Microblog Roundup 10/1/08
Taking a page from tech guru Dennis Kennedy's book, and as an extension of what I did here, I'm going to experiment with posting occasional roundups from my Twitter feed on this blog. (Dennis, Walter Olson, and at least a few others have taken to calling their Twitter accounts "microblogs," which seems both accurate and catchy to me, so I will do the same.) I'll lead off each microblog roundup with with an introduction that goes something like this:
Microblogging consists of brief text updates published broadly or to a restricted group chosen by the author. My microblog can be found on Twitter at @dtoddsmith, where I invite you to become a follower. As evidence that I'm not a total law dork, the content there is a little more personal, but I try not to go overboard.
Recent microblog posts include:
Have a case before the Third Court of Appeals in Austin? Check out http://tinyurl.com/3oo9ys.
Filed major appellate brief yesterday after a week of total immersion. Did I miss anything?
Reading Paul Lippe's "Welcome to the Future: Law After the Boom," http://tinyurl.com/3ehqvu. Change or die?
To someone like me, who has been watching Cowboys-Redskins since the Staubach days, the loss is painful. Especially by 2. At home.
No shame in TCU losing to new #1 OU in Norman. But why drop TCU out of Top 25 altogether? With a win, Frogs would've been Top 10.
Can #24 TCU upset #2 OU? OU has 1 non-con loss at home under Stoops--to TCU in '05. With USC loss, OU's #1 if it wins. Somebody say spoiler!
Wondering what I have to do to be named a Texas Super Lawyer. There are some, but solos are pretty rare on this list.
@denniskennedy If I incorporate microblog concept, I'll probably resist "what I ate for breakfast" tweets and go for more substance.
Took older son to schoolmate's 7YO b-day party at BlazerTag this evening. Dads have as much fun as the kids. Guess who had high score?
Working on an appeal in a PI case. Record from 4-day jury trial exceeds 3,700 pages. Woo hoo!
Interested in @denniskennedy and @walterolson "microblog" experiment. Used wisely, seems like a decent way of generating new blog content.
Finally getting kids down and turning to Cowboys-Packers. Looks like quite a contest. Gotta love Lambeau, but not the same w/out Favre.
Continuing the "5 Blogs & 5 Blawgers" meme at http://is.gd/2VNj. Tagged @inhouserants and hope the anonymous blogger weighs in.
Making the boys breakfast and reading about Bush's $500 billion bailout plan.
iPhone users: Do you have a favorite case/holster? Haven't found one that compares to my BlackBerry leather swivel yet. Details please.
Insightful post from Ryan Roberts on treating solo law practice as a startup venture: http://is.gd/2QzI. Anyone going solo should read.
Filed a reply brief and had a post-judgment hearing yesterday. Sitting down to work on an appellees' brief now. Looking for motivation ...
Getting back from court in neighboring county. Was treated very nicely for a "big city" lawyer, though opp counsel is from Austin as well.
New blog posts particularly relevant to Texas Supreme Court watchers and appellate-lawyer wannabes: http://is.gd/2IZl & http://is.gd/2IZr.
As always, comments are welcome.
