Are we (still) in thrall to BigLaw?
Jordan Furlong bemoans (on Slaw and Law21) the fact that the legal media focus on BigLaw, because BigLaw makes a lot of money, so they’re attractive both as subscribers and as advertising targets. It’s...
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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...
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Social meeja blues
Image: OLPC Time was when I was a guru of social meeja for lawyers. I was an early adopter with a keen eye for the potential of blogs, feeds and all that followed – and I sang its praises. I had a...
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The hype cycle
Image: neweurasia.net Apropos my social meeja blues I consulted the web. Turns out I can plot my disillusionment on Gartner’s hype cycle representing the maturity, adoption and social application of...
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Google+ thoughts so far
I’ve to date held off commenting on Google+, which is all of 3 weeks old, because it’s in “field trial” which basically means it’s a Beta with a restricted user base. The reason for this is I think...
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Give me my life back!
[^ What's this? ^] Bad news recently … or is it? Google is retiring Google Reader, used by millions of news junkies, including self, but sidelined at Googleplex in recent years in favour of...
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RSS – dontcha just love it?
I’m a big fan of RSS and wish it was better understood, after all it’s really simple. But it’s an open standard (like HTML and other geeky stuff), not a sexy platform (like Twitter et al). Like me...
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5 social networking mistakes for professionals
You connect with 500+ people on LinkedIn, then spend all your time trying to figure out which of your 75,000+ second degree connections are of any value. You endorse your connections for skills that...
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Reinventing law – the Twitter story
Reblogged from Legal Web Watch June 2014. Reinvent Law London 2014, a conference featuring presentations on “law + technology + innovation + entrepreneurship” was held on 20 June 2014 at the...
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Big Internet? No thanks
Reblogged from Legal Web Watch September 2014. The early adopters have been getting restless lately. I’m with them. This is not what we signed up for. Alan Jacobs, writing for The New Atlantis,...
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