The Legal Profession in 20 Years. It’s year-end. Forget about predictions for 2005. What will the legal profession look like in 20 years??? In Law Practice Today, an ABA online magazine, John Tredennick organizes a forum, Looking to the Future: What Changes Do You See Coming in the Next Twenty Years?, in which several commentators… Continue reading The Legal Profession in 20 Years
Month: January 2005
Technology as Business Model Breaker
Technology as Business Model Breaker. Ringing in the new year is a great article by a Cisco law department member on how technology can change and dramatically improve the ways lawyers practice and the business relationship between lawyer and client. Laura Owen, a lawyer who is director, worldwide legal services, at Cisco Systems Inc, suggests… Continue reading Technology as Business Model Breaker
Map Folding: Building a Weekly Plan
Map Folding: Building a Weekly Plan. Simple way to plan a working week around your projects' “moving parts.” [43 Folders]
Slipping down the ladder of economic freedom
Slipping down the ladder of economic freedom. This is not good news: For the first time in the 11 years that the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal have been publishing the Index of Economic Freedom, the U.S. has dropped out of the top 10 freest economies… [ProfessorBainbridge.com]
Library Technology Hierarchy of Needs
Library Technology Hierarchy of Needs. From Aaron at Walking Paper, a Hierarchy of Needs for technology at libraries. I think this is a great idea–and something that could be fleshed out and used to guide technology planning for both small and large libraries. … [LibrarianInBlack]
Laura Owen – The Tech Evolution: Change or Die
Laura Owen – The Tech Evolution: Change or Die. Laura Owen of Cisco gave one of the best presentations I attended last year. She covers some of the same themes in her excellent new article called “The Tech Evolution: Change or Die,” which is absolutely required reading for (1) any law firm doing any planning… Continue reading Laura Owen – The Tech Evolution: Change or Die
Who REALLY protects the Internet?
Who REALLY protects the Internet?. This morning I read an interesting post in which Susan says that in response to a 10 year old's question of “Who protects the Internet?”, her response is “I would argue that we all do.” Susan always looks on the bright side of things. I, on the other hand, look… Continue reading Who REALLY protects the Internet?
Reviving Advanced Hypertext
Useit.Com: Reviving Advanced Hypertext. The Web really has only one feature: uni-directional plain links that replace the existing page with a new one. Yes, the feature has twists, such as the ability to go back or open the link in a new window, but fundamentally, the Web has no advanced hypertext capabilities. [Tomalak's Realm]
Battling the antibodies
Battling the antibodies Open source, for example, has made many technical innovations, but arguably its greatest contribution is process innovation: transparency, global collaboration, the architecture of participation. In Microsoft's resistance to these ideas — notably the famous “open source is a virus” riff — you can see the antibodies swarming. What most fascinates me about… Continue reading Battling the antibodies
Unsung heroes of open source
Unsung heroes of open source. When my e-mails to vendors went unanswered, I turned to open source. A Google query for “sourceforge vx4400” yielded this first result: “Welcome to BitPim.” On the BitPim project site, I found not only sync software for Windows, Linux, and OS X, but also a wealth of useful documentation, including… Continue reading Unsung heroes of open source