Oct

29

In praise of editors

Filed Under Law publishing

In the The end of the story - as we know it in Guardian Media Jeff Jarvis republishes the argument in his earlier blog post that The building block of journalism is no longer the article.
Single posts, videos, Wikipedia entries or search results may be new building blocks of media, but we need order atop […]

By Nick Holmes, 29 October 2008

Oct

29

exCiting Times

Filed Under Feeds

I’ve mentioned Feedity before - a natty feed generator which will scrape a web page and deliver a feed based on the linked list(s) it finds there. It usually returns some unwanted links too, but you can then tweek the feed to deliver just the main items.
Since last I wrote, Feedity has moved to a […]

By Nick Holmes, 29 October 2008

Oct

27

Are you being served?

Filed Under Law publishing

I’ve been asked - and I ask you as I have some difficulty with the question: What are law firms’ needs when it comes to legal publishing? And to what extent are those needs being met by the legal publishing companies?
My difficulties with the question are twofold. Firstly, who and what are “legal publishing companies”? […]

By Nick Holmes, 27 October 2008

Oct

24

Bilge pump

Filed Under Blogging

I’m not going to take the linkbait laid by Paul Boutin in Wired Magazine telling us to quit blogging because the blogosphere has been “flooded by a tsunami of paid bilge” and that time is “better spent expressing yourself on Flickr, Facebook, or Twitter”. This has got a lot of coverage … because it’s bilge.
I […]

By Nick Holmes, 24 October 2008

Oct

17

Not a plug for Lexis Web

Filed Under Law publishing, Search

Tried out the (US) Lexis Web beta search engine yet? It indexes “important, legal-oriented Web content selected and validated by the LexisNexis editorial staff”, including

Governmental agency information (federal, state, local)
Informal commentary on legal issues (e.g., blogs specifically for lawyers and legal professionals)
General Web information about legal topics

At first it seems quite natty, with good, relevant […]

By Nick Holmes, 17 October 2008

Oct

1

Free Legal Web Barcamp

Filed Under Free Legal Web

The Free Legal Web Barcamp is taking place on Saturday 18 October at the RSA in London.
We already have a good number of people participating, but more is better. If you’d like to have your say as to how the Free Legal Web might be developed, please do sign up. If you’re not able to […]

By Nick Holmes, 1 October 2008