Blogging Kills
Oh come on, not again. The NYT once again is trying to suggest that blogging kills bloggers. See the last time this topic came up. Hey NYT, I venture to say that working for the NY Times is, per capita,…
Bloggers’ April Fools Jokes
Maybe I’m just a killjoy, but I don’t think that bloggers’ April Fools jokes are funny. I feel like we as bloggers have to work really hard to develop credibility, and the whole point of an April Fools joke is…
Secunda on Law Professor Lateraling
If you are interested in the topic of law professor lateraling, you’ve probably already seen Paul Secunda’s series at Concurring Opinions. That series is worth checking out to see all of the comments. However, for your convenience, Paul has glued…
More Family Pix
After seeing this set, I bet you’ll be ready to join the peace movement too. Sorry that Lisa didn’t edit out the more revealing bathtub shots and the duplicates. Some bonus pictures of Dina.
WBG Builders Using Lawyer Letters to Do Reputation Management–Why?
Today I received the following correspondence: __ March 4, 2008 Via Regular and Certified Mail Eric Goldman Ericgoldman.org Santa Clara University School of Law 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 Via E-Mail Eric Goldman Ericgoldman.org egoldman@gmail.com Re: WBG…
Armful of Love
Apologies for the beaming dad subtext of this post. It’s been hard to get a nice photo of both kids at once, and impossible to get a good one of all three of us. For now, this is the best…
States Trying to Stimulate Demand for Hunting
From the NYT: There appears to be a downward shift in the demand curve for hunting. In 1975, there were over 19M+ hunters; in 2006, only 12.5M. This decrease might reflect widespread changes in consumer preferences, but some states are…
My Passions
Yesterday, the provost organized a “meet-and-greet” lunch for about a dozen faculty members. Her idea was to create an informal space for faculty to discuss issues with her. As an icebreaker, she asked each attendee to introduce themselves and to…
Tushnet on IP Teaching Props
Rebecca Tushnet has posted Sight, Sound and Meaning: Teaching Intellectual Property with Audiovisual Materials, an article on the use of teaching props for intellectual property courses. Of course Rebecca also manages the Georgetown Intellectual Property Teaching Resources database, a fantastic…
Epinions Commercials on Youtube
I found a couple of the original Epinions commercials on Youtube. These were a classic example of dot com advertising and one of the early examples of user-generated content for advertising purposes. Jay and his iMac: Jeff trying to snowboard…