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LinkedIn (or Left Out) for Lawyers
October 6, 2013
Until recently, very few lawyers and corporate counsel had even heard of the social media site LinkedIn. In fact, it surprises many to learn that LinkedIn was launched ten years ago. How quickly things have changed! Ninety-five percent of ABA members indicate that they have posted their profiles on LinkedIn. Seventy percent of corporate counsel indicate that they use LinkedIn regularly as a tool to find and vet outside counsel. These statistics come from a 2012 ABA survey. LinkedIn is now one of the world’s...
October 6, 2013
Until recently, very few lawyers and corporate counsel had even heard of the social media site LinkedIn. In fact, it surprises many to learn that LinkedIn was launched ten years ago. How quickly things have changed! Ninety-five percent of ABA members indicate that they have posted their profiles on LinkedIn. Seventy percent of corporate counsel indicate that they use LinkedIn regularly as a tool to find and vet outside counsel. These statistics come from a 2012 ABA survey. LinkedIn is now one of the world’s...
My Experience with the iPhone 5s
October 6, 2013
Knowing that the iPhone 5s is currently in limited supply, I arrived at my local AT&T store early Friday morning to get in line. Supplies were indeed limited, and about 30 minutes before the store opened at 8 am I was reminded of the quote from Henry Ford that "Any customer can have a [Model T] car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black" when the AT&T employees announced that they were not provided with any white or gold iPhones. I wanted a 64 GB black model anyway...
October 6, 2013
Knowing that the iPhone 5s is currently in limited supply, I arrived at my local AT&T store early Friday morning to get in line. Supplies were indeed limited, and about 30 minutes before the store opened at 8 am I was reminded of the quote from Henry Ford that "Any customer can have a [Model T] car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black" when the AT&T employees announced that they were not provided with any white or gold iPhones. I wanted a 64 GB black model anyway...
Hummingbird Will Make Google Searches Hum
October 6, 2013
Meet Hummingbird: Google Just Revamped Search To Answer Your Long Questions Better - Forbes. Has it been 15 years since Google entered our vocabulary and our lives? The new search engine algorithm from Google, code named Hummingbird, won't be noticeable to most of us. However, your searches will be much faster and better, and Google will be able to better understand the rambling searches we create.
October 6, 2013
Meet Hummingbird: Google Just Revamped Search To Answer Your Long Questions Better - Forbes. Has it been 15 years since Google entered our vocabulary and our lives? The new search engine algorithm from Google, code named Hummingbird, won't be noticeable to most of us. However, your searches will be much faster and better, and Google will be able to better understand the rambling searches we create.
Free Law Project To Promote Access to Law, For Free
October 6, 2013
Court opinions and records are in the public domain, and therefore open to the public, of course. But not for free – just try to secure a case from PACER. UC Berkeley School of Information assistant professor Brian Carver and UC Berkeley alumnus Michael Lissner have taken the law into their own hands, so to speak, and have formed a non-profit organization called the Free Law Project with the goal of providing free and easy to access legal content for download. As can be seen from their About...
October 6, 2013
Court opinions and records are in the public domain, and therefore open to the public, of course. But not for free – just try to secure a case from PACER. UC Berkeley School of Information assistant professor Brian Carver and UC Berkeley alumnus Michael Lissner have taken the law into their own hands, so to speak, and have formed a non-profit organization called the Free Law Project with the goal of providing free and easy to access legal content for download. As can be seen from their About...
How High Performers Compete – and Win – with Analytics #IKNS
October 5, 2013
NOTES: Lessons from Peter Drucker. Jeanne Harris had the privilege of working with Peter Drucker early in her career. Here are some of the data-related lessons she learned from him: Look for patterns. Analytics help reveal patterns, which in turn reveal what is happening below the surface of the organization. Don’t settle for just a single insight. Businesses are complicated animals so it is rare for a single insight to explain everything about an organization. Look for several insights...
October 5, 2013
NOTES: Lessons from Peter Drucker. Jeanne Harris had the privilege of working with Peter Drucker early in her career. Here are some of the data-related lessons she learned from him: Look for patterns. Analytics help reveal patterns, which in turn reveal what is happening below the surface of the organization. Don’t settle for just a single insight. Businesses are complicated animals so it is rare for a single insight to explain everything about an organization. Look for several insights...
5 Things To Know About Analytics in the World of Commerce
October 5, 2013
The customer - thanks to advances in technology (digital, social, and mobile) - has become the center of the commerce universe. In order for enterprises to attract and retain customers they must provide access to their product information across multiple channels. The real trick is truly knowing the customer and customizing communication with that customer to their particular needs and wants. That is where the power of analytics comes in. 1. Customer satisfaction is very important 2. Sellers want...
October 5, 2013
The customer - thanks to advances in technology (digital, social, and mobile) - has become the center of the commerce universe. In order for enterprises to attract and retain customers they must provide access to their product information across multiple channels. The real trick is truly knowing the customer and customizing communication with that customer to their particular needs and wants. That is where the power of analytics comes in. 1. Customer satisfaction is very important 2. Sellers want...
Malcolm Gladwell Interview
October 5, 2013
In a Costco Connection magazine piece, Malcolm Gladwell answers whether "his work on all of his books [has] given him a new worldview...
October 5, 2013
In a Costco Connection magazine piece, Malcolm Gladwell answers whether "his work on all of his books [has] given him a new worldview...
The Wow Factor: YouTube Helps Lawyers Create Infographics
October 5, 2013
Whether persuading a jury, presenting at a beauty contest for a potential client, or teaching law students, attorneys must...
October 5, 2013
Whether persuading a jury, presenting at a beauty contest for a potential client, or teaching law students, attorneys must...
How Google Converted Language Translation Into a Problem of Vector Space Mathematics
October 4, 2013
Computer science is changing the nature of the translation of words and sentences from one language to another. Anybody who has tried BabelFish or Google...
October 4, 2013
Computer science is changing the nature of the translation of words and sentences from one language to another. Anybody who has tried BabelFish or Google...
Citing Proportionality, Court Concludes it would be “Senseless” to Require Plaintiff to “Go to Great Lengths” to Produce Evidence Defendants are “Able to Do Without”
October 4, 2013
Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co. Ltd., No. 12-CV-0630-LHK (PSG), 2013 WL 4426512 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 14, 2013) Relying on the “all-to-often [sic] ignored discovery principle” of proportionality the court declined to compel Plaintiff "to go to great lengths” to produce information that the defendants could “do without.” The Samsung Defendants (“Samsung”) sought the production of several categories of financial information. Although Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) maintained financial...
October 4, 2013
Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co. Ltd., No. 12-CV-0630-LHK (PSG), 2013 WL 4426512 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 14, 2013) Relying on the “all-to-often [sic] ignored discovery principle” of proportionality the court declined to compel Plaintiff "to go to great lengths” to produce information that the defendants could “do without.” The Samsung Defendants (“Samsung”) sought the production of several categories of financial information. Although Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) maintained financial...
