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DennisKennedy.Microblog is a supplement to this blog that can be found on Twitter at @dkennedyblog. I invite you to become a follower. An explanation of the microblog can be found here.
Here are posts from the microblog for the last week or so:
What Should You Do Now? A Roundtable Discussion on Law Practice in a Time of Great Economic Turmoil - http://bit.ly/9hy0James Jones discusses Hildebrandt's client advisory on these dark economic times for law firms in a must-listen podcast - http://bit.ly/MFgA
Ernie the Attorney discusses recent decision on lawyers producing printed emails in discovery - http://bit.ly/uuG4 Earth to litigators . . .
Lifehacker has a great tutorial on freeing up memory using Windows Task Manager - http://bit.ly/2MfW - very useful tips
One Laptop Per Child "Give 1 Get 1" program now available on Amazon - http://bit.ly/10iKF
Joel Garreau on what to do with big box stores in what might become the post-mall period - http://bit.ly/11QCJ and http://bit.ly/pMQG
Alan Weiss shares some of his Million Dollar Consulting College notes - http://bit.ly/8I6Y - plenty there to make you think.
This picture of 22 boxes of printed emails suggests that the era of electronic discovery might still be a ways off - http://bit.ly/147xp
Lifehacker has great tips on speeding up the startup process on your PC - http://bit.ly/kue9
Let me know what you think about the microblog idea.
[Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)]
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DennisKennedy.Microblog is a supplement to this blog that can be found on Twitter at @dkennedyblog. I invite you to become a follower (recently went over the 100 follower mark). An explanation of the microblog can be found here.
Here are posts from the microblog for the last week or so:
Greg Lambert checks out a new semantic search engine called Cluuz - http://bit.ly/D8Hf - mixed results for my taste, but interestingTaking a writing break after finishing a column on tech audits and a roundtable article on law practice in a time of economic turmoil.
Bert Decker on my favorite rule - the Rule of Threes - http://bit.ly/EiSB
JP Rangaswami writes about "Faster horses in the age of co-creation" - http://bit.ly/3NHN - lessons for lawyers who want to keep business.
Paul Lippe interviews Richard Suskind on the end of lawyers & future of law practice - http://bit.ly/ZO2e - see Patrick McKenna comment too
Rajesh Jain sums up Web 2.0 Summit - http://bit.ly/sX8r - take special note of "web 2.0 for verticals" and "big bets" sections of post.
Thought-provoking - Jordan Furlong on social proof, law practice management and getting the opposite of what you want - http://bit.ly/kSy7
Let me know what you think about the microblog idea.
A special happy birthday greeting to my brother-in-law and photographer extraordinaire, Dan Donovan, pictured here as we compared notes on the iPhone and iPod Touch at a family get-together back when the weather was warmer than it is now.

[Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)]
Now Available! The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. Visit the companion website for the book at LawyersGuidetoCollaboration.com.
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DennisKennedy.Microblog is a supplement to this blog that can be found on Twitter at @dkennedyblog. I invite you to become a follower. An explanation of the microblog can be found here.
Here are posts from the microblog for the last week or so:
What is the potential of Obama's campaign network in running the government and the country? Rob Paterson on Change.gov - http://bit.ly/WIQA@matthomann's 10 Rules of Legal Technology - http://bit.ly/39syy - a great list, but I still have to talk Matt out of his keyboard obsession
Check out the potential of Twitter on election day at Twitter's election page http://bit.ly/4fXCzH and search page http://search.twitter.com
Cloud computing and The Big Switch - http://bit.ly/4lpCQw - I like Thierer's notion of "pragmatic optimism" on this key trend.
Ed Poll and Adobe's Rick Borstein cover what's new (and cool) in Acrobat 9, with a legal focus - http://bit.ly/2wS5Y4 - highly recommended
Just finished Charles Morris's The Trillion Dollar Meltdown. I expect the roller coaster ride will continue for a while.
Can lawyers and instant messaging be a happy combination? My latest ABA Journal column offers a a quick IM primer - http://bit.ly/hCMCG
The Hildebrandt Client Advisory attracting so much attention - http://bit.ly/49uYg9 - law practice in tough times. Whatcha gonna do?
Ron Baker on the future of the firm: Profitability = Intellectual Capital x Effectiveness x Price - http://bit.ly/3soY3s
Let me know what you think about the microblog idea.
Also, Tom and I have started to do some regular posting at the Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration blog. I invite you to check it out and add it to your RSS reader.
[Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)]
Now Available! The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. Visit the companion website for the book at LawyersGuidetoCollaboration.com.
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DennisKennedy.Microblog is a supplement to this blog that can be found on Twitter at @dkennedyblog. I invite you to become a follower. An explanation of the microblog can be found here.
Here are posts from the microblog for the last week or so:
Ross Kodner adopts the the laptop plus netbook dual computer approach - http://bit.ly/3CwrjU - great hands-on analysisNicholas Carr on Tim O'Reilly and Hugh MacLeod on cloud computing and network effects and the new platform - http://bit.ly/4yLVgq
Ron Friedman posts notes from a David Maister presentation on building success from the bottom - http://bit.ly/NtMZO Wish I'd been there.
Kevin Kelly's thoughtful & thought-provoking overview of cloud computing - http://tinyurl.com/6y5ars
Interesting to compare Bob Ambrogi's list of top 10 legal podcasts - http://bit.ly/3MMtex - to this July 2005 article - http://bit.ly/4tjABU
Mary Abraham on resistance to Web 2.0 from law firms and the weakness of the "not ready for prime time" excuse - http://bit.ly/3IX377
Huge KM news (at least to me) - Dave Snowden updates his 3 laws to 7 KM principles - http://bit.ly/NpfDz - essential KM reading
Putting together a list of seminar presentation ideas on legal technology topics. What most interests you these days?
Adam Thierer revisits Negroponte's "Daily Me" and Being Digital - a hugely influential book on my Internet thinking. http://bit.ly/3eQBNv
Brett Burney's positive review of Adobe Acrobat 9 - http://bit.ly/4l5qcS - I just installed it for myself and am liking it very much.
Ron Friedman on 2008 AmLaw Tech Survey - “Wow, there’s a lot new and nothing new.” http://tinyurl.com/4swuu9
Let me know what you think about the microblog approach.
Also, Tom and I have started to do some regular posting at the Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration blog. I invite you to check it out and add it to your RSS reader.
[Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)]
Now Available! The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. Visit the companion website for the book at LawyersGuidetoCollaboration.com.
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DennisKennedy.Microblog is a supplement to this blog that can be found on Twitter at @dkennedyblog. I invite you to become a follower. An explanation of the microblog can be found here.
Here are posts from the microblog for the last week or so:
"Windows Cloud" - Nick Carr on Amazon EC2 + Windows - http://bit.ly/WpYmk - Big story - I highly recommend Carr's book, The Big Switch, tooGreen legal technology - http://tinyurl.com/3qjscy - my new ABA Journal column. 8 ideas to help the planet
Practicing Law with SaaS - http://bit.ly/5Ic6Z - Good overview of SaaS concepts, with quotes from some of my favorite people.
Eliminating the middlemen - lawyers - from the legal equation - http://bit.ly/BWFkn - disintermediation
Let me know what you think about the microblog idea.
Also, Tom and I have started to do some regular posting at the Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration blog. I invite you to check it out and add it to your RSS reader.
[Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)]
Now Available! The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. Visit the companion website for the book at LawyersGuidetoCollaboration.com.
Technorati tags: legal technology microblog Law2.0
Posted by dmk at 09:36 PM | Comments (0)
DennisKennedy.Microblog is a supplement to this blog that can be found on Twitter at @dkennedyblog. I invite you to become a follower. An explanation of the microblog can be found here.
Here are posts from the microblog for the last week or so:
Rajesh Jain's primer on the Don'ts of Public Speaking and Panels - http://bit.ly/4v8gog - BTW, if you start with an apology, you've lost me.John Jantsch talks about how the telephone doesn't use any gas and benefits of online meeting tools (http://bit.ly/1K5S3i) Good suggestions.
Marshall Kirkpatrick on why it makes sense to read (work-related) blogs at work - http://bit.ly/1Fhemm - even better, monitor RSS feeds.
Ralph Losey's must-read on ediscovery - http://bit.ly/2D1Adk - balancing client & ethical obligations with legal & technological competence
John Heckman on reading off a computer screen - http://bit.ly/zLBBJ - If you don't like it, why do you do so much of it? Possible lessons.
Ten technologies that will revolutionize PCs from Charlie Bess - http://bit.ly/3ppmvp.
Let me know what you think about the microblog idea.
Also, Tom and I have started to do some regular posting at the Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration blog. I invite you to check it out and add it to your RSS reader.
[Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)]
Now Available! The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. Visit the companion website for the book at LawyersGuidetoCollaboration.com.
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