Saturday’s New York Times has a thought-provoking article on attorney’s and social media and the dangers of opening up too much. Sean Conway was steamed at a Fort Lauderdale judge, so he did what millions …
Social Networking
Using LinkedIn and Twitter for Corporate Intelligence
3 Geeks and a Law Blog has a good post on using LinkedIn for competitive intelligence. An earlier post describes how Twitter can be use as well.
Social Networking Sites as Tools to Investigate Clients, Witnesses & Jurors
“Defense attorneys do their clients a disservice by not at least checking with them to see if they maintain a Web page used for social networking, in addition to the standard methods of digging up …
Attorney Social Networking Success Stories
Jane Pribek of the Wisconsin Law Journal has put together a nice article on the benefits of social networking for attorneys, including some success stories from local attorneys using LinkedIn. From the article: Just a …
Site Pays Students to Share Notes
The UW Madison Daily Cardinal reports on a new website which pays students for note-taking. Knetwit, the creation of former Babson College fraternity brothers Ben Wald and Tyler Jenks, encourages college students to upload and …
Do Librarians Belong in Facebook?
“If you could contact a librarian via Facebook or MySpace for help with your research, would you? If not, why?” That was the question asked of 300+ college students in a recent University of Michigan …
YouTube Video Identification System Will Help Copyright Holders Identify Works
YouTube is developing a Video Identification system which will help copyright holders identify their works on YouTube. From the about page: We have worked with Google to develop one-of-a-kind technology that can recognize videos based …
Social Networking for Boomers
“The older demographic has a bunch of interesting characteristics, not the least of which is that they hang around.” This prospective and relative stickiness is helping drive a wave of new investment into boomer and …
Lawmakers Using Video to Communicate via the Web
“Many political pundits have said the 2008 presidential race will be the election of YouTube,” says JS Online. “Local lawmakers are picking up on that trend…” The article explores how Wisconsin’s legislators are using video …
Dumb Criminals on MySpace
In the category of dumb criminals, JS Online has an article about people bragging about their crimes on MySpace – complete with photos. Of course, it doesn’t take long before the police come knocking at …