Year: 2010
Social meejah – just for kids?
Head on over to Stem where Jordan Furlong is penning a series of posts on Social Media for Lawyers. He kicked off with Facebook for law firms. And has followed that up with Twitter for law firms. These look at how law firms can use social media effectively to promote the firm. No journalistic hype […]
A tale of two professions
Legal Research Plus comments on an article about John West [founder of West Publishing] and other non lawyers who have revolutionized legal research. Apparently West called for neutral citations way back in 1908. The author of the article, Prof Robert Jarvis, asks: how a man who did not go to college, and was untrained in […]
Yes, we have no posts
Since I’ve failed dismally to engage my fanbase recently by posting anything at all, I’ve concocted a piece of fluff for your delectation. I was intrigued that one of my fave blogs, Lords of the Blog, should post thus on 6 April: New blog developments–no posts until 7 April Sounds like an April Fools posted […]
Tired of blogging? – tired of life
I’m more than happy that, as the Pew Foundation reports, the chatter has moved elsewhere: Since 2006, blogging has dropped among teens and young adults while simultaneously rising among older adults. As the tools and technology embedded in social networking sites change, and use of the sites continues to grow, youth may be exchanging ‘macro-blogging’ […]
Wexisberg – is three a crowd?
Across the pond Bloomberg has had the effrontery brazenly to challenge the Wexis duopoly with Bloomberg Law. Bob Ambrogi has written an extended review of Bloomberg Law on Law.com. He reports that to bring itself up to competitive speed, Bloomberg hired an army of some 500 lawyers and has them nose to the grindstone writing […]
FreeLegalWeb dreaming on
First published in Computers and Law, February 2010. What follows is an account of the development of FreeLegalWeb – a collaborative project designed to join up and make sense of publicly accessible law and authored commentary, and to encourage ongoing contribution and participation, for the benefit of lawyers, advisers and the public at large. Many […]
Crown Commons
With the launch of the data.gov.uk beta website – providing access to over 2,500 central government datasets – comes a new licensing model for government information which it is intended will be launched government-wide by the end of May 2010 to replace the existing “Click-Use” licence. The new licence is interoperable with the Creative Commons […]
Are blawgs an effective marketing tool?
I won’t get into marketing theory here (being unqualified to pontificate on the topic), but will restate my firm belief – supported by most genuine blawgers – that a blog “works”, ie it engages effectively, raises profile and is good for business, if it expresses a genuine personal voice. (I say “personal” rather than “individual” […]
