Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
One of those magical pursuits of childhood, my kids have a fascination with catching fireflies. Last weekend, equipped with butterfly net and bug house, we journeyed to Lake Kegonsa State Park for what turned out to be a very soggy camping trip. But just a twilight Saturday night, there was a break in the rain …
Connie Crosby has a nice article on The Truth About Blogging. Although it is aimed at librarians, the truths she shares are universal. She notes that “We often hear ‘to be seen as an expert, write a blog,’ but how quickly this medium opens doors has really been a great surprise to many.” I absolutely …
Bob Ambrogi has a nice summary of the difference between Gizmo and Skype, two VoIP services. (What’s VoIP?) I’ve used Skype but haven’t tried Gizmo. The call recording feature is intriguing, however.
Who knew? – Batgirl was a librarian! A colleague noticed the reference to Wonder Woman in my bio and clued me into Batgirl’s career. Here’s the scoop from Batgirl was a Librarian: Barbara Gordon, the niece and adopted daughter of Police Commissioner Jim Gordon, graduated summa cum laude from Gotham State University with a degree …
In the wake of moves by two big-name tech bloggers, Law.com has an interesting article on how to value a law firm blogger. Note the response by Kevin O’Keefe: “These recent moves should be wake up calls to law firms with high-profile lawyer bloggers. Many of your high-paid marketing and PR people have not a …
A while back I mentioned that I gave a talk about blogs at the Association of Legal Administrators Annual Meeting in Montreal last month. Upon the request of the editor of the Risk Management Memo, I’ve turned that presentation into an article entitled, Blogs: The Hot New Technology for Communication and Information. The article discusses …
From Kevin O’Keefe’s Real Lawyers Have Blogs: 21% of senior executives reports are reading business-related blogs at least once a week. This per a 2006 State of Corporate Blogging Survey, conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by Makovsky + Company, one of the largest global independent public relations firms in the U.S. Here’s a pdf …
From BeSpacific: Search Full Text of EDGAR Filings From Last 2 Years SEC: “This page allows you to search the full text of EDGAR filings from the last two years. The full text of a filing includes all data in the filing as well as all attachments to the filing. We are still developing this …
Google UncleSam is now Google U.S. Government Search. From Google: Google U.S. Government Search offers a single location for searching across U.S. government information, and for keeping up to date on government news. You can choose to search for content located on either U.S. federal, state and local government websites or the entire Web — …
Nichole, a Madison librarian who volunteers with the Jail Library Group has compiled a fascinating Flikr collection of “things I find abandoned in books or stuffed on the book cart at the [Dane County] jail where I volunteer” This is a really insightful collection. There are snippets of letters, poems, drawings, etc. Worth a look. …