Technology, Law, Baseball, and Rock ‘n’ Roll.
* Introduction Stuff
This newsletter is Erik’s opinion, not the opinion of Clock Tower Law Group. Thickly settled .
I admit it. I love my job. I love working with smart clients and their cool products and services. I love using patent and trademark law to help them grow their businesses. I love testing and leveraging… [read full post]
Posted January 10, 2007, in Marketing, Open Source, Spam, Technology, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/668.html)
WordPress plugins add functionality to your weblog.
I like WordPress, the open-source PHP/MySQL-based blogging software. But sometimes finding what you’re looking for is quite difficult. This is, in part, due to the fact that WordPress is an open source project, and many portions of the website are edited by volunteers. So I guess I got what I paid for.
Take plugins… [read full post]
Use a read-fire-aim approach to technology.
By Erik J. Heels
First published 1/2/2007; Law Practice magazine, “nothing.but.net” column; American Bar Association
My friend Paul and I were recently discussing the security and privacy risks associated with using web services such as social networking and web-based email. I commented that I was shocked at how willing some people are -… [read full post]
A technology evangelist’s work is never done.
On 08/25/06, I wrote an article entitled “Steal This Article” that first appeared in the ABA’s Law Practice magazine on 10/01/06 and on the ABA website on 10/28/06. Yesterday, 12/30/06, that article disappeared into the ABA archives. It is no longer searchable, findable, or useful. It is as if the article… [read full post]
Open source cross-platform audio and video player.
VLC Media Player 0.8.6 was released 12/10/06. VLC Media Player is an open source audio and video player for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. VLC is particularly good at playing file formats that might not play properly on QuickTime Player and Windows Media Player.
VLC also plays DVDs, and in my house… [read full post]
Outsource you weblog’s feed, learn about your audience, improve your weblog.
I’m giving FeedBurner another try. I first tried FeedBurner in the fall of 2005 and dropped it in January 2006 for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was having to wait for my feed to update after I posted to my weblog. I’m hoping that FeedBurner has… [read full post]
Technology, Law, Baseball, and Rock ‘n’ Roll.
* Introduction Stuff
This newsletter is Erik’s opinion, not the opinion of Clock Tower Law Group. Dolphin-safe .
* Client Stuff
Clock Tower Law Group’s clients range in size from a sole proprietor to a publicly traded company. Here’s what some of them are up to.
* Road Warrior: Live from 37,000 Feet (2006-05-30)… [read full post]
Organizations large and small – including the ABA – need to evolve on the ever-changing Internet.
By Erik J. Heels
First published 10/28/2006; Law Practice magazine; American Bar Association
[Note from EJH: This article differs somewhat from the version published online today by the ABA. In particular, the title has been changed. For reasons that I hope are obvious… [read full post]
Posted October 11, 2006, in Open Source, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/597.html)
The best email client will likely get even better.
On 10/11/06, Qualcomm announced that Eudora will become an open source software program :
“Eudora email moves to open source development and delivers final commercial version — Eudora 7.1 for Windows and 6.2.4 for Mac OSX. The open source version of Eudora is targeted to be released during the first half of calendar year… [read full post]
I’ve been thinking about it for months, but today’s announcement from SixApart sealed the deal. [read full post]
