How Real Life Interfered With My Social Networking Fun

Posted January 26, 2010, in About, Baseball, Clock Tower Law Group, Erik's Favorites, Marketing, Social Networking, Spam, Twitter, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2029.html)

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

In 2009, my social networking fun was interrupted by Big Stuff: my wife and I decided to amicably divorce. We sold our big house in Acton, moved into two separate places, and are spending 2010 starting over.

Why do I blog about this? Three reasons.

First… [read full post]

The Perfect Treehouse (Part 2)

Posted October 16, 2009, in About, Erik's Favorites, How To, KnowltonDrive.com, Photos, Random, Technology, Videos by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1980.html)

Build one with your kids.

In the summer of 2003 and 2004, the perfect treehouse took shape in a four-stem maple in the back yard of a house in Acton, MA.

The Perfect Treehouse (Part 1)

The treehouse was built by @ErikJHeels and his kids. This is a video tour of the treehouse.

Part 1 – Red… [read full post]

ABA nothing.but.net Column Ends 15-Year Run

Posted July 10, 2009, in About, nothing.but.net, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1941.html)

Thanks for the memories.

I always enjoyed reading Burgess Allison’s Technology Update (TU) column and considered him a mentor. His column ran for 17 years (1983-2000).

It was Burgess who recruited me to be a columnist for Law Practice magazine (then called Law Practice Management magazine) at a time when the magazine had only had one columnist: him. And… [read full post]

Top 10 ABA Articles By @ErikJHeels

Posted July 06, 2009, in About, Marketing, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1937.html)

I’ve been writing for the American Bar Association since 1994. These are my top 10 favorites articles.

2009 marks the 15th anniversary of my first article published by the ABA. I hope to continue writing for the ABA for another 15 years. By my count, I’ve written 91 articles (plus a few books) for the ABA. Here are my top ten… [read full post]

For Better Branding, Use Your Twitter Username In Other Social Networks

Posted June 04, 2009, in About, Air Force, Best Practices, Branding, Erik's Favorites, Google, How To, Marketing, Social Networking, Technology, Trademark Law, Twitter, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1870.html)

I started this as an email and decided to make it a blog post instead. Hence the format.

I also use two spaces between sentences. Sue me.

Greetings,

Thank you for signing up for yesterday’s LEXpertise BLN event where Victoria Merriman of Digital Loom spoke about Web 2.0 and I spoke about Twitter.

At the… [read full post]

@22Twts Interview With @ErikJHeels

Posted May 14, 2009, in About, Branding, Business, Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Copyright Law, Domain Names, Internet Law, IP Law, Law, Marketing, MIT, Music, Patent Law, Social Networking, Startups, Technology, Trademark Law, Twitter, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1863.html)

Today, we’re tweeting with @erikjheels: lawyer, electrical engineer, columnist, Red Sox fan, former Air Force Captain and more.

By Lance Godard

First published 5/14/2009; 22tweets.com; 22 Tweets

Erik J. Heels.

Trademark, domain name, patent lawyer and more.

Founder, Clock Tower Law Group.

Avid blogger.

MIT Engineer.

Today

Stay Connected Episode II

Posted April 10, 2009, in About, Business, Domain Names, How To, Marketing, Patent Law, Startups, Technology, Trade Secret Law, Trademark Law, Videos by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1619.html)

My latest TV appearance.

I recently did a public access cable TV show about starting a company during a recession. It’s a rate opportunity to see me in a suit. If you’re reading this in a feed reader, then you may need to click through to the website to see the video:

Here’s what I talk about and when:… [read full post]

Nothing To Smile About: Teeth Whitening Problems Redux [Video] http://goo.gl/fw0bK

Posted March 30, 2009, in About, Random, Technology, Videos by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1590.html)

One year after teeth whitening gone wrong.

NBC Washington recently interviewed me for story about the dangers of teeth whitening. The video aired on 03/27/09 and is available on their website. (If you are reading this story in a feed reader, then you may need to click through to see the video.)

My blog post on… [read full post]

25 Random Things About @ErikJHeels

Posted February 10, 2009, in About, Air Force, Baseball, Business, Erik's Favorites, MIT, Photos, Politics, Random, Social Networking, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1361.html)

25 random things about me.

[Following @rklau's lead, I'm republishing my Facebook 25 things meme thingy here, originally published on Facebook 01/26/09.]

1. I was born a poor black child. Actually not, but if you recognize that as the opening line from Steve Martin’s “The Jerk,” you get the gist of my sense of humor.… [read full post]

Erik J. Heels Avatar: http://goo.gl/YyEm8. Don't recognize me? Updated photo on my social networks.

Posted January 19, 2009, in About, Marketing, Social Networking by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1341.html)

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