Connect the Dots: Book Publishers Are Dying; Amazon’s a Factor, But Not for...
A story in the NY Times today about e-book pricing prompted me to share some thoughts about publishing.Here’s my background. I worked in publishing 1975-1984 or thereabouts. I have published two...
View ArticleConnect the Dots: Facebook IPO and “Done”
(This article is somewhat off topic, but it’s a way of tying a key project management concept into current events.)For the past few days, lots of pundits have been complaining or agonizing over the...
View ArticleOT: Corporate Non-Management (With Security Implications)
A couple of stories in the news this week highlight interesting intersections of corporate and legal worlds. In both cases — Google Street View data snooping and the LinkedIn security breach — there...
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Friday Link: Matt Homann on the Possible Relationship Between Kodak and Law...
Interesting brief article in The [Non] Billable Hour on a possible “Kodak moment” for lawyers.He includes a must-see graph that compares the total number of photos taken per year and the number of...
View ArticleFollow-Up on Kodak and Law Firms
Friday I commented on another writer’s suggestion that it was possible that the demand for lawyers (not legal services, but lawyers) might fall off a cliff the way the taking of film-based photos has...
View ArticleOT: Firing the Maps Guy Isn’t Leadership, Apple, It’s Blamesmanship!
Apple yesterday apparently fired the senior director of the troubled iPhone maps program.Either he did something truly wrong, or he made a mistake for which he’s becoming a scapegoat.If he did...
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Connect the Dots: LED Bulbs
(This article has little to do with Legal Project Management, other than as a discussion of planning for long-term value.)There was an interesting article in the NY Times today about LED lighting. I...
View ArticleCell Phones on Planes: A Simulated Experience (and Not a Good One)
I had a chance to try out the cell-phones-on-lanes thing today. I hate it!No, I wasn’t on an actual plane. I took a four-hour-plus train ride between client cities on Canada’s well-run ViaRail system....
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Save Us From Misguided Computer Security Fails
Sunday brings a terrific cartoon from a very wise woman, Hilary Price of Rhymes With Orange:The password-on-yellow-sticky-note situation these days is an outgrowth not of bad memory – well, maybe a bit...
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What Can “the Law Business” Learn From Radio Shack?
I passed a nearly-gone Radio Shack outlet last night. Everything was 70%-90% off. An inveterate tinkerer and early adopter, I still couldn’t find anything I wanted, let alone something I needed.But it...
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