Articles in Channel: Technology

The Friday Fillip

November 21, 2008 17:26

? What kind of blog am I…? ? Thanks to librarians Judith A. Siess and Karen Sawatzky, I learned about Typealizer, an online service that offers to type your blog along Myers-Briggs (i.e. Jungian) lines. Unsurprisingly, Slaw comes out as a “Duty Fulfiller,” or an ISTJ (inroverted...

#2009 EDD Predictions

November 21, 2008 16:12

My predictions may be very obvious — but I expect we will see an even-more escalated Darwin activity: 1. The collapse a significant number of vendors, who fail because of overly-optimistic expectations that they will "revolutionize" the market with their "unique" product that has no competitors. (...

Startup ABC’s - Pre-Startup IP Issues

Rob Hyndman
November 21, 2008 15:49

(This post is a condensation of a conversation Rick Segal and I recently had in a session at StartupEmpire’s StartupSchool) I think many people would be surprised to hear that there are important steps you need to take for your new business before - even well before - you start it. But...

LIFE Photo Archive Available via Google

November 21, 2008 15:14

Google has recently released a LIFE magazine photo archive. The archive contains millions of photographs, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time. I particularly enjoyed this cover image titled...Google has recently released a LIFE...

CLE Seminar “Web 2.0 for Lawyers” in Second Life Saturday, November 22 at 12:00 Noon Pacific

November 21, 2008 14:50

As part of the SL Bar Association’s speaker series, Kate Fitz (Second Life’s ‘Cat Galeilo’), is presenting “Web 2.0 for Lawyers” in Second Life Saturday, November 22 at 12:00 Noon Pacific time. Fitz, who is a public law librarian in Sacramento, California and member of the Calif...

Ross Kodner Gets Taken to Task for Anti-Mac Article

Ben Stevens

November 21, 2008 14:27

Last week, Ross Kodner published an article on the TechnoLawyer Blog which cautioned against using Macs in your law practice. As you might imagine, Mr. Kodner's post generated a good bit of discussion in the Macs In Law Offices forum,... Last week, Ross Kodner published an article on the ...

Where There’s a “Will”…

November 21, 2008 14:15

There’s an interesting exchange over at AdamsDrafting between blogger Ken Adams and a couple of lawyers from Cassels Brock, John Gillies and Kathleen Hogan. The issue is the use of “shall” and “will” in business contracts, having, of course, to do with the expression...

Signs o the times? DLA Piper asks Partners to Contribute Capital.

November 21, 2008 13:38

I'm in Minneapolis, so the reference to Prince seemed appropriate. DLA Piper has asked partners to contribute up to $150,000 to shore up its balance sheets, according to this report. Some said it was good, others bad, some characterized it...I'm in Minneapolis, so the reference to Prince seemed...

Florida Standard Jury Instructions OnLine

November 21, 2008 13:30

Florida Standard Jury Instructions - Civil. In the "good" old days, cutting and pasting Jury Instructions, in the frantic atmosphere of the end of a trial, was a real burden. I can remember late nights, huddled over a typewriter with...Florida Standard Jury Instructions - Civil. In the "good" old...

Google Flu Trends privacy concerns

David Canton
November 21, 2008 13:11

Google recenty announced that they would use search requests to plot flu trends.  They claim they can show flu trends 2 weeks faster than traditional methods.  The trend data is anonymized so no one looking at the trends knows, for example, that I might have been one of the individuals who s...