As mentioned in my last post, law students often respond to their poor scores on a basic Word assessment by explaining to me that they need not need worry about this tech stuff because “that is what secretaries are for.” I think this is wrong for a number of reasons, a few
Myths of the Digital Native (Part 2)
90% of people don’t know how to use CTRL+F to find a word in a document or web page. Instead, they search the old-fashioned way, manually skimming the text.
This preponderance of ignorance is stupefying to me. But I want to be very clear that I am using the word “ignorance” in its most
On ILTACON and Inches
I yielded to an unproductive urge.
(xkcd)It is not so much that I think ATL’s Keith Lee is wrong in The Difference and Inch Makes as I think that he succumbs to strange compulsion towards #SlatePitch pseudo-contrarianism.
Lee beats the crap out of an ILTACON straw man. He warns readers against the
The Service Delivery Review — More Than Just Basic Tech Competence
I’ve been labeled a Legal Rebel, an Innovator, and a “humorless moron.” The last one I understand. But the first two have always struck me as a slightly silly. I feel like what I am best known for—the suggestion that legal professionals should get slightly better at using the machines they’ve
Hello, Geeks
Long-time reader. First-time poster.
Does the following resemble anyone you know? “Far too many people—and especially people with high knowledge in one area—are contemptuous of knowledge in other areas or believe that being ‘bright’ is a substitute for knowing.” Peter Drucker’s biting observation is likely familiar to anyone who has spent time working in the