OK, I’ll admit up front that I am biased about this video, given that my son Ben Ambrogi produced it. And although it is addressed to educators, it is actually a useful overview for anyone who is new to Facebook. Ben produced this and a series of other video tutorials for a San Francisco-based…
L2L: The Pros and Cons of Twitter
This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we consider the pros and cons of Twitter as a tool for legal professionals:
…The stand-out free social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter has been praised and shunned by legal professionals. What do you think? Law.com bloggers and co-hosts J.
Report: Use of Social Networks Quadruples
The share of adult Internet users who have a profile on an online social network has more than quadrupled in the past four years, from 8 percent in 2005 to 35 percent now, according to a new Pew Internet study of adults and social networks. Not surprisingly, use of social networks still remains much…
Lawyer2Lawyer: Top Legal Stories of 2008
The editors of two of the top legal periodicals in the United States join us this week to discuss the top legal stories of 2008 on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. Our guests are Edward Adams, editor and publisher of the ABA Journal, and Steven Fromm, editor-in-chief of the National Law Journal. Listen…
Courtroom Coverage, Live via iPhone
In two recent posts at Legal Blog Watch (here and here), I wrote about news reporters using Twitter to provide live coverage of trials. After my most recent post, I received a note from Steve Fullhart, reporter and weekend anchor at KBTX Media in Bryan, Texas. Over the last…
Bloggers Get In Free to LegalTech
The organizers of LegalTech New York, which takes place Feb. 2 to 4, have announced that they are giving complimentary passes to bloggers. And to accommodate them, each seminar room will have a front-row table with electricity reserved for bloggers. Also, on Feb. 3, LegalTech will host a bloggers’ breakfast from 9 to 10…
Official Results: ABA Journal Blawg 100
Earlier this week, I posted my unofficial tally of results for the readers’ choice awards in the ABA Journal Blawg 100. The ABA Journal has now released the official results, and they vary quite a bit from what I reported. It appears that the ABA disqualified significant numbers of votes. So, let me…
Results: ABA Journal Blawg 100
Update 1/7/09: The official results are now in, and they differ from the below. See my post here.
Polling ended yesterday for the readers’ choice awards in the ABA Journal Blawg 100. The ABA Journal has yet to release the official results, but based on the numbers…
Seeking Data Security on the Web
Law.com today published my article, Seeking Data Security on the Web. It is for the “do-it-yourselfers” out there — the solo and smaller firm lawyers who handle data protection and back-up on their own.…
One Day Left: Help Us Win Best Podcast
Voting ends tomorrow, Jan. 2, for best legal podcast in the ABA Journal Blawg 100. Our podcast, Lawyer2Lawyer, was in the lead, but has fallen into second place in these waning hours, behind the LexisNexis Legal News and Litigation Report. Voting is easy — all you have to do is click on…
Lawyer2Lawyer: Our 4th Annual Predictions Podcast
This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, our fourth annual predictions show. We also look back at our track record for 2008. Joining my cohost J. Craig Williams and me is our prediction guru, Stephen L. Kaplan, a partner in the Laguna Niguel, Calif., office of Hicks, Mims, Kaplan & Burns. Listen…