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Charle Brown Christmas. A very interesting article in USA Today about the TV special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” — because this is the 40th anniversary of it. The article describes how controversial is was in several aspects: the Vince Guaraldi music, using children as voice talents, and most of all for directly quoting the Bible.… Continue reading Charle Brown Christmas

Complex Jobs Moving Offshore. Offshoring “is moving up the food chain” reports Kevin G. Hall of Knight Ridder Newspapers in More complex jobs moving offshore. Tax, public relations, architecture, and high-end research are all examples of functions where companies are seeking help in India and elsewhere offshore according to the article. Robert Reich, President Clinton’s… Continue reading Complex Jobs Moving Offshore

Working Virtually Revisited. Lawyers are increasingly mobile – technology lets them work from almost anywhere. I suggested in The Future Law Office: Going Virtual that lawyers could sometimes work at home or in satellite offices. Law firms would save on rent and lawyers would save commute time. Two recent articles offer another look at this… Continue reading Working Virtually Revisited

IT @ Morrison & Foerster: Lessons Learned from Retail. Many knowledge management professionals say that KM is 80% process and 20% technology. Perhaps true but if honored, requires often unrealistic cultural changes. A new article about work at Morrison & Foerster illustrates how applying modern software creatively can achieve important KM goals. IT @ Morrison… Continue reading IT @ Morrison & Foerster: Lessons Learned from Retail

The Way Lawyers Work. Do lawyers think carefully enough about how they practice law? I think not. Relatively few lawyers seem to analyze how they practice. How many carefully consider alternatives or consciously seek best practices? Do others share my impression that relatively few lawyers seem to apply the discipline they bring to representing clients… Continue reading The Way Lawyers Work

Snowstorm with thunder surprises area. A wild northeaster surprised Southern New England yesterday with near-blizzard conditions and a bizarre thunderstorm, closing Logan International Airport, gridlocking thousands of homeward-bound commuters, and dumping more than a foot of snow in some communities. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

Can This Man Reprogram Microsoft?. Bill Gates is counting on Ray Ozzie, who joined Microsoft just eight months ago, to help the company tackle Google. By STEVE LOHR. [NYT > Technology]

The MySpace Generation. According to this special of Business Week “They live online. They buy online. They play online. Their power is growing”. Read the cover story on how companies are reaching them or listen to the Podcast Although networks are still in their infancy, experts think they're already creating new forms of social behavior… Continue reading The MySpace Generation

What's making money and how much?. There’s a new web-app every day it seems. Emily Chang compiles a list she calls eHub which “is a constantly updated list of web applications, services, resources, blogs or sites with a focus on next generation web (web 2.0), social software, blogging, Ajax, Ruby on Rails, location mapping, open… Continue reading What's making money and how much?

Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything?. Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything? paneraboy writes “If smaller software companies can patch all of their bugs serious or minor, ZDNet's George Ou asks, why can't Microsoft — with its massive army of programmers and massive budget — patch all of its vulnerabilities? Had Microsoft fixed a low… Continue reading Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything?