Sep
28
A matter of style
Filed Under Web style
There’s a discipline amongst publishers, adherence to which - in the eyes of traditional publishers at least - is one of the attributes that separates the professional from the amateur publisher. “Style” in publishing terms is a set of rules that a publisher adheres to in order to achieve accuracy and consistency in usage. It […]
By Nick Holmes, 28 September 2007
Sep
28
Chris Andersen - he of The Long Tail fame - echoes my feelings in Social Networking is a feature, not a destination.
As I think about the current Facebook craze and the notion of it as an all-encompassing platform, sucking in functionality from other sites across the board, I find myself skeptical. With my Long Tail […]
By Nick Holmes, 28 September 2007
Sep
27
Google is in a bit of a bind. On the plus side it can be credited with:
opening up access to the web with Google search,
providing advertisers an effective channel for their web marketing through its AdWords scheme, and
giving legitimate publishers, large and small, the opportunity to generate income from serving up those ads through its […]
By Nick Holmes, 27 September 2007
Sep
27
Bobbies on the beta
Filed Under Government, Wikis
I’ve suggested before that one day we might be able to roll our own government on wiki.gov.uk.
The New Zealand Police are experimenting with just that concept with a Police Act Review Wiki.
This joins other wikis launched to encourage New Zealanders to engage with public sector agencies. A good example is the Participation Wiki, hosted by […]
By Nick Holmes, 27 September 2007
Sep
25
Be social - blog smart
Filed Under Social networking, Blogging
Steve Matthews of Stem is one of the leading thinkers when it comes to web marketing for lawyers. He has this to say about how to “be social” with blogs:
For me, the social side of blogging involves a number of tactics, things like:
blogroll links to your peers;
not just writing your own thoughts, but engaging in […]
By Nick Holmes, 25 September 2007
Sep
24
PSI4U
Filed Under Public Sector Information
The Power of Information review (see previous post) looked at how non–personal public sector information can be re–used and reinvigorated outside of government to generate public and economic value. Responding to one of its recommendations, OPSI have set up a discussion forum to to gather and assess PSI re-use requests.
At issue is not what information […]
By Nick Holmes, 24 September 2007
Sep
20
Delia Venables and I have just produced and published another two online Legal Web e-books with 5 CPD each.
Topics for Barristers covers Chambers Management and the Web; Virtual Chambers; Websites, Resources and Blogs; Electronic Resources in the Inns of Court Libraries; and Legal IT as a Commodity.
Legal Information and Web 2.0 covers Free Law - […]
By Nick Holmes, 20 September 2007
Sep
20
SEO for dummies
Filed Under Search, Miscellany
Nearly Legal has a thing for Sally Field naked: she boosts his Google juice.
His recent rise in the rankings for the said search term was helped by the fact that on Tuesday Sally won the Best Lead Actress Emmy for her role in Brothers and Sisters where all those leading TV actors you’ve seen over […]
By Nick Holmes, 20 September 2007
Sep
19
What does Law 2.0 mean to you?
Filed Under Law 2.0
Credit is due to the Wired GC for first coining the phrase “Law 2.0″ back in December 2005, having posted the week before on Web 2.0, Law Style in which he foresaw that:
Web 2.0 will be disruptive for the [law status quo], because some measure of control will be lost. And its simple technical browser-based […]
By Nick Holmes, 19 September 2007
Sep
19
Christopher Knight is hacked off:
Viacom took a video that I had made for non-profit purposes [and posted on YouTube] and without trying to acquire my permission, used it in a for-profit broadcast. And then when I made a YouTube clip of what they did with my material, they charged me with copyright infringement and had […]
By Nick Holmes, 19 September 2007
