Paul Jacobson

Category: Useful stuff

  • A complementary and alternative medicine law blog

    One thing I have noticed about American lawyers is how specialised some of their practices are. I often wonder if the local legal market is big enough to sustain these sorts of specialisations. I came across a blog called CamLaw dedicated to a pretty specialised area of the law through a post on Lexblog which…

  • Pownce invites …

    … I have 11, anyone want one? Leave a comment. Technorati Tags:pownce, invitations, invites

  • Don’t be too cheap, it could really cost you later

    Guy Kawasaki makes a pretty good point in his post titledHow to Change the World: $4,824.13 for Legal Fees. You may be tempted to seek out the cheapest lawyer you can find to get you started with some or other project where what you probably really need is the opposite. Cheap isn’t necessarily better, particularly…

  • Microsoft Surface … intuitive touch computing

    I came across a mention of Microsoft Surface on Web AddICT(s). At first I thought it was a parody of something Microsoft has done or is trying to do until I saw the video. Take a look at this: It is being referred to as a surface computing platform. Basically it is a surface on…

  • My new phone … and it isn’t a Nokia N95

    I have been lusting after the Nokia N95 for many months now and it was finally released here in South Africa about a month ago. I took a look at a working model a couple weeks ago and was suitably impressed. There were little things that niggled a bit but I was convinced that I…

  • New layout for Google Search (again)?

    I noticed this layout for the Google Search results page last night. Notice the navigation links on the top of the page? It seems Google is trying out a couple options. The last layout I saw had some duplication in the navigation links (there were links on the left in a new sidebar and on…

  • Nicci Ferguson Inc offers advice on Intellectual Property issues

    I am a little late with this but I received the following release from one of my colleagues: LEARN HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY To mark World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April 2007, specialist ICT / IP law firm, Nicci Ferguson Incorporated, are offering free 20 minute consultations and a free…

  • Revver: a cool alternative to YouTube and others?

    I was chatting to Heather the other day about putting up the video from the recent visits by Larry Lessig and Jimmy Wales and she mentioned using Revver as a platform as an alternative to YouTube (due to duration issues) and Google Video (Zoopy also came up as an option!) so I decided to head…