My 15 Minutes of Fame- June 13, 2008 It comes courtesy of the Boston Business Journal and reporter Lisa van der Pool, who profiled me for the weekly "Outside the Box" feature: Robert J. Ambrogi: Legal Beat. The photo by BBJ photographer W. Marc Bernsau shows Motif Number 1, the fishing-shack icon of my town of Rockport, Mass.http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/my-15-minutes-of-fame.html Article on Social Networking Sites for Lawyers- June 9, 2008 Law.com has my Law Technology News column for this month, Social Networking May Pay Off in the End. This is the first of two parts looking at social networking sites of interest to legal professionals. This month's focuses on sites open to a range of members. Next month's will zero in on sites that focus on legal professionals.http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/article-on-social-networking-sites-for.html Did I Say That- June 9, 2008 Interesting quote attributed to me on this not-so-interesting blog: "Jivatma assume this is trekking in passage to breathe perpetual on those vaginal cases that becomes to a degree a pass inward restricting the brevet above this end."Better yet, I am identified as a "preponderance-based figurehead." Just what I always wanted to be.http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/did-i-say-that.html Biz Journal: Lawyers Look to Podcasts for Marketing- June 6, 2008 The Boston Business Journal today features this piece, Lawyers Looking to Podcasts as Potent Marketing Tool, that highlights our podcast, Lawyer2Lawyer, and the company that produces it, the Legal Talk Network. The reporter who wrote the story, Lisa van der Pool, is interviewed this morning on New England Cable News about lawyer podcasting. The interview is below.http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/biz-journal-lawyers-look-to-podcasts.html A Unique Plug for our Podcast- June 3, 2008 This Italian blog, Studenti Inglese Legale, devoted to the teaching of "legal English," recommends that students practice their listening skills through the legal podcasts of the Legal Talk Network. "My favourite," the author writes, "is Lawyer2Lawyer."http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/unique-plug-for-our-podcast.html West Revamps Its Corporate Site- June 2, 2008 This just in: West today unveiled a major redesign of its corporate Web site and online store, with the goal of making it easier to find and purchase legal information. The site has been given a new look and also a new organization. Users are invited to search for products and services according to the type of organization in which they work -- solo and small firm, mid-sized and large firm, government and education, corporate and nonprofit, law schools and law students. Alternatively, users can.http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/west-revamps-its-corporate-site.html CLE this Week: Public Law Conference- June 2, 2008 I will be a panelist this week at the Massachusetts Bar Association's Second Annual Public Law Conference. The conference is focused on lawyers who represent government bodies and those who appear before government agencies. The day's keynote speaker will be Suzanne M. Bump, secretary of labor and workforce development in Massachusetts. I am presenting a panel on the open meeting law together with Thomas Urbelis, a lawyer who represents many cities and towns. For other speakers, see the...http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/cle-this-week-public-law-conference.html 'Beautiful Lawyers' Calendar Seeks Candidates- June 2, 2008 If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then behold the Massachusetts lawyer. Coming later this year to a calendar store near you, the first-ever Beautiful Lawyers calendar will feature 12 months of Massachusetts lawyers and judges, "decked out in glamorous attire and stunningly photographed in their 'natural element.'"No, it is not April 1 and, no, this is not a joke. Rather, as Lisa van der Pool reports in the Boston Business Journal, it is the brainchild of Howie Altholtz, an attorney and...http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/beautiful-lawyers-calendar-seeks.html Using Adobe.com to Embed Documents- June 2, 2008 A nice feature of the new Adobe.com, which I just wrote about in an earlier post today, is the ability to embed documents in Web pages and blog posts. Here is an example, showing the Adobe.com User Guide.http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/using-adobecom-to-embed-documents.html Adobe's Great Leap Forward- June 2, 2008 Adobe today today a major leap from the desktop to the Web with its introduction of Acrobat.com, a suite of hosted services available for free as a public beta. The suite combines word-processing, Web conferencing, PDF creation, file sharing and file storage in a stylish and functional package built using Adobe Flash technology. The company today also introduced the latest version of its software, Adobe Acrobat 9, that provides integration with the Web site and that also more fully integrates...http://www.legaline.com/2008/06/adobes-great-leap-forward.html |