Has the time for listservs passed?

Greg Lambert asks (as reported by Joe Hodnick) on the Law Librarian Blog: “Is it time to retire listservs”? Not yet, according to Greg Lambert, library and records manager for King & Spalding LLP in Houston and blogger at one of my newest favorite blogs, 3 Geeks and a Law Blog. See Lambert’s Where Do Listservs [...]

Downturn in the legal market: temporary blip or end of an era?

An article in last week’s Wall Street Journal Blog featured an interview with legal consultant Peter Zeughauser, who predicted a grim outlook for law firm hiring for the next few years: It’s not going to be over before the end of the year. I think you’re going to see dramatically reduced offers to summer associates at [...]

Anonymity on the Internet

“[U]nder our Constitution, anonymous pamphletering is not a pernicious, fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and dissent. Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.” McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Comm’n, 514 U.S. 334, 357 (1995) Posted in Anonymity and pseudonymity

How do you use social media?

The term “social media” is subject to many different definitions and interpretations. To make it simple: for my purposes, if you’re reading this blog, you’re a user of social media. If you ever listen to podcasts, you use social media. If you’re on Twitter, you’re a social media user. But why do you [...]

Bowling Together, Virtually

(Updated 3/25/09: program description revised.) I’m working on a program proposal for the Netroots Nation conference this August in Pittsburgh.  For those who aren’t politics geeks, here is what Netroots Nation is about: Netroots Nation amplifies progressive voices by providing an online and in-person campus for exchanging ideas and learning how to be more effective in using [...]