Bloggers as Journalists, Redux
I know there are plenty of unresolved issues about whether bloggers are journalists. Where ever you come out on that question, consider the following. I’ve been receiving a noticeable increase in personalized spam in the form of press releases and…
Blogging at ContractsProf
I am going to blog occasionally at the ContractsProf blog. My first post is about teaching Stambovsky v. Ackley, the haunted house case.
How to Get Started Blogging (Part 3 of a 3 Part Series on Blogs)
This is the third of a three part series about blogging based on my presentation at a Minnesota IP CLE in September. Today’s question: assuming that you want to get into blogging, how should you get started? I have a…
Should I Blog? (Part 2 of a 3 Part Series on Blogs)
This is the second of a three part series about blogging based on my presentation at a Minnesota IP CLE last month. Today’s question: should I blog? The answer is purely based on cost-benefit. What does blogging cost, and what…
How I Decide Which Blogs to Read (Part 1 of a 3 Part Series on Blogs)
Last month, I gave a talk at a Minnesota CLE program about law blogging (along with Marty Schwimmer of Trademark Blog and John Welch of TTABlog). We discussed some rather basic points, like: * what is a blog? (Answer: just…
Blog About Working Moms
Marianna Moss is a friend (as well as the wife of my colleague Scott). She and some of her colleagues are running an interesting blog about working mothers that I recommend you check out if you’re in the target audience….
Study: Journalists Use Blogs Heavily
A study reveals that “51% of journalists consult blogs for story ideas while 28% of them relied on blogs to provide them with day-to-day information,” numbers that are well above-average for blog usage by the general population. My own experience…
Why I Rarely Read Anonymous Blogs
I’m giving a talk next week to lawyers about participating in the blogosphere, and this has been a good opportunity for me to think about how I choose blogs to read. In looking over my blogroll, I realized that I…
Blogging Class…During Class?
Lydia Loren reminds her Cyberlaw students during the first class to sign up for an account on her blog. What happens? Students sign up right then and there—during class! (She knows because the account sign-ups are time-stamped). She wonders about…
Optimal Organization of Blogs
Brian Leiter’s Leiter Reports is one of the most popular law professor blogs around. I’ve been a reader/subscriber for some time but always with mixed emotions. His blog contains the best gossip about the legal education community, but it is…