When Lisa, Toby, and I decided (mostly on a whim) to start a blog way back in July, we had no idea that it would be as successful, or as fun as it has turned out to be. We’ve written on issues of Web 2.0 and even 3.0; Knowledge Management in law
The "Must Read" Blog Posts of 2008 – Compiled with the help of my Twitter mates
I ask a simple question, and I get a simple answer (173 answers to be specific). It all started out with me thinking of some of the posts that we wrote here at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, that probably only got read by a dozen or so people. I thought that I’m probably
I Finally Use Twitter to Leverage My Interests Against My Followers
I decided earlier this week to ask my Twitter friends a question. In the process I’ve learned a lot of what works, doesn’t work, and that you can hit a Direct Message Limit on Twitter (who knew??) What Works:
Direct Messages (w/Personal Feel)- I liked adding the person’s actual name (even if I had to
List of Top Ten Lists: Viral Messaging at the End of the Year
One of my favorite things about the end of the year, is the lists of Top 10 [insert inane subject here] of 2008. I just can’t stop myself from stopping everything I’m doing to scan these lists to see what folks though was the best (or worst) of the year. And this year, I don’t
The Search for Meaning
My prior musings on search tools started from a discussion on how keyword searching has reached its limits. Courts and lawyers are struggling with the immense amount of information involved in discovery and hoping for more cost effective ways of finding relevant case information without breaking the bank.
The effort to improve search goes well
Law & Technology Article of the Week: Inaugural Edition
I get to look at hundreds of client alerts and articles written by attorneys each week, and I usually come across some pretty good articles that discuss law and technology issues. Rather than keeping those hidden in my own
As I Look into My Crystal Ball . . .
Monday, I was looking over a list of online legal directories: Martindale, Findlaw, Legal500, BestLawyers, Chambers. I could go on and on . . .
Well, you know, my cohorts in crime here, Toby and Greg, have been talking a lot about the new way in which Martindale has hooked up with LinkedIn. Martindale is
"Hellow Twellow" – Finding that Someone Special On Twitter
No, this isn’t about turning Twitter into an online dating service. This is about finding that special “business” contact on Twitter by using Twellow to help guide you in the right direction. Why Twellow?? Because it indexes the biographical information that Twitter users and allows you to find people by who they say they are.
Alternative Bidding?
The vast number of posts and articles on alternative billing focus on what law firms should be doing. Law firms need to figure out alternative billing. They need to figure out how to make money and save clients’ money at the same time. Especially large firms (a.k.a. BigLaw) need to offer this up to clients
Pass the Pipe – The Yahoo Pipes, That Is…
One of my first product evaluations (way back in July!!) was a web RSS creator called Dapper. And I still use it from time to time, but this week I’ve been playing with a similar product from Yahoo called Yahoo Pipes. I’m just beginning to scratch the surface with Pipes, but I can