Monday
Dec182006

Timely (If Not Appropriately Named)

After you get done chuckling about the fact Baker & McKenzie partner and privacy expert Theo Ling has guested on a podcast called "LyingOnTheBeach," and about the fact Baker seems utterly to have missed Ernie Svenson's post about better photos for your law firm Web site, do be sure to listen to the show, which looks important and timely:



Theo Ling, Partner of Baker & McKenzie a leading International law firm, talks about how the world of electronic storage and transmissions have dramatically changed the way corporations and individuals have to deal with privacy issues. There are many new laws people are unaware of and new laws in the making that everyone has to be know about if they want to be legally safe. Every new electronic invention opens up a whole new set of rules that we never had to be concerned with when we dealt just in the world of paper.

Sunday
Dec172006

Cranky It Up

I caught my first two episodes of Cranky Geeks this morning while running with Tyler (who now likes to get out of his jogging stroller and run alongside). Loved: the hokey Bavarian-beer-garden theme music, the tone and pace, and Lisa Stone and Stowe Boyd on Episode 39. It'll be fun to perhaps actually watch the video some time (ha! my life is rapidly becoming a video-free zone). Didn't love so much: all the ads. But, they're worth putting up with, and of course eminently skippable on an iPod.

Sunday
Dec172006

Sound Up

The latest episode of Sound Policy is my interview with science fiction writer James D. Macdonald about his collaborative hoax novel Atlanta Nights, vanity presses, online distribution, and the future of publishing. Thanks to C.E. Petit for putting me in touch with his client James. The story of Atlanta Nights is a fun one and it was an enjoyable interview.

Monday
Dec112006

Single Weirdest Change Wrought By Motherhood

I now listen to Raffi. By choice. Like, when Tyler's not even around.

P.S.: My new favorite Google search.

Monday
Dec112006

Of Foxes And Henhouses

Frank Field: "Guess Who'll Be Running the House IP Subcommittee?" (Answer: Howard L. Berman.)