Whither Clubhouse – The New Kid on the Social Media Block
In what I’m sure is no surprise to anyone, when I got invited to sign up for Clubhouse, my technology curiosity won out.
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The Insanity of Forcing Tech Companies to Pay For Linking to News
I’m sure many of you have already seen the ongoing battle between Facebook, and Google, and the Australian government. The government, mostly at the behest of Rupert Murdoch, is about to pass a law that forces the “big tech” companies to negotiate with news publishers to pay them for the content that is linked to on Google News or on Facebook.
I’m hear to argue that this is legitimately insane.
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Shared Links (weekly) Feb. 14, 2021
How Changes to E-discovery Can Help You in Practice
Building a culture of learning at work
Why Laura Prael’s business LEP Digital will always run four days a week
– Interesting thoughts on the benefits of working fewer hours.
Court Enforces Strict Sanctions for Failing to Be Competent in ESI Obligations
Working Moms Are Struggling. Here’s What Would Help.
It’s Safer Internet Day—Here Are 4 Services to Keep You Safer Online
How Section 230 Makes My Life Better (A Celebration of Its 25 Year Anniversary)
Four ways to boost mental health conversations at work
6 Tips for Professionals with High-Functioning Anxiety
10 Top Technology Tools for the Small Firm Lawyer
Employees should design their own work time, P&G HR Director says
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What Do People Need to be Successful Working From Home? – It Varies
Why it’s almost as if we should ask individuals what would help them, and within reason, provide that. After all, even within each age group, parents might prioritize something different than single employees, or those sharing an internet connection and space with a spouse or roommates also working from home might prioritize something else. Some may want to adhere to strict 9-5 hours so that they can spend the rest of their time on childcare or side-businesses, while others may value the ability to take a couple of hours during the day for schoolwork and then pick up work again in the evening.
We would do well to listen to what people need, talk about what we expect, and also understand what we are doing with our own actions.
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The One Where We Talk Politics
That’s why what happened today, and everything that has been leading up to it saddens me. The Republican Party has eaten itself. The QAnon conspiracy theorists couldn’t have done a better job of blowing up the GOP if they were literally working for the Democrats. (Maybe they were?)
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Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 3, 2021
Working all the time isn’t the same thing as productivity
Section 230: everything you need to know about the law protecting internet speech
Will Remote Work Be the End of the 40-Hour Week?
Here We Go Again? A Running Listing of eDiscovery Events in 2021
The most important blog post
Ways to build business relationships remotely
16 Ideas to Implement in Your Professional and Personal Relationships in 2021
Further Lessons in NOT Producing Discovery as PDFs
6 ways tech can combat loneliness and boost mental health during the holidays
iOS Privacy Changes Won’t Harm Small Businesses, Despite Facebook’s Claims
You May See More PTSD Symptoms In Your Employees
