November 2009

Kindle for PC – This Is A Game Changer!

By Greg Lambert on November 10, 2009

Just found out that Amazon granted my wishes of pushing the beta version of the Kindle application to the PC Desktop!! This, my friends, is a total game changer in a number of ways. I’m about 5 minutes into testing out the new application, but I’m already finding some good, and some bad things.…

Are We Dead Yet?

By Lisa Salazar on November 6, 2009

I read with great interest a NYT article, “Virtual Estates Lead to Real-World Headaches” that analyzed the death of an online relationship in Second Life. Apparently, a couple married, bought an island and built a house–all on Second Life. Last year, the man died of liver failure.

With the push of a button, the man’s

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Raising Rates in 2010?

By Toby Brown on November 5, 2009

We at 3 Geeks will be watching with great anticipation and interest in how the 2010 Rate Increase Season unfolds. Firms and lawyers are facing a significant challenge this year. On one hand we have a zero inflation year (based on your source). And clients are still in cost-cutting mode – not very excited…

Westlaw's OnePass Fiasco: A Study In How NOT To Roll Out A Change

By Greg Lambert on November 4, 2009

Heads up to all you Westlaw users out there… you’re about to face “change” dead in the face!

ThomsonReuters is rolling out a change in its password system and require everyone to roll over to their “OnePass System” by the end of January 2010. This, in and of itself, is not a big

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Law Firms and the Cult of Personality

By Lisa Salazar on November 3, 2009

I have been thinking about the cult of personality lately. As geeks, we always like to think we are so nouveau, so cutting-edge in our attempts to lasso technology. Especially in the social media arena. Our pink-haired, horn-rimmed nerdy selves keep trying to out-tweet, out-blog and out-optimize one another in an effort to be ahead

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Twitter Lists – No RSS Feed?? No Problem!!

By Greg Lambert on November 2, 2009

Twitter has come out with a great idea of allowing you to create “lists” of your favorite people and seeing what all of them are saying within a single view. Twitter is calling this the (unoriginal) “Twitter Lists“. The list idea is great, but for some reason they left out one feature that

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