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Here come the boys from Redmond, again!

Posted on March 01, 2008
Link: Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Rumor: Microsoft about to unveil web-apps    strategy. Really, no one should be surprised that MS will move aggressively to "cloud." Remember that Ray Ozzie, the father of both Lotus Notes and Groove, understands a thing or two about collaborative computing...

Microsoft/Yahoo No Big Deal!

Posted on February 05, 2008
Link: blog.pmarca.com: Silicon Valley after a Microsoft/Yahoo merger: a contrarian view. I agree with Marc, this deal if it happens just sets the stage for the next wave of innovation. We have had consistent consolidation in the software space for quite some time, this is nothing new...

Legal Professional Services: A Blood Sport?

Posted on January 24, 2008
Link: Adam Smith, Esq.: An inquiry into the economics of law firms..... Yes the PSF landscape is becoming even "dicier" with enabling technologies now allowing boutiques to compete more effectively with BIG LAW--there is simply very little (in any) by way of technology infrastructure advantage that bigger firms have over the nimble and the smart...

Darwin or pre-existing wiring?

Posted on January 19, 2008
Link: Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Rewiring the mind. I don't by the argument that the web is "messing with our brains." Sure, our behavior is changing with respect to how we use information in this medium as opposed to other mediums, but it is not because something fundamental is changing at a cognitive level, but rather that something fundamental is being re-awakened...

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Open Source Software is Big Business

Posted on January 16, 2008
Link: Open Sources | Rodrigues & Urlocker | InfoWorld | Sun Shines on LAMP | January 16, 2008 05:40 AM | By Zack Urlocker. If anyone doubts that OSS is big business than they should pay attention to this announcement. Sun is not doing this because they are "nice guys" but rather they perceive this as potentially "game changing...

Digital uniqueness or settled criminal law?

Posted on January 16, 2008
Link: Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Is encryption a right?. Indeed this case will be an interesting one to watch, because while the "digerati" like to see many issues in a new "cyber legal light" the truth is that many old doctrines are controlling, the "cyber" nature of the legal issue is simply a new application of settled doctrine...

Open Source Education?

Posted on January 14, 2008
Link: Michael Geist - Why Is There No Canadian MIT?. There is something fascinating (and important) with respect to what MIT (and the consortium) is doing vis-a-vis higher education. It is called "accessibility" to the masses. The dissemination of knowledge, and the rate by which it is being disseminated, could be what makes (or breaks) some nation states in the 21 century...

Legal Marketing Wisdom!

Posted on January 07, 2008
Link: Build A Solo Practice, LLC: "Tip of the Week" (II) - How Creativity Will Save the (Legal Marketing) World. This post is actually more profound than what might initially be apparent. Why? Because lawyers appear to be much too conservative in how they approach marketing...

Taking on Google?

Posted on January 03, 2008
Link: The Next Google Search Challenger: Blekko. It is clear that there is still plenty of room for innovation in Search, but it is a lot less clear, if/when the innovation occurs that it is: 1) compelling enough to unseat Google; or 2) cannot be replicated by Google, even if it takes a ton of money to do so...

TV is Dead!

Posted on January 01, 2008
OK, maybe it just has its big toe in the grave, I mean, I will probably still watch some football today, and maybe catch the weather on the evening news. BUT, definitely, "the beginning of the end has reached a new milestone." Why? Because after two years of the worst kind of TV commercialism on display,i...

Very Clever!

Posted on December 31, 2007
Link: Micro Persuasion: Become a Knowledge Management Ninja with Google Reader. Steve, this is a very clever way to leverage RSS! I currently use gmail, but have continued to use Bloglines simply because there is only so much "switching costs" I am willing to endure at various points in time...

Email Still the Killer App?

Posted on December 31, 2007
Link: Email And Cellphone Contacts Are The Real Social Graph - Publishing 2.0. Yeah, I think that Scott has it right. The cell phone rules the world, but for business it is still email that mostly matters. I have often wondered, outside of students, and the digerati that make a living one way or another from this stuff, who has time to spend on Facebook and MySpace? Well, there is probably a case to be made that some time can be spent by business people who see these sites as a potential marketing tool (myself included), and no doubt some are making clever and profitable uses, but still the song remains the same...

KM is for the "Grinders"

Posted on December 28, 2007
Link: Strategic Legal Technology :: Why KM May be Widely Adopted but Under-Appreciated. Of course KM is for the "grinders!" These are the folks that do the work. If your job is to make it rain (i.e. a "finder") then KM may have some value to you but not as much...

Give me bandwidth or give me death!

Posted on December 24, 2007
Link: Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Illuminating cities: Cisco's grand ambition. Cisco wants to "light up" entire cities with IP technology, fascinating stuff! I would like to reside in one of these cities, where bandwidth is presumably plentiful...

E-Greetings R' US

Posted on December 24, 2007
Link: E-Greetings Gain Ground at Businesses This Season - New York Times. Many commentators like to indicate how e-greeting are "green friendly"--which of course they are, but it is as if they need some justification for this behavior. It is simply a reflection of our "digital lives"--a  profound transformation of how we live, work and play...

Strategic Legal Technology :: Dressing the Emperor: Jones Day M&A Lawyers Speak Out

Posted on December 20, 2007
Link: Strategic Legal Technology :: Dressing the Emperor: Jones Day M&A Lawyers Speak Out. I see signs everywhere that the practice of law is no longer what it use to be. Those that are not innovating will soon be forced to. The leveling effect of the Internet and enabling technologies are changing the rules of the game, permanently...

Anonymous in Arizona? Maybe Not. : Privacy Law Blog

Posted on December 20, 2007
Link: Anonymous in Arizona? Maybe Not. : Privacy Law Blog. Not a day goes by when cyberlaw does not morph in some way, shape or form (sort of). Yeah the law still moves rather slow, but the pace with respect to the Internet feels likes it is moving quite fast in an attempt to catch up...

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