One of the stories I like to tell people about working in Litigation Support is the conversation I had with someone shortly after I made the transition. Upon hearing my description of the job, and my reference to handling electronic evidence, I was asked if it was like when they do the computer forensics stuff…
Just a few thoughts, now that I’ve had some time to think about it rather than live-blogging it: 1. I’ve never been a big fan of live bogging, but I felt like I needed to really give it a shot. Doing it over the 3 days of Techshow helped me see where the value is,…
The interview Douglas Welch did with me about transitioning from the IT Help Desk to Litigation Support is up over on his site. It was a lot of fun to sit and chat about what I do, and what I’m learning. Hopefully it’ll be as interesting to some of you! Check it out here if…
I saw a conversation going around on Twitter this morning about working from home, and management’s reluctance to allow their IT folks. I can’t find any links for it now, but some of the ideas being tossed around were pretty interesting. Especially the idea that if your job can be done from outside the office,…
I saw a post by Jennifer Leggio today about locating network security folks on Twitter, and I wondered how many people who work in the legal technology field are using twitter or other social networking apps. In fact, following Jennifer on Twitter also helped me discover Twitterpaks, which is a wiki setup to encourage new…
I noticed a while ago that a new association was starting up, the Association of Litigation Support Professionals, and I had made a note to keep an eye on that. Today, I did a bit more. I had talked to some people at the firm about it, and the response was very much “wait and…