April 2009
83 posts
twazzup →
Twitter search with results updated automagically.
localtweeps :: New Orleans, Louisiana →
“p with EveryBlock to help New York City readers find news about their elected...”
– ‘Hyperlocal’ Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers - NYTimes.com
“Do not let someone making an “incentive” bonus manage a nuclear plant – or your...”
– FT.com / Comment / Opinion - Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world
Bringing Change to Contract Drafting: A... →
“At its most efficient, contract drafting would be an exercise in efficient repetition.” Great discussion regarding the future of contract drafting.
Terms of Service :: WordPress.com →
“We spent a lot of money and time on the below, and other people shouldnât need to do the same.”
Autism and Pizza :: Naked Pizza →
An interesting discussion re the effect of the gastrointestinal microbial system and autism.
A basic guide on setting up a home-based web... →
Don’t know if this is necessary these days, but directions are here if desired.
Rob Hyndman on Law for Web Startups >> Slaw →
A nice summary of Hyndman’s talk at the Mesh Conference. Focuses on the basis re incorporation, etc.
Free Legal Forms →
Another site trying to create an Internet database for legal forms.
“You collectively own Citibank. You just pretend you don’t.”
– The Agency Society « Jon Taplin’s Blog
“# the App Store has an inscrutable, time-consuming, whim-dependent approval...”
– Four quick posts: 11 April 2009 - O’Reilly Radar
Top ten reasons managers become great ::... →
They care.
Deposition Practice Tips →
A great excerpt from Evan Schaeffer’s deposition book.
Read It Later for the iPhone →
Great overview of Read it Later on YouTube.
E-Mail Of The Day :: Lefsetz Letter →
“twitter is EVERYTHING that you explain in your rants: it is a MAINLINE insta-connection with the fans. there is ZERO middleman.”
Teens Love Aggregation and 'Free', Newspaper Study... →
Create home pages that satisfy. It should provide “an adequate sense of the news” on its own â No click-baiting. Include a brief summary with each headline; One sentence can be enough. Get rid of…
iPhone J.D.: Review: Vade Mecum -- the law of... →
Need to design this for the Louisiana Civil Code.
Blog It →
Blog it is a free application which focuses on making it easier for you to create content from wherever you are, no matter the blogging platform you use.
calibre →
A one stop solution to all your e-book needs. It is free, open source and cross-platform in design and works well on Linux, OS X and Windows. calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and…
Gmail: 90 Tools And Tips To Make You A Gmail Pro →
Highlighted by Jim Calloway. I’m always hesitant to add Firefox Extensions that modify Gmail because changes made by Google can make your email unavailable and it’s a pain to troubleshoot.
Checklist for Researching Defense Doctors ::... →
An outstanding checklist for doing background research on doctors. Amazing that this is not taught in school.
Calling Out Around the World: Adams Rolls Out... →
Webinars are the new black.
Fair Use for Fair People :: Anil Dash →
Anil provides a great compare/contrast between the Haughey and AP kerfluffle. Lucid as always.
Get Rich Slow :: TIME →
A great overview of the new business start-ups that the web is making possible.
Within the Personal Cloud :: symtym →
A great outline of how email and files can be backed up in several places online and off.
You Can Fly! →
Here is a relatively easy Photoshop technique which, nonetheless, seems to amaze a lot of people when they see the results: making a subject float or fly.
“In such a transition, the question would be how much support partners need and...”
– Strategic Legal Technology :: The Shape of BigLaw to Come: Cylinders
“Secrets hold great value, far beyond the information they convey. When we tell...”
– Stephen Baker - The Numerati
Drift Web Design, Inc. →
A Baton Rouge Web Design Firm founded by a current LSU law student.
Beware the dangers of departing employees :: Slaw →
Statistics show that the majority of incidents involving the destruction or loss of data were perpetrated by current, soon-to-be dismissed or recently dismissed employees. Few, if any, know more…
15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website... →
A checklist to look through before announcing a website to the world.
Take Action :: Seth's Blog →
“There are huge opportunities for this in the business to business space as well. Most companies would welcome a post-tax-day accountant who offered (on spec) to review bills or expenses in exchange…
DevonThink : Extras →
Bookmarklets to add web pages/clips to your DevonThink database. Awesome!
The Evolution of Religions →
A lecture by Jared Diamond, the author of Guns, Germs and Steel.
How to Manage House Projects with Basecamp, by... →
Great summary of how Basecamp is used for home renovations.
Yard Sale Treasure Map →
A Google Maps and Craigslist Yardsale mash-up. Very cool.
LotusLive →
A Basecamp challenger from Lotus? I didn’t realilze the company still existed.
Odadeo →
A social network for fathers? Appears to be a mash-up clone of Joe’s Goals and Twitter.
reQall →
A Jott competitor recommended by David Pogue.
Compliance Building · Extranets for Law Firm and... →
One of the problems with collaboration between law firms and their clients is that too much of it happens through email. Email is fast, allows you to send the same message to lots of people, and is…
Top 10 Must-Have Firefox Extensions, 2009 Edition... →
Some new extensions to me.
Twubble →
It searches your friend graph and picks out people who you may like to follow.
Spring Restaurant Guide :: The Gambit - New... →
An alphabetical listing of nola restaurants. Would be nice if imported onto a Google Map.
“Now, there’s similar blocking for WordPress, Expression Engine, Ruby on Rails...”
– Yet another reminder that users are in charge: the DiggBar backlash » Nieman Journalism Lab
“The Tweenbot’s unexpected presence in the city created an unfolding narrative...”
– tweenbots | kacie kinzer
“The teacher’s biggest challenge is to keep this group of kids from splitting up...”
– Do Parents Matter?: Scientific American
“It is. It is. And sometimes it’s hard, like when you’re in Utah and...”
– Joakim Noah on Boys, Boredom and Griminess - D.C. Sports Bog
Peerpond →
Launched at tech show as a service to provide social networking to bar associations, etc. Product looks nice, but site has way too much corporate-speak.
Web Trend Map 4 Final Beta :: Flickr →
An effort to map today’s internet to the Tokyo subway system. An exercise in informatics.