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With the increased use of “wiki” in the legal profession, there is a surprisingly great knowledge gap. What is a “wiki” and how can it prove beneficial to my work? From the basic to expansive side of this recent phenomenon, Mighell and Kennedy provide a useful tool of reference and insight.

Law Practice Today | The Strongest Links — Wikis for the Legal Profession

Latest entry in the ‘wikis everywhere’ journal:)  A good artilce on getting your wiki on for lawyers and those in the legal arena.  Via BoleyBlogs!

technorati tags:wiki, boleyblogs

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Robert O’Callahan from Mozilla, who is based in NZ but drives the rendering engine of Mozilla/FireFox, spoke about how Firefox 3 will deliver support for offline applications. This is significant because you’ll be able to use your web apps – like Gmail, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, etc – in the browser even when offline. I deliberately mentioned all Google web apps there, because of course this plays right into Google’s hands.

Firefox 3 To Support Offline Apps

This is important because it will allow for the development of applications that use the same interfaceeither on or off the net.  A separate desktop application will not be needed.  Imagine just turning on your PC and getting work done:)

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10+ tweaks, tricks, and hacks to make Windows Vista fly
– Article that gives you a handful of basic tweaks for Vista, things like adding ‘Run’ to the start button and changing icon sizes.  Handy for a quick fix.

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Daniel Orie has been promoted to chief technology officer and Karen Griffin has been promoted to director of development at Stetson University College of Law.In the new position, Orie will continue to assist with the college’s new technology initiatives, including developing an intranet and distance education programs.

Stetson promotes technology chief and top development officer

Not too often the promotion of someone in the technology field generates a press release.  Good to see.

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O’Reilly Radar > Threads Considered Harmful – Good article on where computing is likely to be going as we move forward.  Simply buying a faster CPU doesn’t exactly cut it any more.

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Microsoft takes email design back 5 years – Campaign Monitor Blog – Article detailing how Outlook 2007 goes retro and uses the crippled Microsoft Word Rendering Engine to display HTML instead of Internet Explorer.  In a nutshell this means that CSS for email layout is not going to work.  Can’t say I’m upset here.  Email is a text based anyway.  If you have something to say, say it in text.  I really don’t like all the layout stuff in email and often opt not to get emails that are only formated in with CSS and HTML.

technorati tags:Outlook, email, css

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2006 may have been a sign that things were getting a little overheated. One long term problem with VCs is that if they get locked out of a hot deal, they fund a competitor. The result is three or four funded startups for every good idea, and they have to fight it out until one hits critical mass and the Network Effect kicks in. This seems to be playing out with the market niche of online slide shows – Slide, FilmLoop, RockYou and Photobucket all have similar products and all are funded. FilmLoop is in trouble, and the other three will continue on fighting.

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Bubble, Bubble, Bubble

Good article that describes the differences between the current Web 2.0 hype and the .COM bubble of the late nineties.  Bottom line: lots of companies fail, lots of VCs make bad investments, and this ain’t no bubble.

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