I started the Practice Blawg in September 2008 with a short post about producing a “comprehensive” family law judgment and decree. Exactly 105 posts later, this is likely my last. After four years at the Minnesota State Bar Association, I’m leaving at the end of May to pursue other opportunities.
Ten Things I Do After Installing WordPress
Hosting and installing WordPress is pretty easy, and we have some nice videos that walk you through that process. But, what happens after installation? Basically, I run through a list of ten essential things that I do after every WordPress installation.
Your Practice in 140 Characters: a Call for Twitter Poems
As pointed out in a recent New York Times article, today is both World Poetry Day and the 5th birthday of Twitter. How can we not celebrate? We invite you to celebrate these auspicious occasions by letting loose your inner poet on Twitter. Because we are a blawg, the one and only rule to our contest is that your Twitter poem involve the practice of law.
Kate Bladow’s Pro Bono Blogging Challenge
Kate Bladow, a cool techie who blogs for Technola, has challenged other legal bloggers to publish one blog post between October 24 and October 30 in honor of the 2010 National Pro Bono Celebration. It’s a great idea and I’ve taken the pledge, which you can do here. Here’s how Kate outlines the challenge and …
Applying Google’s 20 Percent Time in Practice
I took a sabbatical from writing blog posts for the last six weeks of 2010. Why? Well in November, my boss, Greg Luce, challenged staff to adopt Google’s Innovation Time Off concept for the remainder to the year. For Google engineers, that means they spend 20% of their work time on projects that interest them. …