“Honey,” Wonder Woman asked, “do you want me to pack your shaver?” “Hmm? … Yeah,” I said, half looking up from the books in my hand. As she continued to pack the essentials for my business trip to Boston: toothbrush, underwear, socks, etc., I was stuck on deciding whether to pack an unread, hardcover copy [...]
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Lurkers Anonymous (my blog to book project)- Why Ugly People Who Add Photos to Their Online Profiles Are Successful July 14, 2010With many site profiles being viewable by the public, don't you want to create that trust among potential customers searching for you? This building of trust by showing your mug to potential new business relationships has been statistically proven, albeit in the most competitive field of all.
- Getting Celebrities to Become Leaders in Your Community June 20, 2010I am a community manager for a niche network of legal professionals. Lawyers are tough nuts to crack when it comes to the social media game. As people who typically spend hours preparing any piece of writing, showing them the value of being in a place where they can have quick exchanges that develop into [...]
- Browsing Lists and Collections of Files: Lurker Behavior #2 May 18, 2010Continuing our series about lurker behaviors we now look at the next behavior cited in the IBM study: browsing lists and collections of files or viewing the contents of a single collection. The study concluded that users who engage in this factor are focusing on collections of files as a means of finding their desired [...]
- Why Ugly People Who Add Photos to Their Online Profiles Are Successful July 14, 2010
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- Top 5 Comic Book Lawsuits (in honor of Comic Con) July 22, 2010Every year thousands of costume clad geeks, fan boys, and even lawyers flock to the San Diego Comic Con, a comic book convention of super hero sized proportions. In honor of this annual pilgrimage, (and because I am an old school comic book dork), I decided to put together my top 5 comic book lawsuit [...] Related Posts The Dangers of Downloading: Nimmer on […]
- Consumer Reports and iPhone 4: A Lesson in the Challenge of Change July 15, 2010iPhone 4 launched to critical acclaim. Fan boys drooled over it (myself include). Normal people said “that’s cool.” Lawyers finally thought they might trade in their Blackberrys … okay maybe not, but you get the point. It was big, and Apple seemed to have a sure thing. Then Consumer Reports said, “don’t buy it.” […]
- How much revenue does your firm generate from referrals from other law firms? July 15, 2010The results of Martindale-Hubbell’s global study on lawyer to lawyer referrals has found that referrals among law firms represent a significant percentage of annual revenues, yet the majority of firms polled have only basic tracking procedures, if any at all. More than a quarter of those surveyed claim more than 20 percent of their annual [...] Related Post […]
- Top 5 Comic Book Lawsuits (in honor of Comic Con) July 22, 2010
April 8, 2009
Libraries of the Future Lend Kindle Titles and Devices
Library Journal posted an article about the mixed response from Amazon over whether a library can lend a Kindle device with books loaded onto it. An Amazon sales rep said “yes,” Amazon officials said “no,” but the law may say otherwise. The first sale doctrine is a copyright defense, codified in 17 USC 109, which [...]
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