Somewhere between reading Jason Wilson’s post on “Exploded Data, the Legal Web and What We’re Missing” and Toby’s post on “KM 3.0 = Analysis“, my brain started to smolder from all the ‘future of data’ discussion. Jason takes an example of a 33 word sentence and how 66 individual pieces of
Based on comments received and related blog posts I thought I would clarify my Convergence post. References to “convergence” can touch on two separate issues:When it comes to #2, I agree that a smaller
I got it! I got it! I got it today! I was so, so happy–when I came home tonite something told me to pick up my mail and to my distinct pleasure I had received the December issue of Esquire; “henceforth to be known as the Genius Issue,” to quote Robert Downey, Jr. Why,
I read with great interest a NYT article, “Virtual Estates Lead to Real-World Headaches” that analyzed the death of an online relationship in Second Life. Apparently, a couple married, bought an island and built a house–all on Second Life. Last year, the man died of liver failure.
We at 3 Geeks will be watching with great anticipation and interest in how the 2010 Rate Increase Season unfolds. Firms and lawyers are facing a significant challenge this year. On one hand we have a zero inflation year (based on your source). And clients are still in cost-cutting mode – not very excited
Computing in the Cloud (f.k.a. SaaS, Hosted Applications, ASP, Thin Client computing, etc.) is all the rage these days. And it incites a high level of emotion amongst both its supporters and detractors. Those holding back against the Cloud trend point to security of information (for lawyers this is your clients’ information) as
Having spent considerable time working with Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs), I am starting to see a more defined path for how AFAs might evolve within law firms. So based on my experience and all I have read about AFAs, I predict the following evolution for law firms:
1) Setting Price. Lawyers and firms are
“Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.” Wendell Johnson A recent ‘debate‘ on Ron Baker’s Verasage site got me thinking about hourly versus value or fixed fee pricing. The substance of the debate between Ron and Colin Jasper focuses on whether hourly billing is ever justifiable. As
Professor Benjamin Akande, Webster University Dean of Business and Technology, describes the latest generation as “internet-savvy, phone-addicted, opportunistic and digitally conscious.”
Calling them iPoders, Akande says they number over 115 million and are the first generation to be raised exclusively on computers.
They have never had to manually turn on a t.v. They have never