Month: October 2002

This slide presentation is interesting for a whole host of reasons: Making the Case for PHP at Yahoo!

Last year’s season started with a plane hijacking – filmed before but shown after September 11. This season starts with a brutal torture scene (condoned by, but not performed by, US government agents), followed later by Kiefer Sutherland apparently killing a prisoner in cold blood and then saying, “I need a hacksaw.” Whoa. Heavy stuff –…

Time to get excited. Commercial free tonight…

The six forces of marketing momentum : HBS Working Knowledge [News.com: News Around the Web] An interesting dissection of how to create brands that have “momentum”. Thoguh some of the analysis is geared to technology organizations, I think there is still some applicability to law firms. Take this quote, which is instructive in how to…

“Splashpower is a UK startup building a device called a “Splashpad.” This is a flat surface that you set on your desk, which provides power on contact with electronic devices that are equipped with a “ SplashModule.” The upshot is that you could have a corner of your desk that charged your Visor, SideKick, phone,…

Best Little CRM Companies in the Business. When you want something done right in CRM, you do not necessarily need to call on a big company. A number of smaller, less-heralded technology providers are making a name for themselves with very targeted, specialized products that meet needs not previously satisfied by the offerings of household-name…

Many thanks to my folks who made it out for the weekend to help me celebrate my 31st birthday. Robin and I went to dinner with Mom & Dad at Bistro Banlieue – great French food if you’re in the Chicago suburbs (it’s in Lombard, right next to Oak Brook). If you go, be sure…

A new survey by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young looked into the correlation between growth and profitability among large law firms in the US and UK. The most important finding is that “no single firm has yet achieved a combination of global scale and high-end profitability.” Of the ten firms with the highest profit per…

CNN is confirming that Senator Paul Wellstone has died, along with his wife, daughter and five others. I remember seeing him speak at a Clinton/Gore rally in 1992 when my parents were living in Minnesota. He was the most partisan, animated politician I’d ever seen speak. It was hard to agree with him on a…

No official word yet, but it appears there’s at least a possibility that Senator Paul Wellstone was on board a small aircraft that crashed in Northern Minnesota today. Some similarities to Gov. Mel Carnahan’s plane crash in the weeks leading up to the 2000 election.