LegalTech 2009 is over and we're exhausted. There's something absolutely draining about all those inputs, all those people talking at you, and all those little plastic toys. It's enough to make even extroverts like me run screaming from the conference hotel. It will, undoubtedly, take us a few days to process what we saw and... Continue Reading →
Tales from LegalTech: Day Two
You can't make this stuff up! We arrived at LegalTech 2009 yesterday ready for a full day of sessions on using Web 2.0 tools in a legal practice only to discover that WiFi was not available in the Web 2.0 conference room. The irony of that situation did not escape participants, and the live bloggers... Continue Reading →
Almost Live Blogging from LegalTech
It was a generous invitation -- free passes to all bloggers who wanted to attend LegalTech 2009. And an offer of reserved seating at the front of the room (with outlets) so we could live blog the sessions. I accepted the invitation, came armed with my netbook, and was looking forward to participating. Unfortunately, we... Continue Reading →
Leveraging Knowledge Management
The tire jack is a great symbol for knowledge management. With the right amount of leverage, you can lift and support something much bigger than your KM effort. In the context of law firm knowledge management, one way of testing your KM leverage is to ask: for every hour I spend on KM, how many... Continue Reading →