It’s not the seeds that matter, it’s the flowers.

This article is in response to another article: Don’t Post The Same Content On All Your Social Profiles.
It does not matter whether or not you post the ‘same content’ on multiple social networks. There are many other examples of where the ‘same content’ is posted: direct… [read full post]
Posted August 17, 2011, in Law, Social Networking, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2876.html)
Nominate your favorite.

Nominate your favorite law-related blog (not your own) for the ABA’s annual Blawg 100 list!
Erik J. Heels is an MIT engineer; trademark, domain name, and patent lawyer; Red Sox fan; and music lover. He blogs about technology, law, baseball, and rock ‘n’ roll at ErikJHeels.com.
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Greetings,
My name is Erik Heels, I am a lawyer, and this is my LawLawLaw newsletter, available at http://www.lawlawlaw.com.
LawLawLaw includes my observations on trends in technology, IP law (trademarks, domain names, and patents), baseball (long story), and rock ‘n’ roll (longer story). Besides IP law, I’m good at spotting trends, connecting people on social networks, fixing things, boiling… [read full post]
Think visually before launching technology products.
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte
On 02/09/10, Google launched Google Buzz, http://www.google.com/buzz, its new social networking service. Shortly after launch, users revolted over privacy concerns.
I am publishing this blog piece on Sunday night over a holiday weekend because I believe that this issue is really… [read full post]
Posted February 14, 2010, in Copyright Law, Google, Music, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2056.html)
Google shuts down music blogs, but it had little choice.

Tough week for Google. First, Google’s Blogger division shuts down a handful of music blogs in response to DMCA complaints, and users go crazy. Second, Google Buzz launches, and users are outraged over privacy concerns (more on that later). Users: can’t live without ‘em, can’t live with ‘em without the occasional outrage.… [read full post]
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]
Posted October 28, 2009, in Google, Marketing, Social Networking, Technology, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1988.html)
Taking control of my feed again.

I just turned off FeedBurner. The problems with FeedBurner are well documented. No need for me to pile on.
If you’ve subscribed to the FeedBurner feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/erikjheels), then you’ll need to re-subscribe. My blog’s new feed is http://erikjheels.com/?feed=rss2. Please make a note of it.… [read full post]
Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Etc.

The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees, or the author. All your base are belong to us.
Doing Our Part To Fight The Recession: Clock Tower Law Group’s $45K Stimulus Program
We added 30… [read full post]
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]
When feeds are out of sight, feeds are out of mind.

“By the way, and you can quote me on this, I was totally wrong about FeedBurner. Since starting to use FeedBurner three months ago, my readership has doubled, even though my blogging volume has stayed about the same.”
- 02/16/07 email from Erik J. Heels to Rick Klau… [read full post]