Month: September 2007
A matter of style
There’s a discipline amongst publishers, adherence to which – in the eyes of traditional publishers at least – is one of the attributes that separates the professional from the amateur publisher. “Style” in publishing terms is a set of rules that a publisher adheres to in order to achieve accuracy and consistency in usage. It […]
It ain’t what you do, it’s where you do it
Chris Andersen – he of The Long Tail fame – echoes my feelings in Social Networking is a feature, not a destination. As I think about the current Facebook craze and the notion of it as an all-encompassing platform, sucking in functionality from other sites across the board, I find myself skeptical. With my Long […]
Adnonsense (3)
Google is in a bit of a bind. On the plus side it can be credited with: opening up access to the web with Google search, providing advertisers an effective channel for their web marketing through its AdWords scheme, and giving legitimate publishers, large and small, the opportunity to generate income from serving up those […]
Bobbies on the beta
I’ve suggested before that one day we might be able to roll our own government on wiki.gov.uk. The New Zealand Police are experimenting with just that concept with a Police Act Review Wiki. This joins other wikis launched to encourage New Zealanders to engage with public sector agencies. A good example is the Participation Wiki, […]
Be social – blog smart
Steve Matthews of Stem is one of the leading thinkers when it comes to web marketing for lawyers. He has this to say about how to “be social” with blogs: For me, the social side of blogging involves a number of tactics, things like: blogroll links to your peers; not just writing your own thoughts, […]
PSI4U
The Power of Information review (see previous post) looked at how non-personal public sector information can be re-used and reinvigorated outside of government to generate public and economic value. Responding to one of its recommendations, OPSI have set up a discussion forum to to gather and assess PSI re-use requests. At issue is not what […]
CPD without tears
Delia Venables and I have just produced and published another two online Legal Web e-books with 5 CPD each. Topics for Barristers covers Chambers Management and the Web; Virtual Chambers; Websites, Resources and Blogs; Electronic Resources in the Inns of Court Libraries; and Legal IT as a Commodity. Legal Information and Web 2.0 covers Free […]
SEO for dummies
Nearly Legal has a thing for Sally Field naked: she boosts his Google juice. His recent rise in the rankings for the said search term was helped by the fact that on Tuesday Sally won the Best Lead Actress Emmy for her role in Brothers and Sisters where all those leading TV actors you’ve seen […]
What does Law 2.0 mean to you?
Credit is due to the Wired GC for first coining the phrase “Law 2.0” back in December 2005, having posted the week before on Web 2.0, Law Style in which he foresaw that: Web 2.0 will be disruptive for the [law status quo], because some measure of control will be lost. And its simple technical […]
TheirTube
Christopher Knight is hacked off: Viacom took a video that I had made for non-profit purposes [and posted on YouTube] and without trying to acquire my permission, used it in a for-profit broadcast. And then when I made a YouTube clip of what they did with my material, they charged me with copyright infringement and […]
An open or shut case
LawLink (.com) is a LinkedIn copycat exclusively for US attorneys whose mission is to help attorneys build professional relationships with other attorneys and leverage their existing professional relationships. The admittedly large number of US attorneys pales in comparison to the global audience who are interested in their activities and from whose attention the network would […]
Facebook – law firm workplace networks
Following up on Kevin O’Keefe’s post on AmLaw 200 firms using Facebook (source Doug Cornelius), I did a quick trawl on Facebook for the top UK legal firms’ workplace networks. Figures are: Linklaters (with 895 members), Allen & Overy (846), Baker & McKenzie (669) and DLA Piper (623). Only these four of the top 20 […]
Finding the hot spots
Although a lot of attention is focussed on grabbing eyeballs through search engine optimisation and marketing, often too little consideration is given to what those eyeballs do when they arrive. I’ve referred a few times before to “web usability guru” Jakob Nielsen. Like many, and unlike himself, I don’t believe he’s God: some of his […]
OPSI – improved access to legislation
OPSI has significantly improved its access to Acts of Parliament. See, for example the new Pensions Act 2007. The page layouts are now fully stylesheet driven, with more accurate layout; and there are options to view a “plain” version (without sidebars) or a “single page” version, presenting the full text on one page rather than […]
It’s a legal information world
The Information World Review Blog posts an interview with James Mullen, Information Officer at CMS Cameron McKenna and author of LI Issues. He speaks for many serious blawgers in saying that his blog has exposed him to many individuals and organisations he may never have encountered otherwise. Thanks to James for mentioning Binary Law along […]
