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Skeuomorphs, Metachronisms, and The Persistence of Memory

If you’ve been aware of my existence for awhile, you probably have noticed I love thinking about the history of technology and using it to look for parallels in my modern professional life. Partly so as to not repeat past mistakes and party because there’s only so many tunes in life – shout out Damian… Continue reading Skeuomorphs, Metachronisms, and The Persistence of Memory

Get in Loser, We’re Making Legal More Equitable

Earlier this morning, while waiting to take a phone call about some of my volunteer work <sigh>, I was perusing LinkedIn. Someone (1) posted about the concerns they have about posting about A2J stuff and how that might affect their business relationships. I’ve had the same worries over the years, more so in recent years… Continue reading Get in Loser, We’re Making Legal More Equitable

Chat-GPT Bore? Some Philosophical Musings on the Latest in Legal Tech

And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.” Hans Gruber, Die Hard Overture I think it was a 9th grade vocabulary exercise that first introduced me to the word ennui. For those of you not in the know, ennui is “a feeling of weariness… Continue reading Chat-GPT Bore? Some Philosophical Musings on the Latest in Legal Tech

How I Argue on the Internet

Answer: I don’t. Welp, thank you very much for coming out tonight! Don’t forget to tip your waitress, have your pets spayed and neutered, and please don’t drink and drive. Okay, that’s not entirely true. It’s just that I used to be like this: And now I try to be like this: I’ve worked really… Continue reading How I Argue on the Internet

this is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine

I am a classifier by nature. For instance, whenever I eat a bag of M&Ms or Skittles (or Smarties, for my Canadian friends), I generally dump the bag out, sort the candy by color, and then start eating first by most numerous and then when they’re all an even number, one at a time from… Continue reading this is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine

What (Tech?) Does A2J Need?

I’ve been thinking a lot about the posts Bob Ambrogi has written this year about the silos in the legal world and specifically how these silos are holding back progress in improving Access to Justice. See: Legal tech and A2J; Free law and A2J If I have anything to offer to the professional world, maybe… Continue reading What (Tech?) Does A2J Need?