Archive for the 'Tech Stuff' Category
From today’s NY Times:
“How did such a nerdy profession become cool — aside
from the fact that a certain amount of nerdiness is now cool? Many young
librarians and library professors said that the work is no longer just about
books but also about organizing and connecting people with information,
including music and movies.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/fashion/08librarian.html
I spend a fair amount of time with lawyers, law students, paralegals, and others involved in the legal profession. I used to think that the aversion to technology that is widespread throughout the law was an age thing, but I’ve come to realize that it runs deeper than that.
As someone who is fairly comfortable [...]
I was very sorry to read tonight about the demise of another great tool that I use as part of my research arsenal on a daily basis. The Israeli company Netsnippets announced on their website that they are going out of business, although apparently they will still be providing technical support via e-mail to current [...]
The geek in me thinks this is unbelievably cool. The lawyer in me sees this as a full employment act for litigators.
Xerox Seeks Erasable Form of Paper for Copiers – New York Times
The printed information on the document “disappears” within 16 hours.
The documents can be reused more quickly by simply placing them in [...]
Hmmm…not quite sure what to think about this one yet.
On the one hand, I’m a big fan of the idea put forward by James Surowiecki in his great book The Wisdom of Crowds, which argues that the collective is smarter than any one individual.
On the other hand, I run a business that provides paid research [...]
Thanks to the folks at ImageChef!
I’m consistently amazed at the amount of free resources available on the ‘net.
Books are my favorite things, and librarians are some of my favorite people (which is why I hope to be joining their ranks soon…wish me luck!) So I seem to read quite a few articles like this one from today’s Boston Globe about how libraries are becoming more like Starbucks, and less like the more [...]
Having recently upgraded my old 30 gig iPod to the new and improved 80 gig model (thank you Target!) I had no plans to purchase a Zune anytime in the near future. For those folks who are thinking about adding a Zune to their holiday wish list, you might want to read the follwoing review [...]
While my students constantly assure me that “nobody reads e-mail” (preferring instead to rely on instant messaging and texting for their conversations) the amount of focus given to e-mail and its proper usage continues. From today’s NY Times:
‘Yours Truly,’ the E-Variations
What’s in an e-mail sign-off? A lot, apparently. Those final few
words above your name [...]
Thanks to the NY Times for this heads up:
Fans frustrated by the lack of hockey telecasts and highlights
available on television have one more reason to turn to the Internet.
The
search engine Google has joined with the N.H.L. to add full-length
games (without the stoppages and advertisements) to its inventory of
downloadable videos. It is an unusual arrangement in [...]
