Resolving Tech Option Paralysis
A couple of weeks ago in Paralyzed by Choice – Too Many Tech Options I explained that with so many choices – mobile phones and carrier plans in particular – decisions are hard. Well, sometimes circumstances simplify the choice. On Saturday, my BlackBerry died, which...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
2 min read
Paralyzed by Choice – Too Many Tech Options
Economists tell us choice is good. It turns out though, only up to a point. Recent studies find that many people, when confronted with too many options, end up less satisfied. The fear of making ‘the wrong’ decision about changing my mobile phone and mobile...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
4 min read
Going Beyond Full Text Search to Meaning: Review of Catatphora’s Digital Mirror
Have you ever wondered what your e-mail says about you? Conversation is ephemeral; e-mail leaves a record. The e-mails you send and receive and the meetings you have tell stories. Now, there is fun software that extracts those stories for you. And I can see...
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
6 min read
When Social Media Meld
The line between blogging and Tweeting just blurred a bit today. Today, document assembly company Exari wrote the blog post The insidious nature of the billable hour. It discusses why the billable hour is a barrier to building document assembly tools. Central to its point...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
2 min read
The Value of Twitter
Sometimes answers just fall into your lap unexpectedly. That happened to me today about Twitter. I attended a lunch today of local legal knowledge management professionals. We meet monthly and at our last meeting, Twitter came up. One thing led to another I agreed...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
2 min read
Telepresence in Action
In January 2006 I wrote about the promise of telepresence, which is high definition, room-encompassing, virtually-there video conferencing. Today I tried it and it’s great. I attended a KM meeting today at the DC office of DLA Piper, hosted by my friend and former colleague...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
1 min read
Launch of PBworks Legal Market Wiki Raises Interesting Application Questions
PBworks (formerly PBWiki) launched today (28 April 2009) a legal market version of their signature collaborative Wiki. I had a pre-launch demo and it looks very good. The company already has many AmLaw 100 firm users. A private group of large law firm KM professionals...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Initial Views of Twitter
By now I assume most readers have at least heard of Twitter, a microblogging service. (If not, you definitely need to read this post). Twitter allows anyone to create an account or home page – mine is http://twitter.com/ronfriedmann. You can then post, from a...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
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