Josh Marshall is on the hunt.  Josh Marshall may be at it again. You may recall that he was widely credited for sticking to the Trent Lott story late last year, ultimately resulting in Trent Lott stepping down from his leadership position in the Senate. Now he's picking at the threads of a story that… Continue reading Josh Marshall is on the hunt

Zen and the Art of Data Restoration.  Zen and the Art of Data Restoration Standardization is elusive, even though there are so many standards to choose from. Or perhaps because there are so many. Nevertheless, for many years I have been pursuing an elusive goal of digitizing, standardizing, and archiving all of mydata. In this… Continue reading Zen and the Art of Data Restoration

Update: Web Help Desk 6.3. Web Help Desk adds parts tracking and inventory, PDF invoicing, and other changes. [MacInTouch]

Update: WireHose Server 2.0.2. A tool for Java developers to create customizable web portals, WireHose Server resolves some issues with the Mac OS X installer, enhances several sample applications, and fixes some bugs. [MacInTouch]

Knemeyer on Information Design. Dirk Knemeyer writes a great primer on Information Design and how it relates to Web design and development. From the article: More than its value to business, information is also the principle component to human knowledge and progress. By experiencing information — through any of the available senses — people are… Continue reading Knemeyer on Information Design

APIs, protocols, and rogue plumbers. The inexorable logic of Web services sets aside APIs in favor of protocols. XML messages flowing through the pipes enact those protocols. Anyone with authorized access to that plumbing will be able to monitor and inject messages quite easily, and everyone will know that's true. If B or S or… Continue reading APIs, protocols, and rogue plumbers

Cisco's General Counsel is willing to pay lawyers to do something new. Pssstt!  Hey lawyers, the General Counsel of a large technology company is willing to pay you to do something new.  For more information, read this. [Ernie the Attorney]

Phone Companies See Their Future in Flat-Rate Plans. Every telephone call in the world may soon become a local call, thanks to increasing competition and technological advances. By Nicholas Thompson. [New York Times: Technology]

Song Airlines getting ready to fly out of Tampa.  Song Airlines is beginning flights from Tampa to New York and Boston. The airline features video games, satellite television, digital audio and what it calls fun flight attendants.  [10 News via Moreover]

Article: Advantages of Blogs for Legal Marketing. I'm pleased to have gotten great feedback on my LLRX article explaining the advantages of using blogs for law firm marketing. I thought it was important to write an article like this, because many of the most important blog advantages are not apparent at all to casual observers and require… Continue reading Article: Advantages of Blogs for Legal Marketing