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Once Were Lawyers

By Ryan McClead on April 4, 2011

A few weeks ago I wrote a post attempting to define KM. It was simplistic and possibly naïve, but you have to start somewhere. Since then, I’ve come to realize that beyond a conceptual understanding of KM, you shouldn’t waste too much time trying to define it. The search for a single definition that

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The Epsilon Risk/Benefit Scenario: Competitors' Eggs In One Basket Effect

By Greg Lambert on April 4, 2011

If you were like me, you probably got one of these emails this weekend from a number of companies that were exposed to a hack from their outsourced email campaign company, Epsilon Interactive.

Here’s one example I got from Robert Half Legal:

So far, I’ve received one from Robert Half, BestBuy, McKinsey & Co., and AbeBooks.…

3 Geeks and Law Firm, PC

By Greg Lambert on April 1, 2011

After years of complaining at how inefficient law firms are, we here at 3 Geeks have begun work on a business plan to open a law firm in North Carolina. Although we would rather stay here in wonderful Houston, Texas, we have it on good authority that the North Carolina legislature is set to pass…

Elephant Post: What Software Do You Wish You COULD Use At Work?

By Greg Lambert on March 31, 2011

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In last week’s Elephant Post, we asked what software you hated to use at work. So, this week we modified the question a bit and asked what software would you like to use at work, but for multiple reasons (most of which probably begin with the initials IT), cannot…

So Anyone Out There "Liking" Google's "+1"?

By Lisa Salazar on March 31, 2011

Google just announced its answer to Facebook’s “Like” button: the “+1” button.

What will happen is that the “+1” will display on your search results as long as you are logged in to your Google account and have opted to participate in the Google +1 Experiment.

I’m not so “like”-ing it. While investigating, I

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The Ethics of Using Gmail Revived

By Toby Brown on March 30, 2011

The Lawyerist has revived the dialog on the ethics of lawyers using free email services like Gmail. It’s good to see this debate continue, and I’ll state up-front that the Lawyerist disagrees with my opinion on the subject. I still hold the position that a lawyer using an e-mail system that includes granting “a

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Law Librarians Take Note. Or "Captcha" This.

By Lisa Salazar on March 30, 2011

You know that irritatingly fuzzy words that you have to enter before you get those oh so desired NCAA tickets? You know, those “Captcha” words?

What if I told you that you are participating in an actual job–that you were, in fact, working for Google? Yup. In yet another brilliant crowdsourcing scheme, similar to their

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Changing the Message

By Greg Lambert on March 30, 2011

[Please welcome Guest Blogger Colleen Cable from Cable&Clark, and blogger with Law Firm Bottom_Line]

Oftentimes we get stuck in a rut and just don’t know how to get out. I sometimes feel this way about the current status of law librarianship and how we communicate with firm management. This is especially true these…

The Compelling Presentation: Don’t Use PowerPoint

By Toby Brown on March 29, 2011

I know … everyone loves to hate PowerPoint and much has been written about why it’s such a bad thing. Yet everyone still seems to use it. My use of PowerPoint has evolved over the years and I generally follow the Best Practices out there, avoiding too much text, keeping slides simple, using compelling graphics

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LexisNexis Client Analysis – My Sneak Peek Before 4/1 Launch

By Greg Lambert on March 29, 2011

After seeing the initial product some two years ago, I got to walk through the new LexisNexis Client Analysis (LNCA) products with Lexis’ Chris Whitmore. The product was beta tested throughout 2010 and is set to go out for general release on April 1st, and Lexis pushed out a press release on it yesterday. I wanted…