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Halloween Blawg Review

Posted on November 02, 2009
I don't know if Eric Turkewitz remembers me suggesting he use this one of Hugh MacLeod's Gaping Void cartoons on the back of a business card for his "blog card". This week, Eric tries to find happiness hosting his third Blawg Review, this time with a Halloween theme...

Flickr Tweet, Wascally Wabbit

Posted on October 30, 2009
RT @infobunny Why does no one call me pumpkin?Blawg Review #236, hosted by Eric Turkewitz, is a real treat. Note to @Geeklawyer and friends, who celebrated Halloween at the #brightonpissup4, "pissed" also means "angry" to a Yank.

Open Invitation, Niki Black

Posted on October 25, 2009
Who is Nicole Black, what does she do, and why are we looking forward to her hosting Blawg Review? I met Niki Black recently in New York City, where we shared at table over lunch at a social media conference at the Harvard Club. If ever you get the chance to meet Niki Black in person, not just on Twitter @nikiblack, you'll be glad you did...

Blawg Review Hosts @Twitter

Posted on October 23, 2009
You can follow many of the hosts of Blawg Review on Twitter.Evan Schaeffer @eshaeff Ron Coleman @roncoleman Gordon Smith @gs_ Jeremy Richey @jeremyrichey Mike Cernovich @Cerno Evan Brown @internetcases Al Nye @AlanNye Kevin Heller @kevinhell George Lenard @employmentblawg Enrico Schaefer @Enrico1999 Monica Bay @commonscold Stephen Albainy-Jenei @patentbaristas Carolyn Elefant @carolynelefant Dave Gulbransen @dgulbran Tom Mighell @tommighell Craig Williams @jcraigwilliams Denise Howell @dhowell Andrew Raff @andrewraff Walter Olson @overlawyered Douglas Sorocco @douglassorocco Matt Buchanan @jmattbuchanan Steve Nipper @nipper Colin Samuels @colinsamuels John Wallbillich @wiredgc Bruce MacEwen @BruceMacEwen Anita Campbell @SmallBizTrends Kevin Thompson @cyberlaw Diane Levin @dianelevin Marty Schwimmer @mschwimmer Scott Greenfield @scottgreenfield Charlie Green @CharlesHGreen Adrian Dayton @adriandayton Tom Colson @tomcolson David Lat @davidlat Kevin O'Keefe @kevinokeefe Geeklawyer @Geeklawyer Rush Nigut @RushNigut CharonQC @Charonqc Kael Garvey @legallyunbound Vickie Pynchon @vpynchon Elie Mystal @ElieNYC Duncan Bucknell @DuncanBucknell Tim Kevan @babybarista David Harlow @healthblawg Dave Donoghue @rdd Anne Reed @annereed Dan Harris @danharris Ernest Svenson @ernieattorney Ray Ward @minorwisdom Cathy Gellis @CathyGellis Gideon @gideonstrumpet Susan Cartier Liebel @SCartierLiebel Popehat @Popehat Jeremy Blachman @jeremyblachman Sherrie Sisk @TheInspiredSolo Patrick Lamb @ValoremLamb Andrew Flusche @aflusche Brett Trout @BrettTrout Connie Crosby @conniecrosby Jamie Spencer @jamieinaustin Jillian Weiss @drjilliantweiss Arnie Herz @ArnieHerz Barry Barnett @blawgletter Daithí Mac Síthigh @macsithigh John Hochfelder @johnhochfelder Peter Black @PeterBlackQUT Brandy Karl @brandyk Omar Ha-Redeye @OmarHaRedeye Tamera Bennett @tamerabennett Michael Atkins @SeattleTMLawyer Scott Leviant @HScottLeviant Stephen Seckler @stephenseckler Eric Turkewitz @Turkewitz Bob Coffield @bobcoffield Christian Metcalfe @Cmetcalfe Joel Rosenberg @joelrosenberg Mairead Enright @humanrightsblogThis list is a "work in progress" that will be updated on an ongoing basis...

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I Blame Drew's Cancer

Posted on October 21, 2009
That's right, I blame Drew's cancer for too many tweets!Oh, and one more thing, I blame Drew's cancer for this:WTF? Are we behind the Great Firewall of China, or in Toronto for meshmarketing?

Vickie Pynchon Outdoes Herself

Posted on October 19, 2009
Hosts of Blawg Review know how much Vickie Pynchon contributes to these presentations every week, as a "sherpa guide" helpfully providing recommendations of some of the best law blog posts. This week, our Blawg Review Sherpa Victoria Pynchon really outdoes herself with Blawg Review #234, a detailed look at the "200 year present" that marks conflict resolution week...

Emperor Norton

Posted on October 12, 2009
"Everybody understands Mickey Mouse. Few understand Hermann Hesse. Hardly anybody understands Einstein. And nobody understands Emperor Norton." - Malaclypse the Younger, K.S.C.Check out this week's Blawg Review #233 hosted by the anonymous bloggers at Popehat, who get it.

JetBlue All-You-Can-Jet

Posted on October 09, 2009
Leaving Las Vegas, boarding my 22nd flight on JetBlue's All-You-Can-Jet Pass. If you're thinking that's a lot of domestic air miles traveled this past month, you're right. Blawg Review's editor put this opportunity to good use, connecting with many hosts, some famous, some infamous, and one anonymous -- meetups and tweetups across the country...

Teach Your Children Well

Posted on October 05, 2009
Blawg Review #232 is hosted by Susan Cartier Liebel at Solo Practice University on World Teachers' Day. Held annually on October 5th since 1994, World Teachers' Day commemorates teachers? organisations worldwide. Its aim is to mobilise support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers...

I'm in Las Vegas, Bitch

Posted on September 28, 2009
Blawg Review #231 is Legally Unbound in Las Vegas, and the editor of Blawg Review is in town to find out what the hell is going on here!

Blawg Review Awards

Posted on September 17, 2009
Colin Samuels was going to thank everyone for honoring him with another Blawg Review of the Year Award when someone grabbed the microphone... Hopefully, the ensuing controversy in the blogosphere and the twitterverse will be behind us by the time Colin and Mike take the stage for Blawg Review #330, a duet.

Digital Nomads Love ExOfficio

Posted on September 08, 2009
Digital Nomads like the editor of Blawg Review travel will all the latest tech tools and toys, an iPhone 3G and a BlackBerry Bold, and a Netbook on steroids, the Acer Aspire 1410 running Windows Vista with 3 Gigs of Ram on an Intel Centrino chip. Tethering the Acer to the BlackBerry with virtually unlimited data plan liberates the Digital Nomad from wifi...

The Adventure Begins Today

Posted on September 06, 2009
Get your motor runnin'Head out on the highwayLookin' for adventureAnd whatever comes our wayToday marks the first day of the Blawg Review Bucket List tour, beginning with a meetup with Tom Colson, a patent attorney and CEO of IP.com Inc. and host of Blawg Review #217, a Father's Day presentation...

Simple is the New Complex

Posted on September 03, 2009
by Colin Samuels, at Infamy or PraiseThe theme of this week's Blawg Review #227 is themelessness. I know that it's all very meta, but Sheryl Sisk Schelin does us proud with this effort, hosted at her The Inspired Solo site. As the "next guy [who went] all Dante on you" referenced in the third paragraph, let me just say that I for one am appreciative that Shelin's arrested (at least temporarily) our Blawg Review theme arms race...

Sherpa Sabbatical

Posted on September 03, 2009
Blawg Review Sherpa Colin Samuels has hung up his chuba. I don't remember when, exactly, Colin took on the heavy lifting around here, guiding novice and expert blawg reviewers alike in their quests to reach new heights with each successsive presentation of the carnival of law blogs...

Bunny Sex & Pink Tape

Posted on August 24, 2009
Blawg Review #226 is up at Pink Tape, a blog from the family bar in the UK. It's full of ribald British humour, talk of nudity and the escapades of Geeklawyer but, alas, no mention of Bunny, whose appearance in Blawg Review is long overdue.

Woodstock Remembered

Posted on August 19, 2009
Blawg Review #225 reminds us that this week marks the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, which became synonymous with the name Woodstock, a music festival billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...

Thanks for the Fish

Posted on August 17, 2009
Blawg Review #225 is presented by Seattle Trademark Lawyer Michael Atkins from the Pike Place Market on its 102nd anniversary.

We Will Rock You

Posted on August 17, 2009
Blawg Review #145, The Super Bowl Edition.VENI, VIDI, VICI. "I came, I saw, I conquered". Sounds pretty macho, huh? But there's a gentler side to it. First, as a Human Being, and a lawyer, are you prepared to meet the challenges before you? Second, can you think and develop a strategy to survive, prosper and get what you want in life and law? Do you have the right Tools? Third, can you Act? Do you have the sand, the spirit and the moxie for the Arena?JD Hull, February 4, 2008, on What About Clients?YouTube Credit: Beyonce, Pink, Britney and Enrique in a Super Bowl commercial for Pepsi, gladiator style.

What About Paris?

Posted on August 16, 2009
Not this trip, but the editor of Blawg Review will visit friends in Europe (London for sure) and maybe Paris will be on the next tour.

Blawg Review Bucket List

Posted on August 15, 2009
Think of it as Jack Nicholson in The Bucket List, or Easy Rider, meets Jack Kerouac, On the Road. The editor of Blawg Review is going on a cross-country tour, a quest to discover himself and see America through the eyes of lawyers who blog, as many as possible, starting this September...

I Get Around to Conferences

Posted on August 12, 2009
If you're not following @blawgreview on Twitter, you might have missed this tweet:blawgreview #ILTA09 wondering if Ed @blawgreview might meet followers of Blawg Review @ilta09 http://conference.iltanet.orgDave Gulbransen, host of Blawg Review #23, #70 and #122, who recently caught up with the anonymous editor of Blawg Review in Chicago for the IP Business Congress 2009, replied with this tweet:dgulbran @blawgreview Are you a professional conference attendee, or what? :)What can I say? With a nod to the formerly anonymous author of this week's Blawg Review #224 hosted on the Times of London, BabyBarista alter-ego Tim Kevan, who also wrote Why Lawyers Should Surf, let's just say, "I get around...

Hello BabyBarista

Posted on August 09, 2009
Blawg Review #224 is written by Tim Kevan, a British barrister and professional writer, indeed, a published author. His first novel, recently published by Bloomsbury, BabyBarista and the Art of War is based on this blog he writes for The Times. He is also the co-author of Why Lawyers Should Surf...

Anonymous Editor Unmasked

Posted on August 08, 2009
Twitter outage this week forced the editor of Blawg Review to bust out the old technology to keep in touch with his most demanding followers, while still ensuring anonymity. The bat phone has toll free access throughout the USA and Canada, the UK, Europe, and Southeast Asia, including Australia...

BabyBarista Book Review

Posted on August 06, 2009
by Colin SamuelsBabyBarista is hosting Blawg Review #224 and this might be a good time to review his new book, BabyBarista and the Art of War, so our followers get a sense of what to expect from his Blawg Review.I'm often frustrated by book reviews for the simple reason that most tend to avoid answering the question "Is this book worth reading?" I'll not make that mistake in writing about Tim Kevan's BabyBarista and The Art of War...

Donoghue's Carnival of Trust

Posted on August 04, 2009
At the Chicago IP Litigation Blog, R. David Donoghue hosts the Carnival of Trust for August 2009 -- a great selection of blog posts about trust, of special interest to professionals involved with intellectual property management, law, and policy.We got together recently in Chicago, where Dave hosted some IP law bloggers at the infamous Billy Goat Tavern...

Blawg Review Caribana

Posted on August 03, 2009
Welcome to Blawg Review #223, from Toronto, Canada, where we celebrate multi-cultural diversity, hosting one of North America's largest and most vibrant carnivals, Caribana.It began as the Toronto Caribbean community's salute to Canada's Centennial year...

Invitation to Scott Greenfield

Posted on August 02, 2009
Scott,This week's host (one of those law practice coaches) has gone AWOL and can't be found. Doesn't reply to email.Colin Samuels is on holiday with his family (a work/life balance thing) and hasn't sent in any recommendations.Professor Kingsfield refuses to fill in for the slackoisie while he's taking the summer to prepare for another academic year...

King of Pop, McCartney, 222

Posted on July 27, 2009
Duncan Bucknell's IP Think Tank hosts Blawg Review #222. Surprisingly, there's nothing in this week's carnival of law blogs about The King of Pop, Sir Paul, and the Right to Reclaim Copyrights. Is Michael Jackson not still dead? You remember Michael Jackson, the inventor?

Litigation Complex?

Posted on July 20, 2009
Overlawyered, with Blawg Review #220, to The Complex Litigator, hosting Blawg Review #221; do we know how to segue, or what?

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