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The Census Bureau Puts Every American on the Map
November 23, 2013
Each decade, the U.S. Census Bureau has the lofty challenge of counting every single person in America—308,745,538 of us as of 2010....
November 23, 2013
Each decade, the U.S. Census Bureau has the lofty challenge of counting every single person in America—308,745,538 of us as of 2010....
Seventh Circuit Weighs in on Firing for Facebook Posts
November 22, 2013
“I don’t like that Facebook post—you’re fired.” It’s perhaps a sentence employers dream of saying, but don’t dare. Once a social network has been used to screen employees, it’s hard for their employers to use it against them. But Maria Danaher, on Ogletree Deakins’ Employment Blog, explains how a recent Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals case could be changing that. In the case, a daycare worker claimed gender discrimination after he was fired based on a Facebook post that contained...
November 22, 2013
“I don’t like that Facebook post—you’re fired.” It’s perhaps a sentence employers dream of saying, but don’t dare. Once a social network has been used to screen employees, it’s hard for their employers to use it against them. But Maria Danaher, on Ogletree Deakins’ Employment Blog, explains how a recent Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals case could be changing that. In the case, a daycare worker claimed gender discrimination after he was fired based on a Facebook post that contained...
Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups
November 21, 2013
Learnings to date about the “Unicorn Club”: We found 39 companies belong to what we call the “Unicorn Club” (by our definition, U.S.-based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors). That’s about .07 percent of venture-backed consumer and enterprise software startups. On average, four unicorns were born per year in the past decade, with Facebook being the breakout “super-unicorn” (worth >$100...
November 21, 2013
Learnings to date about the “Unicorn Club”: We found 39 companies belong to what we call the “Unicorn Club” (by our definition, U.S.-based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors). That’s about .07 percent of venture-backed consumer and enterprise software startups. On average, four unicorns were born per year in the past decade, with Facebook being the breakout “super-unicorn” (worth >$100...
10 Quick LinkedIn Tips and Strategies to Optimize Your Profile and Use
November 17, 2013
So, here are 10 LinkedIn tips to quickly optimize your profile and your reach, and to make the time spent there more meaningful and rewarding. Use a LinkedIn Email Signature – Include a link to your LinkedIn profile in your email signature or create uniqueHTML version here. (Login to your LInkedIn account first.) Website integration – Use LinkedIn plugins on the “About” page on your website or blog. Be creative with your headlines – Use your alloted 120 characters creatively....
November 17, 2013
So, here are 10 LinkedIn tips to quickly optimize your profile and your reach, and to make the time spent there more meaningful and rewarding. Use a LinkedIn Email Signature – Include a link to your LinkedIn profile in your email signature or create uniqueHTML version here. (Login to your LInkedIn account first.) Website integration – Use LinkedIn plugins on the “About” page on your website or blog. Be creative with your headlines – Use your alloted 120 characters creatively....
Google+ Gets a Google-Sized Series of Updates
November 17, 2013
Google aims to revolutionize photography and the way its users tell their stories. At least, that’s what we learned in the “A Morning With Google+” event that broadcast live from Google studios. No longer a ghost town With over 500 million users, Google+ is where the action is moving. If you’re not on board, you’re missing the train.
November 17, 2013
Google aims to revolutionize photography and the way its users tell their stories. At least, that’s what we learned in the “A Morning With Google+” event that broadcast live from Google studios. No longer a ghost town With over 500 million users, Google+ is where the action is moving. If you’re not on board, you’re missing the train.
Handwriting Input Comes to Gmail and Google Docs
November 17, 2013
Gmail and Docs offer wide language support, however in some cases using the keyboard is less than ideal. Whether you’re a student trying to include a foreign phrase in your paper or an international consultant hoping to begin your message with a friendly local greeting, now you’ll be able to use your own handwriting to input words directly into Gmail and Google Docs with your mouse or trackpad. To try it out, enable input tools in Gmail or Docs and select the handwriting input (represented...
November 17, 2013
Gmail and Docs offer wide language support, however in some cases using the keyboard is less than ideal. Whether you’re a student trying to include a foreign phrase in your paper or an international consultant hoping to begin your message with a friendly local greeting, now you’ll be able to use your own handwriting to input words directly into Gmail and Google Docs with your mouse or trackpad. To try it out, enable input tools in Gmail or Docs and select the handwriting input (represented...
First iPad Air Reviews are Posted
November 16, 2013
The new iPad Air goes on sale this Friday. Last week, Apple loaned iPad Airs to a few journalists who were allowed to post their reviews starting last night. The reviews are universally positive. Everyone seems to agree that iPad Air is not just lighter than previous models, it is light enough to make a real difference in every-day usage. It is also the fastest iOS device to date (just a sliver faster than the iPhone 5s), and has incredible all-day long battery life. Here are all of the reviews...
November 16, 2013
The new iPad Air goes on sale this Friday. Last week, Apple loaned iPad Airs to a few journalists who were allowed to post their reviews starting last night. The reviews are universally positive. Everyone seems to agree that iPad Air is not just lighter than previous models, it is light enough to make a real difference in every-day usage. It is also the fastest iOS device to date (just a sliver faster than the iPhone 5s), and has incredible all-day long battery life. Here are all of the reviews...
Small Firm Lawyers and Innovation
November 16, 2013
We have certainly seen many changes in the way business is done over the last few decades. Many of these have to do with...
November 16, 2013
We have certainly seen many changes in the way business is done over the last few decades. Many of these have to do with...
My First Portable Computer In Law School
November 15, 2013
This is a 25 pound portable computer from the Eighties. It had dual floppies (5 1/4 inches), and one of them contained the entire OS. (DOS) It had a green screen, and was completely text driven. NO mouse. It had a hundred times less computing power than today's average smartphone. It had no Internet connection, because there really wasn't a workable, usable Internet. Do you still long for the Eighties?
November 15, 2013
This is a 25 pound portable computer from the Eighties. It had dual floppies (5 1/4 inches), and one of them contained the entire OS. (DOS) It had a green screen, and was completely text driven. NO mouse. It had a hundred times less computing power than today's average smartphone. It had no Internet connection, because there really wasn't a workable, usable Internet. Do you still long for the Eighties?
Employment Litigation in the Age of Social Media
November 14, 2013
Like everything else, employment litigation has gone social, turning "likes" and off-the-cuff comments into high-stake courtroom...
November 14, 2013
Like everything else, employment litigation has gone social, turning "likes" and off-the-cuff comments into high-stake courtroom...
