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Comment on Just Who Are the Change Agents in Law?

2013-01-24T22:57:53Z

I heard some guy invented porn websites, so that means no one will ever have sex again, amiright?

As the cost of bad representation becomes better understood, recognition of good representation will come back into favor. Everybody loves inexpensive, but nobody loves cheap and lousy for long.

Comment on Just Who Are the Change Agents in Law?

2013-01-19T20:03:06Z

Agreed Jason and good point. The sky is the limit obviously. However, I'm skeptical that in our (professional) lifetime there will be a radical transformation of the basic judge/jury system as we see it today. Maybe this is what contributes to my apathy and 'small-minded thinking' about the topic!

Comment on Just Who Are the Change Agents in Law?

2013-01-19T19:44:53Z

I wouldn't be so quick to say criminal lawyers will never be affected. The computer nerds are already working on modeling (artificial intelligence) aspects of it and civil law, of course: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2187752

Comment on Seattle Blawger Meetup

2012-04-16T17:22:25Z

Great writeup, Venkat, and I love the group photo. The open beer bottles appear to outnumber the wine glasses!

Comment on Happy National Compliment Day

2012-04-11T07:32:26Z

It is funny how people have National days for almost everything now, and this trend is starting to infiltrate the International level now, as I have heard some pretty absurd international days being cited by my friends in conversations. Ridiculous!

Comment on A Reading List for the Novice Social Networking Lawyer

2012-04-06T17:33:53Z

I'll second a vote for The Game; I bought it about 2 years ago and spent some time convincing my wife it wasn't for personal use picking up women. Though there's not much of a how-to in terms of making meaningful human relationships, it does quite a bit to make you realize how psychological triggers move people in the real world.

Comment on Please be Honest and Tell me This Post Sucks

2012-02-19T20:05:21Z

No, she actually a fantastic blogger. She broke some sort of record for page views on a Roman Polanski article fro Salon.com. But I digress.

Venkat, I certainly suppose it is true that your inner circle -- online inner circle, perhaps -- are least likely to provide negative feedback. That strikes me as a normal function of self-selection of those who you want to interact with most closely. Their opinions are more likely to be attuned to yours, or at least they're most likely to be concerned about hurting you with negative feedback.

Comment on Please be Honest and Tell me This Post Sucks

2012-02-10T23:37:49Z

Or maybe Al's wife is a really awful blogger? It could happen.

Comment on Please be Honest and Tell me This Post Sucks

2012-02-10T14:18:22Z

Al - anonymous trolls/commenters offer some harsh criticism but my point is that this is much less likely to come from one of your Facebook friends.

Comment on Please be Honest and Tell me This Post Sucks

2012-02-09T17:23:39Z

You can do anything, Venkat!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/319318/saturday-night-live-you-can-do-anything