Nearly 70 percent of consumers plan to give gift cards this holiday season, the American Bar Association says. That is why it has added a page of gift card consumer tips to its consumer legal information site, ABA LawInfo.org. The page explains hidden fees that may reduce the value of a gift…

I caught this sentence in a posting to Poynter’s online-news discussion list. I like it because it states so simply the formula for blogging success. The posting was by Howard Owens, director of new media at the Ventura County Star.

“There are two lessons I take away from blogs. First, find your

Tomorrow at noon EST, Kevin O’Keefe, president of LexBlog, is conducting the Professional Marketing Blogs Webinar for Lawyers and Legal Marketing Professionals. He says: “Learn how blogs and RSS technology will be as important, if not more important, than Web sites and email for law firm marketing.” Kevin knows this stuff far better…

… and on my way back. Hell being a flu so bad that for three days I thought my head might explode.…

Online Journalism Review reports that the popularity of Firefox and other alternatives to Internet Explorer is requiring greater scrutiny of Web site design. While IE’s preeminence meant that Web developers could focus their designing and testing on a single browser, no longer is this the case. As it happened, I came across this…

Larry Lessig is having a good day. Besides getting Judge Posner to start a blog, he won the Deutsche Welle International Blog Award 2004 — aka The BOBs — for best English-language journalistic blog.…

At the urging of Lawrence Lessig, Richard A. Posner, judge of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, launches a blog today, together with economist Gary S. Becker.…

First, Al Nye writes this kind and thorough review of my book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web.

And then Joy London named me as one of her favorite bloggers in her article on lawyer blogging written for LegalIT.…

from Vail, where I was attending a meeting the last few days.…

The Computing Services special interest section of the American Association of Law Libraries has launched a new Web site for law librarians with an interest in blogging. It features, needless to say, a blog, along with forums and pages that will function as wikis. Developed using Bloki, the site is intended…

InSite reports on the E-LawLibrary Weblog. It says:

“E-LawLibrary Weblog is the blog of law firm librarian and solo blogger Edison Ellenberger from Cleveland, Ohio. Online since February 2004, this blog covers categories such as “Business Research,” “Information Security,” “Due Diligence,” “E-Books,” and “Solo/Small Firms.” Updated daily, often multiple times, E-LawLibrary Weblog

beSpacific points out the sneak preview of a new design for the THOMAS legislative information system. Changes include:
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