Jul

15

Time off

Filed Under Miscellany

I’m not one to take work with me on holiday and, while I class blogging as fun, I’m nevertheless throwing the switch for a couple of weeks.

By Nick Holmes, 15 July 2006

Jul

14

Understanding network neutrality

Filed Under Internet law

A lot of misinformation flows in the current debate raging on network neutrality. It is this says Tim Berners-Lee (and he should know):
If I pay to connect to the Net with a certain quality of service, and you pay to connect with that or greater quality of service, then we can communicate at that level.
That’s […]

By Nick Holmes, 14 July 2006

Jul

13

Holiday reading?

Filed Under Business, Free culture, Technology, Search, Blogging

Probably not in there with your Dan Browns, but here’s a some webby books I’ve read recently or plan to (listed oldest first). You could do worse than feed your brain with one of them this Summer.
Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace (Paperback) by Lawrence Lessig (August 2000)
A Brief History of the Future: Origins of […]

By Nick Holmes, 13 July 2006

Jul

13

Net networking to net work

Filed Under Blogging

In a post questioning the value of the the traditional website, Kevin O’Keefe neatly summarises how to network effectively on the net:
Law firms and professional service firms network to get work. To network, you need to listen, engage in the discussion, and pass on information others may use in referencing you. …

Find the discussion via […]

By Nick Holmes, 13 July 2006

Jul

12

HIPs - enforcing competence

Filed Under Home Information Packs

I’m interested in HIPs for two reasons: (1) some of infolaw’s bread and butter is the supply of forms and precedents to lawyers; and (2) HIPs are an example of government regulation which should achieve a social benefit - less delay and hassle in buying a home, one of the most stressful “life events”.
There are […]

By Nick Holmes, 12 July 2006

Jul

11

Adnonsense

Filed Under Mammon, Search

I’ve been running Google Adsense on Lawfinder for a few months now - mainly in the interests of research, though it does become seductive. I’ve also followed up on some of the research, blogs and forums about it. Here are my findings:
The vast majority of Adsense accounts earn less than $50 per month and the […]

By Nick Holmes, 11 July 2006

Jul

4

Charon QC - now on the right track

Filed Under Law blogs, Blogging

Charon QC has just moved his blog to a new home on WordPress. He asks me what is this mysterious thing called a trackback? To I quote from the current Wikipedia article:
TrackBack is a mechanism for communication between blogs: if a blogger writes a new entry commenting on, or referring to, an entry found at another blog, […]

By Nick Holmes, 4 July 2006