Year: 2007
Joining the conversation
First Published July 2007 in the Axxia Newsletter. Few readers can be oblivious to the buzz surrounding “social media” (aka Web 2.0) that has grown in recent years. The term encompasses an increasing range of services that enable people to share, contribute and collaborate on the web, transforming it from a publishing platform and glorified […]
Branching out
Steve Matthews – the Vancouver Law Librarian blogger – has set up a new business called Stem Legal to help law firms build their web profiles. On the site he’ll be blogging on Law Firm Web Strategy. Good luck to Steve.
Binary Law lives
Back from hols. I did intend to post a couple of times whilst away, but in the end holiday is holiday and I failed to summon up any enthusiasm.
My linked face
There’s an awful lot in the press and the blogosphere about social networking these days. In particular about who will win out between MySpace and Facebook and the differences between them. Danah Boyd, a researcher at the University of California and internet sociologist, goes a bit overboard in her reasearch findings, declaring that: The goodie […]
Power to the people (2)
The Cabinet Office has responded positively to the independent report it commissioned on the future of government services – The Power of Information (see previous post) – saying that the Government will engage in partnership with user-led online communities, not attempt to replicate them: The Government should work in partnership with the best of citizens’ […]
We don’t need no Education
DfES and DTI are no more, replaced by three new Departments and a fair bit of confusion. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) is responsible for children’s services, families, schools, 14-19 education, and the Respect Taskforce. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) “will deliver the Government’s long-term vision to make Britain […]
Extended family
Quite a gaggle of family law blogs now. Joining the established Family Lore from John Bolch (note the new URL) and DivorceSolicitor from Lynne Bastow, we now have: Bloody Relations from barrister Jacqui Gilliatt who specialises in family and education law (“Where there’s a relative there’s a bloody good argument to be had.”) Family Law […]
Law-abidingness – what’s your score?
According to a report published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King’s College, London: The ‘law-abiding majority’, which politicians like to address, is a chimera. The law-abiding majority not only do not abide by the law, they also do not believe in the value of laws and rules, shrugging them off in […]
Facing the future
Last Friday/Saturday I attended the SCL Web 2.0 conference in Oxford where speakers and panellists included technology lawyers from large practices, lawyers from Web 2.0 companies, a venture capitalist, an academic and our deputy from the ICO. The majority of the delegates were from large law firms – there to learn what this Web 2.0 […]
Gov 2.0 – power to the people
Around the world, the first phase of Government use of the internet is coming to an end with public services and information largely online. We are now at the start of a new era, where Government starts to learn how to support citizens’ own ways of making, finding and re-using information online. So says Tom […]
Information professionals – hip or unhip?
LexisNexis has announced the results of a nationwide (US) survey to provide insights into how information professionals are adding value to their organisations through Web 2.0 technology and knowledge management. According to the press release, when respondents were asked, “What is the most successful new initiative/service that you have launched in the past year?”, the […]
By George
Martin George has outed himself as author of the blog formerly known as Legal Scribbles, saying: I would rather be open and honest about my identity. I don’t write about my personal life, nor do I touch on overtly sensitive topics …, so there is no good reason to hide behind a domain name. I […]
SEO: quality is the key
Google Keeps Tweaking Its Search Engine in the New York Times gives a rare view inside one of the key departments at Googleplex. Amit Singhal, for some reason quaintly referred to as “Mr. Singhal” throughout, is the master of Google’s ranking algorithm, the complex program that calculates the relevance of a particular page to a […]
Employee bloggers risk dismissal
OUT-Law.com reports that more than a third of employees who keep personal blogs are posting information about their employer, workplace or colleagues and risk dismissal, according to YouGov research commissioned by Croner. OUT-Law provides plenty of advice on employee blogging and related policies in its guidance notes on: Staff and their personal blogs Legal risks […]
Their space
The web was supposed to be the great leveller. But, according to Compete, the top 10 websites account for 40 per cent of all web page views. Topping the charts is MySpace with a staggering 16 per cent of all page views. Figures for time spent and unique visitors tell the same story. Google, though […]
