[Guest Blogger – Ryan McClead


I have seen the future and there is no IT. Oh, there will be people called IT personnel and there will be external IT corporations, but the corporate IT operations and development departments as we know them today, will cease to exist…and soon. A few wise souls may realize

Locke Lord Splash Screen

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell (Locke Lord) released their own iPhone app this week. Although there are only a handful of BigLaw firms that have created iPhone apps, I think that most of “wow” factor faded at this point. These apps are still very useful, but tend to be more of

What Surprised You The Most About Your Profession?

Whether you are new to your profession, or are about to retire, there were some expectations you had when you came in that turned out to not be as you thought it would be. For example, I thought that working in a Law School as a law

We’ve been using Google Docs to collaborate on our weekly Elephant Posts, and the more I use it, the more I love it. With real-time collaboration, combined with easy access to the cloud-based documents platform,  Google Docs is an amazing place to work on projects with others in your office, or across the world.

The Geeks are always pestering me to post something here and I always weasel out of it claiming I don’t have time or that Mark Gediman can do it instead. Today, however, totally on my own accord, I am writing to ask that you support this wonderful, entertaining and, above all, informative blog by voting

I’ve mentioned before how much I love Ted.com.

Well, today I watched one that is worthy of your time.

“The Walk from No to Yes” by William Ury. Ury is a Harvard anthropologist who has been involved in important negotiations all over the world.

Out just today, I think it is no small coincidence that

I’m sure everyone’s heard by now that Google has launched its own e-reader.
Now, I’m no business whiz, but when I see a third, large company enter the foray in a marketplace that is already dominated by two–let’s say Westlaw and Lexis–usually the third one doesn’t do so well.
Why?
People don’t like making decisions.