From PLI’s useful Lawyer’s Toolbox newsletter, a PDF of a seminar handout on “cyberliability” cases in 2003, including the important Specht v. Netscape case.
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Dennis Kennedy
Forensic Biopsy. Called in before the autopsy.
Dennis Kennedy is the Principal Investigator at the Kennedy Idea Propulsion Laboratory (KIPL), where he investigates AI and innovation challenges when standard playbooks fail.
His framework is The NeoHolmesian Method he's developed: treating complex problems as investigations rather than predictions. Where most see uncertainty, he see patterns. Where most offer forecasts, he offers methods.
The MasterList 2004
There’s a new version and a new focus for one of my favorite programs, The MasterList. It’s a project and to-do management tool that really works for me. Depending upon the way you work, it may be a good tool for you, too.
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The New Issue of Law Practice Today – Wow!
The new issue of Law Practice Today rocks. The theme is the future of law practice and the role of “virual law firms” and there are good articles on legal tech, marketing, management and finance topics. And an RSS feed.
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Inverting the IT Pyramid
Jeffrey Kaplan writes thought-promoting article on the evolution of product firms to services firms. Do the same rules apply to law? If they do, there are some new business ideas to consider.
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The Linked-In Mini-Boomlet
A little wavelet on LinkedIn invitations from some people I respect gives me a reason to take a closer look at this form of social networking and decide that it seems like a good experiment to try.
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Hiding the Elephant
Is technology magic? Is magic technology? Fascinating book makes it all seem magical, no matter what.
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Here’s Something That Makes it All Worth It
An email from a teacher in Montreal wanting to link to an article of mine to help his students makes my day. This is one of the coolest things about the Internet and why it has always been so hard for me not to give away my content.
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Here's Something That Makes it All Worth It
An email from a teacher in Montreal wanting to link to an article of mine to help his students makes my day. This is one of the coolest things about the Internet and why it has always been so hard for me not to give away my content.
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Tablet PC for Lawyers Web Page
It seemed like there should be a web page that collected resources on Tablet PCs, OneNote and how lawyers are using or might use them. I couldn’t find one; so I created one: the creatively-named “Tablet PC for Lawyers” web page.
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Eerie Spam
New spam techniques defeat spam filters while spam filters may block 40% of legitimate messages. Fred Langa’s e-mail experiment gives further evidence that we may have broken the trust component of the e-mail system.
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