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Can The Star Trek Replicator Be Far Behind?
January 5, 2014
Office Depot Gives You a Firsthand Look at 3D Printing | GadgeTell. Okay, we will all probably be long dead when the first replicator arrives. However, Office Depot will be demoing 3D printers that show the future of manufacturing. In the future, gooey concoctions of plastics and other building materials will arrive in large vats, next to large machines that will extrude them onto a platform as directed by computers. The result will be just about any item you can imagine. Check out the list to see if an Office...
January 5, 2014
Office Depot Gives You a Firsthand Look at 3D Printing | GadgeTell. Okay, we will all probably be long dead when the first replicator arrives. However, Office Depot will be demoing 3D printers that show the future of manufacturing. In the future, gooey concoctions of plastics and other building materials will arrive in large vats, next to large machines that will extrude them onto a platform as directed by computers. The result will be just about any item you can imagine. Check out the list to see if an Office...
Can Lawyers Be Luddites?
January 5, 2014
Can Lawyers Be Luddites? it is sort of a trick question. If you don't know what Luddite means, there is a far greater chance that you are one. I'll give you more information about the origination of the term later in this post, but suffice to say that today Luddite means that you are anti-technology. There has been a lot of discussion about how well lawyers need to understand technology since the ABA House of Delegates amended Comment 8 to Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 on Competence....
January 5, 2014
Can Lawyers Be Luddites? it is sort of a trick question. If you don't know what Luddite means, there is a far greater chance that you are one. I'll give you more information about the origination of the term later in this post, but suffice to say that today Luddite means that you are anti-technology. There has been a lot of discussion about how well lawyers need to understand technology since the ABA House of Delegates amended Comment 8 to Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 on Competence....
When Average Is Over, Let’s Hope You Can Enhance the “Genius Machines”
January 5, 2014
These trends are very applicable to the practice of law. Whether lawyers like it or not–or whether it actually results in an improvement in the quality of legal services–many of the more mundane tasks of law that can be commoditized will be delegated to “genius machines.” Lawyers who can make those machines smarter (those than can do math), and can learn from them, will prosper. Those who can’t will have a tougher time. It won’t be enough for lawyers to say, oh I can’t do computers,...
January 5, 2014
These trends are very applicable to the practice of law. Whether lawyers like it or not–or whether it actually results in an improvement in the quality of legal services–many of the more mundane tasks of law that can be commoditized will be delegated to “genius machines.” Lawyers who can make those machines smarter (those than can do math), and can learn from them, will prosper. Those who can’t will have a tougher time. It won’t be enough for lawyers to say, oh I can’t do computers,...
Google Wants To Build The Ultimate Personal Assistant
January 4, 2014
Google Search is changing rapidly. Given the company’s love of small, rapid-fire updates, its sometimes hard to keep track of where the company is going, but earlier this month, at theLeWeb conference in Paris, Google Engineering Director Scott Huffman presented a pretty compelling overview of the direction Google is taking in search. Here’s the gist of it: Google knows our expectations of what a search engine should be able to do is quickly changing. The old “ten blue links” search results...
January 4, 2014
Google Search is changing rapidly. Given the company’s love of small, rapid-fire updates, its sometimes hard to keep track of where the company is going, but earlier this month, at theLeWeb conference in Paris, Google Engineering Director Scott Huffman presented a pretty compelling overview of the direction Google is taking in search. Here’s the gist of it: Google knows our expectations of what a search engine should be able to do is quickly changing. The old “ten blue links” search results...
Walter Isaacson Crowdsources New Book
January 4, 2014
In the early days of this blog, I endeavored to liveblog several law review articles. The goal, in part, was to solicit real-time feedback. The experiments were helpful, though fittingly enough, I haven’t finished any of them. A few of them I will hopefully return to in the next year. But the idea is good. Best-selling author, Walter Isaacon has taken this experiment to a new level. One of the most successful authors in the world, Walter Isaacson, is seeking the wisdom of the crowds...
January 4, 2014
In the early days of this blog, I endeavored to liveblog several law review articles. The goal, in part, was to solicit real-time feedback. The experiments were helpful, though fittingly enough, I haven’t finished any of them. A few of them I will hopefully return to in the next year. But the idea is good. Best-selling author, Walter Isaacon has taken this experiment to a new level. One of the most successful authors in the world, Walter Isaacson, is seeking the wisdom of the crowds...
Google Scholar Library – Categorize Your Legal Research
January 4, 2014
Google Scholar Library - Google Scholar Blog. When two or more solutions to a law practice management process are available,...
January 4, 2014
Google Scholar Library - Google Scholar Blog. When two or more solutions to a law practice management process are available,...
Lawyers, Don’t be an April Fool for Windows XP
January 4, 2014
Here's an item for your 2014 calendar. April 1 - Confirm we have no computers using Windows XP in operation at home or work. Now April Fool's Day may seem like a long time off as you read this, but running Windows XP after Microsoft ceases Windows XP support means that you are behaving like a fool. Be aware that Windows XP's "end of life" is coming in April. (OK, it is really April 8, but you might have trouble getting any IT help that week and isn't April 1 really easier to remember? Besides...
January 4, 2014
Here's an item for your 2014 calendar. April 1 - Confirm we have no computers using Windows XP in operation at home or work. Now April Fool's Day may seem like a long time off as you read this, but running Windows XP after Microsoft ceases Windows XP support means that you are behaving like a fool. Be aware that Windows XP's "end of life" is coming in April. (OK, it is really April 8, but you might have trouble getting any IT help that week and isn't April 1 really easier to remember? Besides...
Largest E-Filing State Mandate Begins in Texas
January 3, 2014
On Thursday Texas became the nation’s largest state to implement a mandatory electronic court filing system aimed at digitizing...
January 3, 2014
On Thursday Texas became the nation’s largest state to implement a mandatory electronic court filing system aimed at digitizing...
The 10 Most Important Legal Technology Developments of 2013
January 2, 2014
Here are my picks for the 10 most important legal technology developments of 2013. What am I missing? What would be on your list? The numbers are not meant to indicate priority. They are all important, in my mind. 5. Lawyers realized that computer analytics are allies, not enemies. The warning bell came with the 2011 New York Timesarticle, Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software. Some lawyers started to believe that advances in artificial intelligence and computer analytics...
January 2, 2014
Here are my picks for the 10 most important legal technology developments of 2013. What am I missing? What would be on your list? The numbers are not meant to indicate priority. They are all important, in my mind. 5. Lawyers realized that computer analytics are allies, not enemies. The warning bell came with the 2011 New York Timesarticle, Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software. Some lawyers started to believe that advances in artificial intelligence and computer analytics...
LinkedIn To Change Setting In Response To Florida Bar Concerns
January 1, 2014
LinkedIn, the popular online business networking site, has reportedly agreed to change a setting that automatically lists a person’s professional “specialties” in response to concerns from The Florida Bar and other state bar regulatory organizations. A LinkedIn senior legal counsel met with Florida Bar officials telephonically Dec. 17, according to Elizabeth Tarbert, ethics counsel for The Florida Bar. The senior counsel, Catalin Cosovanu, reported that LinkedIn is in the process of changing...
January 1, 2014
LinkedIn, the popular online business networking site, has reportedly agreed to change a setting that automatically lists a person’s professional “specialties” in response to concerns from The Florida Bar and other state bar regulatory organizations. A LinkedIn senior legal counsel met with Florida Bar officials telephonically Dec. 17, according to Elizabeth Tarbert, ethics counsel for The Florida Bar. The senior counsel, Catalin Cosovanu, reported that LinkedIn is in the process of changing...
