[Please Welcome Guest Blogger – Jeff Ward]
We’ve asked you to pull out your crystal ball and look ten years into the future to see what the law firm of 2021 might look like. As usual, you didn’t disappoint us with your answers. We have visions of changes in basic technology; the “super-marketing” effect of law firms, including catchy brand names; changes
In the past decade, we have probably had a Century’s worth of change going on. Whether it is boarding a plane, reading a book, or reading an email, things just don’t look like they did in 2001 in many cases. If Moore’s Law states that technology doubles every 18 months, then the technology of 2011
On April 28th, I will be moderating a webinar featuring Scott Preston (Geek #4) and Sarah Clark Kavanagh where they will put on a program to talk about some of the issues that face both Law Firm Librarians and Law Firm Technology Professionals. Although we face many of the same issue, for most law firms,
Very interesting article written by Phoebe Connelly at the Atlantic on “SXSW 2011: The Year of the Librarian” where she discusses the librarian micro-track at SXSWi where the discussion didn’t focus on tech for the sake of tech, but “rather, it was about processing data with a purpose; data for a greater good.”
I know that I should always remember this, but there are times when I start talking to someone proficient in technology about social media, and I can watch as a their eyes gloss over when I ask about integrating social media resources into existing technology. Now, to be quite fair, I get the same effect
Anyone that has ever tried a “Natural Language” search… whether using something as generic as Google, or searching a more focused databases like Westlaw or Lexis… knows that it is a hit or miss type searching strategy. The nuances of the English language make a sentence like “Last night I shot an elephant in my
Well, gang, it is that time of year: tax season.Yeah, I know. There is one big collective groan from those now conscious after the New Year.But let me give you a little motivational story, full of inspiration and good cheer.We are living at the foot of the apex of the computer age.We are, for all
Not everything that you need to use at work has to be expensive. In fact, many of us use free or open source software all the time. So, this week’s Elephant Post question is:
What Free (or very low-cost) Product do you use everyday that helps you accomplish your job?
Although the saying of “you
Technologists often get approached with opportunities to solve problems using technology. We sit down and talk about the user’s desires. This happened to me last week – Billy called asking for help solving a problem, but once we sat down, Billy said “I read this article about this software product that firm x is using