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If you’re interested in seeing how a large, global law firm sees its business, make sure to spend some time reading the Freshfields annual report. In it, you get a sense of the scope of the firm (more than 2400 lawyers worldwide), the breadth of their practice areas and their goals moving forward. “We aim…

They’re Baaaaaaack!. Wallace and Gromit: Cracking Contraptions “Wallace and Gromit are back in their first screen outing for six years. BBC News Online exclusively presents Soccamatic, one of 10 short films, revealing Wallace’s latest inventions. Soccamatic is free to watch or download from this site.” [BBC News][The Shifted Librarian]

I’ve been a devoted SNL watcher for 16 years or so – enough to qualify me as an addict, but not nearly enough to get me into Tom Shales territory. He’s co-authored Live From New York, apparently a book that dishes lots of dirt (who knew Chevy Chase was so uniformly disliked?). And Slate has…

Saddam’s campaign themesong is Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”, according to this Washington Post article. Wonder if the Iraqi leader’s campaign team bothered to take care of rights clearance for the song… if not, perhaps the United States should spare the missiles, prevent collateral damage, and just straight-up air-drop a posse of recording…

Watched The Contender on DVD again last week. Each time I watch the movie, I have another reason to appreciate the artistry behind the film. (Pay attention to the frequent use of a “oner” – the long, tracking shots from one handheld camera. Often into and out of buildings, up and down multiple floors, etc.…

Turns out it’s an environment issue. Many, many thanks to John, Dave and Jake for each following up and offering assistance. After an IM session with Jake (would that all tech support were so easy!), we determined that it’s our VPN software – apparently it’s configured to only allow access through IE. Should be a…

Ford Motor Company’s message to law firms – cut your bills, and if you have to find a creative way to do it then do it. [ernie/the/attorney] This is how change happens in law firms: clients demand a different approach and law firms react. Today’s business model is driven primarily by the billable hour. As…

Setting up various users on Radio on our intranet. When anyone tries to subscribe to each other’s RSS feed, we get the following error message: Can’t subscribe to the channel. The most likely cure is to check the URL in a web browser and see if you can get it to read the feed. The…

Diary of a change agent Strategy +Business (free registration required) [News.com: News Around the Web] I have to get The Soul in the Computer: The Story of a Corporate Revolutionary. Read the summary at Strategy+Business – it’s a strong overview of how Barbara Waugh initiated change throughout her career at HP (18 years and counting).…

Finding which customers don’t fit HBS Working Knowledge [News.com: News Around the Web] A terrific article about the importance of (a) using front-line managers as leading indicators of what should be happening and (b) taking a hard look about what business you’re in, what business you should be in, and which customers you should have. A…