickly found blogging essential for her professional development. "(The blog) has been helpful to me… Continue Reading
Twitter is the impetus for a global rise in goodness
I was struck by that line from Amy Jo Martin (@AmyJoMartin) in a piece in Harvard Business Review entitled ‘Twitter: Technology for Scaling Good.’ Martin, a former advertising account manager, is the founder of Digital Royalty, which develops social media strategies for a variety of brands including DoubleTree by Hilton and Shaquille O’Neal. She’s a… Continue Reading
Social media effects SEO : Lawyers need to start living in the present
From Neil Patel, Co-founder at Crazy Egg with strong search engine optimization expertise, on how social media effects SEO: You need to get with the times and start expanding your presence on social media sites, instead of endlessly chasing the latest SEO tricks…….If you’re truly interested in SEO, you need to wake up and start… Continue Reading
“How to use Facebook for Business Development” — webinar recording now available
Blogs are only one component of the online networking equation. You need to go out to where the people are, and Facebook gives you tremendous opportunity to connect and develop yourself as a legal authority. Lexblog CEO Kevin O’Keefe started the August client webinar by putting Facebook into perspective as far as its impact on the… Continue Reading
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : August 25, 2011
A second consecutive day of 80 degree-plus weather has kept Seattle’s gorgeous summer intact for yet another day. I feel kind of bad commenting on how nice things are here in our little slice of pacific northwest heaven when the east coast just experienced its largest earthquake in over 60 years and is currently in… Continue Reading