A few weeks ago I was invited to participate in a survey on the diversity of niche bloggers. The results of the survey appear at Mapping the Diversity of the Blogosphere: A Bloggasm Case Study. …
Blogs & RSS
Article on the Legality of RSS
EContent has an interesting article on the legality of harvesting content from RSS feeds for publication on your own site. The author explores both sides of the debate about whether it’s legal/ethical for “non-content creators …
Free Webinar on RSS for Legal Professionals
I received a postcard in the mail today for a free Webinar from Newsgator entitled, “RSS: The Future of Legal Information Delivery” It is scheduled for September 26th at 2:30 pm and September 27th at …
Ross Kodner's New Legal Tech Blog
Ross Kodner, legal tech guru and founder of Milwaukee-based MicroLaw, Inc., has a new blog called Ross Ipsa Loquitur. In the blog, Ross and colleagues Renee Kodner and Abraham Liebsch will blog about: law practice …
Article on the Law Library Blogosphere
At long last, my article on the Law Library Blogosphere has finally seen the light of day. A big thanks to Sabrina Pacifici for publishing it in LLRX. The article is based on a survey …
Monitoring What Students Are Saying About the Library in their Blogs – A How To Guide
Here’s a tip for Academic Librarians: Inspired by Rob Hudson’s article, Law Students Write About Law Libraries (or, What Students Really Think: A Survey of Student Blawgs)*, I thought that someone should be monitoring what …
Seventh Circuit Offers RSS Feed of Opinions & PodCast of Oral Arguements
The Seventh Circuit is now offering opinions and audio oral arguments via RSS feed. It is the first federal court of appeals to do so. The Seventh Circuit’s Web site makes a combination of feeds …
Wisconsin Lawyer Article on RSS – Save Time & Money on your Internet Research
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ve often heard me extol the virtues of RSS. But if you still aren’t sure what RSS is or how it can save you time and …
Blogosphere Reaches 50 Million Blogs
According to Sifry’s Alerts’ August 2006 State of the Blogosphere, the blogosphere now measures over 50 million blogs (and counting!). Here are some other interesting findings: The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 1/2 …
The True Cost of Attorney Blogging? At Least $20,000 Per Year
From Larry Bodine’s Professional Services Marketing Blog: My esteemed colleague Ed Poll of Venice, CA, author of the LawBiz Blog, calculated what may be the true cost of a lawyer writing a blog: $20K a …