When I was in law school, some of my favorite classes where titled “Law and _____.” The blank was filled with things like “Economics” or “Religion” or “Psychology” or “Order.” The idea of taking two different concepts and seeing how they affected each other was absolutely fascinating to me. While each idea stood on its own, putting
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The 3 Geeks welcomes guest post of many varieties. This one, from a colleague at another firm, really got our attention. It is funny, witty and engaging, and it carries a compelling message. We offered to post on condition of keeping the author anonymous – for what some may deem obvious reasons.
When I woke up yesterday, my $2.00 alarm clock told me it was February 29, 2012. There were lots of blog posts about Leap Day and how it affected court filings and whatnot, but I really just thought of it as just another day in the law firm biz… However, by the end of the
At work I happily drink from the single cup coffee machine in the pantry, but that’s not coffee so much as a speedy caffeine delivery mechanism. On the weekends, when I have time to make coffee, I Make Coffee. I put the kettle on to boil, then I pour a half a cup or so
I am no stranger to receiving strange gifts in the mail from publishers. I once got a box full of used horse shoes in a Thomson Reuters box. However, the gift I just received this morning may be a bit stranger than even the horse shoes. In my renewal notice (actually, it was the
There’s a significant focus in the legal industry these days to get creative when it comes to designing a better legal business and a better legal practice. Leaders recognize that imitating their peers’ solutions may keep them in the game, but won’t help them win. Everyone is trying to come up with something new, something
Recently Jason Wilson (of guest post fame) posted about his decision to attend TECHSHOW this year. He focused on the low e-discovery factor as a good reason to attend. I agree with him and echo the sentiment of feeling overwhelmed by e-discovery hype. Beyond that benefit, there are many other reasons to attend this year,
I read an interesting article in the AMA’s interview with David Edelman of McKinsey and Co. about moving away from the concept of the marketing model as a funnel.
Because of the new nature of marketing due to online commerce, Edelman proposes an alternative marketing model that they call the “Consumer Decision Journey.”
Working much
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[Guest Post from Jason Wilson, VP at Jones McClure Publishing, and blogger at rethinck.]
On her blog, Dewey B. Strategic, Jean O’Grady took direct aim at large legal publishers—Thomson Reuters, Reed Elsevier, Bloomberg, and Wolters Kluwer—and urged them to customize their database offerings at the practice-group level rather than taking