Author: Rick Klau

To look at my basement right now, you’d conclude that I actually know what I’m doing. There’s the table/miter saw (it’s even got a cool laser, though I can’t figure out why), the drill, the cordless screwdriver, the levels, hunks of drywall on the ground… and the more than 600 linear feet of lumber I’ve…

Despite the overwhelming support for a Powerbook (6 comments left today lobbying heavily for a Powerbook, none recommending anything else), I ended up going with what I know: a ThinkPad. I liked how Ars Technica put it — the Powerbook is the supermodel. But I’m not a supermodel. (Bite your tongue.) Then again I don’t…

I have been invited to present to a high-powered group of Illinois Democrats on Monday morning. The group will include Governor Blagojevich — and the subject is how to energize the grassroots people who’ve felt out of touch with the Democratic Party. My role is, as someone closely involved with the Dean technology crew, to…

It’s time to buy a new laptop. What do you recommend?

My nothing.but.net column ran last month and focused on the social networking craze and how it might take effect in the legal vertical. When I wrote the article I was still at Interface Software, the leading CRM company in the professional services space. Consequently, I was hesitant to overplay the CRM vs. social networking angle,…

Electablog likes John Edwards. And regardless of whether you agree with him or not, his reasons are both salient and pretty funny.

While you have to admire the cojones and sense of humor demonstrated by the Dean press corps in their choice of gifts to Howard Dean upon his exit from the race, it’s still enough to make you sad.

I met Matt Homann at last year’s TechShow, and he suggested that he’d be starting a weblog at some point. Fortunately for us, he has — The [non]billable hour. He caught a great article in the New York Times about the perils of hourly billing in the legal profession. This isn’t a new topic for…

Wow. John Alber won this year’s Champion of Technology Award at this month’s LegalTech. He has just published an article at LLRX titled Rethinking ROI: Managing Risks and Rewards in KM Initiatives — which, among other things, demonstrates why he was more than deserving of the award. The article is a terrific look at how…

A friend of mine is running for clerk of the county court, and he’s looking for information about how courts have upgraded or improved their technology. We talked yesterday about RSS and Linux as two places to start, but I’m looking for any and all info I can funnel his way. (I’ve already suggested he…