You could be forgiven for believing that I am anti-IT. I have written about the End of IT. I have called IT people names. I have generally been pessimistic about our ability or desire to change. I stand firmly behind all of the things I have written, but I am absolutely not anti-IT.
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What do you mean by Talent?
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From the Heartland to Mount Royal
annual National Conference May 5th to 8th in beautiful
Montreal. The conference theme is: Librarian:
a multi-faceted professional, which was inspired not only by the current
demands of our profession, but also by the city of Montreal.
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The eBook & The Return of the Technical Services Librarian
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As I sat through a demonstration of the LexisNexis Digital Library (eBook) platform, there were a few thoughts that crossed my mind:
- The eBook platform for law firms is inevitable
- How do I keep from suddenly having (paying for) the same “book” in three formats – print, database, and eBook?
- Holy crap…
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Fastcase's Bad Law Bot: "Big Data Applications For Legal Research"
The bad boys of legal research, Ed Walters and Phil Rosenthal of Fastcase, are once again looking at unique ways to look at legal information and create new methods to cull that information. In the latest iteration, they have come up with a way to use an algorithm to identify court cases with negative…
The Legal Duck – A 3 Geeks Interview with Legal Restaurateurs
The Legal Duck is a brand new, very exclusive, and extremely expensive restaurant owned and operated by Lena Dewey and Daniel Cheatom, two of the most successful attorneys in our fair city. Last week, we sat down with Lena and Dan to discuss their new endeavor…
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Are You Doing It For The Firm? Or For The Club?
The Revolution Is Going On Under Our Noses
I watched an excellent presentation by Anil Dash to the Berkman Center at Harvard where he talks about the craziness of Terms of Service that we take as “law” and how there is already a massive civil disobedience being conducted by the youth when it comes to YouTube and copyright violations. He talks about searching…
The Annoying Auto-Reply to Facebook While Driving Feature
I just saw my first Auto-Reply text message for someone that is driving. At first you may say, “Greg, that’s a good idea, because I hate seeing people text and drive!” And, I would agree with you. However, my first experience of the Auto-Reply Text was actually via a Facebook post. I’m sure it won’t…
The Little Used Third Option: "No"
Last week I went to Chicago to sit in on the AALL Executive Board’s Spring meeting. I also crashed a couple of TechShow parties while I was there, just for fun. During the Thursday morning stragegy meeting, the presenter, Paul Meyer, consultant with Tecker International, made a comment that resonated with me. Paul talked…








