One of the comments that I hear tossed around these days is how those entering the workforce now (AKA “new associates”, “new paralegals”, “new project assistants”) will be “computer savvy” or “better equipped” for things like online research, Web 2.0, or the virtual workplace. I try to chime in with my opinion that those that believe
I am thinking about social networking. I know. You say, aren’t you always thinking about social networking, Lisa? Well, no. I also think about fashion, friends and my latest celebrity crush. (BTW, did you know that there are only 4 degrees of separation between me and @aplusk??? My apologies; I digress. I wonder if
I was discussing some of the issues raised by Craig Ball in his article “Are We Paying Five times too Much for E-Discovery” with some friends of mine when I realized how lucky I was to be in the law firm’s Library/Research department rather than attempting to manage an E-Discovery department. Listening to
I’ve been hearing that there is a new “spooky” website out there called Spokeo that is freaking people out about how much information this site can find about you using just your name or email address. According to the website Smarterware:
Spokeo is the new people search engine that’s freaking users out, because when
Joe Hodnicki, over at the Law Librarian Blog, pointed out post from Ryan Deschamps blog (The Other Librarian) where Ryan challenges librarians to personally rebut the 10 reasons he lists why librarians cannot claim professional status. Ryan’s list of ten reasons is thought provoking, and meant to be a little over-the-top, but does note
Today’s my last day in New York and I’m ready to get back to Houston where the bathtubs don’t sit in the middle of my living room, surrounded by two walls of plate glass windows, overlooking a park full of joggers. As I mentioned earlier this week, a few bloggers were asked to come to
A year and a half ago, I wrote a post that discussed all the benefits that Twitter had over traditional listservs. I’m still a big advocate of Twitter and how much information I can gather in a short period of time, but listservs still may be the King of social networks when it comes
