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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?

How the Legal Tech and Innovation World Can Help Improve Access to Justice

I was very happy to see Bob Ambrogi recently highlight the disparities between the A2J and LegalTech worlds. My career lets me keep a foot in both worlds so this is a topic for which I Have Many Thoughts. There are few things that I love more than telling people what to do, so here… Continue reading How the Legal Tech and Innovation World Can Help Improve Access to Justice

In Defense of Futzing Around

I recently saw a social media post that said something like “I’m so tired of hearing people ask about use cases instead of just diving in and using new tools” and I was like “well I’m tired of people getting on Al Gore’s Internet and saying ridiculous things, so I guess we’re both gonna be… Continue reading In Defense of Futzing Around