Category: Interesting Technology

I recently came across an interesting new Web-based form of communication that law firms should consider for CLE and delivering client updates: web-based TV.  My friends at ii3, Inc. recently released ii3 TV. The concept is simple: short, professionally produced TV segments streamed to a...

No, this is not a post about mixing cleaning powder and food. The Wall Street Journal this week had two articles about interesting technology developments. This is a bit techier than my usual posts, but I was fascinated by both reports.  I have recently become...

DC-based Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP has chosen enterprise resource management software SAP to run key business processes. This may be a first for a US-based firm.  According to an SAP press release, “[t]he first phase of Howrey’s implementation will include SAP® solutions for...

Blogger and lawyer Matt Honman has a regular feature in which he asks five experts to provide five answers to a single question. He recently asked “What five new technologies should all lawyers incorpoate into their practices, but probably won’t?”  The five replies are interesting...

Remember all the talk about “disintermediation” during the dot-com boom? It means that the Web allows producers to connect directly with consumers and eliminate intermediaries. It may be back as potential threat to legal publishers.  In Law Professor’s Web Log is Jurists’ Must-Read, the Wall...

If you read several blogs and do not already use an aggregation service, you should consider doing so. Over the holidays (yes, they do seem like a long time ago), I tried a couple (for example, FeedDemon). I decided to use Bloglines.com, a web-based service...

Microsoft has recently released a new addition to its Office suite called OneNote. It’s a “free form” text entry tool with a tabbed interface, outliner, and built-in search engine. I have been evaluating the product for about 30 days and like it so far. I...

Yesterday the New York Times carried two interesting articles that relate to knowledge management. Markets Shaped by Consumers reports on a constant dialog between producers and consumers about products consumers want. In the past, the dialog was primarily via consumers modifying products (e.g, the first...