Upcoming Presentations by Michael Stephens

Author of the Tame the Web blog on "libraries and technology" - Upcoming Presentations

Ontario Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee

Biography - Members on Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee. Good to see at least one librarian currently serving! (High school teacher-librarian Ann Murphy from Brampton).

Legal Technology Insider

Legal Technology Insider

LookLater - searchable bookmarks

LookLater a website for creating your own list of private, searchable bookmarks. This service is free. I haven't tested it out.

Master of Studies in Law (MSL) Program

From University of Toronto Faculty of Law, the MSL Program (Master of Studies in Law):

The Master of Studies in Law is a very small program designed for established academics and scholars who work and write in a discipline related to law, and who wish to acquire a knowledge of law in order to add a legal dimension to scholarship in their own discipline.

Applicants should hold a doctorate from a recognized university, and should have demonstrated a high level of scholarship in a discipline related to law. Applicants often undertake this degree while on leave from their academic appointment.

You have to already have a doctorate to take this degree. I guess this is the sort of thing one would take as a sabbatical from another faculty.

10 Best Intranets of 2006 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

10 Best Intranets of 2006 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

Link courtesy of beSpacific

Dove Lane: Online Course Design Tips

From Kaye Vivian in her KM/gaming blog Dove Lane, here are some fabulous Online Course Design Tips.

i love radio.org: Quest for the Cheap, Broadcast-Quality Recording Gear (I Love Radio .org)

From Tod Maffin's blog i love radio.org, a discussion about the Quest for the Cheap, Broadcast-Quality Recording Gear. A timely discussion! Most comments seem to point to the iRiver MP3 Player/Recorder in the 700 series (iFP-795, iFP-799, etc.) plus the NEXXTECH Mini Dictation Microphone Cat.#331-9124 (from "The Source").

EMBA MBA Program for Law Firm Managers

In Manhattan! Oh! Oh! This is what I want to do!
Stony Brook University College of Business EMBA Program

Practice Management Podcasts - David Maister > Lessons I've Learned

David Maister > Lessons I've Learned – My Podcasts

Thanks to Rob Hyndman for pointing this out, who in turn got it from Larry Bodine. If you aren't already reading blogs from these industry leaders, you should.

Bloomberg Podcasts

New from Bloomberg, podcasts from their radio show: Bloomberg Podcasts.

Cool. Something to download onto my iPod. When I get one, that is.

Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age: Books

Most discussed book currently on Technorati: Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age. Heh. Not sure why, but now I'm perpetuating the popularity.

h--that would be a good name for a blog! Or an article. Or an album. "Perpetuating the Popularity."

The Structure of Magic

The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language and Therapy (Book 1)

The Structure of Magic: A Book About Communication and Change (Book 2)

Okay, so if this looks oddly familiar to you because you were just talking about it today, that is because I couldn't help but overhear a couple of (I think) lawyers talking about KM on the subway and one of them mentioned reading this publication. Which, therefore, would be you. I had to, of course, rush right home and look this up.

NLP = Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Amazon.com: So You'd Like to... learn NLP

Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Photo Gallery

The Library at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario has added an historical Photo Gallery to the website. Very nice.

excited utterances: Why My Law Firm is Video Blogging

From Joy London's excellent KM law blog Excited Utterances, she has a post on video blogging (Jan. 14/06). She's asked if any other firms are vlogging, so would be good to keep an eye on any comments.

KMDI: Knowledge Media Design Institute

KMDI is a research institute in the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto.

BlinkList | Your personal start page and social bookmarking engine

Have I already blogged this? BlinkList | Your personal start page and social bookmarking engine. Looks like it is trying to compete with Technorati. I haven't looked at it closely enough to figure out distinguishing features. It's not just for blogs, but to bookmark anything, I think. But you can also create watchlists.

blogdriverswaltz.com by Geoffrey Harder

Geoffrey Harder is presenting the session on RSS for the Education Institute today. This is his blog: blogdriverswaltz.com

Rocketboom on Pulse Points

Rocketboom from January 4, 2006 includes a special report on "pulse points". Pulse points are localized beefed-up web access that has wider bandwidth (more sites cached) that allows for larger pictures, and faster speed. Cool.

Bloggers beware: don't trash your boss

I've just discovered Google/Blogger does not have some of my older posts indexed. Took me a while to dig up this post from September 2004, so I am putting a directional link and some search terms here. Silly, huh?

Bloggers beware: don't trash your boss

search terms: Starbucks, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Pacific Penny


[post amended Jan. 20/06: grammar cleanup]

NewPR Wiki - Resources.BloggingPolicy

Resources - Blogging Policy

Resources - Legal Problems regarding blogging

WSJ.com - The FLaw - Why Firms Lose Associates

Article from WSJ.com's The FLaw by Ashby Jones: The Third-Year Dilemma: Why Firms Lose Associates (January 4, 2006). Free content at time of posting.

General Career Tips | Library Associates LibBlog

General Career Tips | Library Associates LibBlog - includes a link to my blog post Connie's Top Ten Ways to Find a Law Library Job (for students & new librarians) .

That one post still has legs...

CopyCense: Buying E-Content: Librarians, Salaries, & Opportunities

CopyCense: Buying E-Content: Librarians, Salaries, & Opportunities - article by K. Matthews Dames

LibraryThing Ideas

Some of my best thoughts are worked out as comments in other people's blogs. Unfortunately comments aren't really indexed or searchable so they could get forgotten very quickly. Here are comments on Stephen Abram's blog Stephen's Lighthouse to a post called "Library Thing". Mine are the last two comments, expounding on the use of patron tagging in a library catalogue-related application: Stephen's Lighthouse: LibraryThing.

I'm posting the link here in case I ever want to take those ideas and run with them in the future.

Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff and Insights

Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff and Insights

Zoomerang - Survey Application

Zoomerang. Alternative to Survey Monkey?

Reference is Cool

From Salem Press, their Reference is Cool resources. Really cool.

Thanks to Le Dieu Tran for the link in her blog Leddie's Log !

Those long, long law firm names grow short and snappy - The Boston Globe

From The Boston Globe, Sept. 28, 2005: Those long, long law firm names grow short & snappy

The Death of the Ampersand

From WSJ Law Blog: The Death of the Ampersand

Queen's Law Life

Queen's Law Life

The Long Tail: Announcing the Fortune 500 Business Blog Index

This item from blog The Long Tail: Announcing the Fortune 500 Business Blog Index