Stanford Center for Internet and Society

Through the fortunes of Twitter, @VBalasubramani (and his RT of @AdrianL), I came upon this awesome guide for lawyers who are sticklers for how their documents look - It's called Typography For Lawyers. A CC-licensed guide that will back me up on use of curly quotes and one space after periods. Yay!

A close friend of mine is facing some serious health problems that has brought our group of friends together. One friend in that group passed along this NYT article to me today. The article, in a nutshell, is about the power of friendship in healing. I think the article and the studies discussed are super important. I wanted to pass it along to my friends who read this blog. (There's also a worthwhile podcast that discusses the article. The discussion is in the last 5:30 minutes of the podcast.)

The next Legally Speaking - cosponsored by the California Lawyer and Hastings Law School - will feature Lawrence Lessig. It's scheduled for March 19. CLE credit and a pre-event reception are included in the $50 registration fee.

Denise hosted her 20th episode (Ethically Cleansed) of her legally-minded program This Week In Law. I had a great time appearing on the program with my co-panelists Evan Brown, Ernie Svenson, and Ben Franske.

Enjoying the day at the O'Reilly TOC Conference (Tools of Change for Publishing). The audience has a much more traditional publisher feel to it than the new media conferences I've attended, and I'm enjoying the dialog with some of the attendees. There are at least 3 panels/discussions/programs that involve the Google Book Search settlement and how it will impact publishers. Obviously that's on the mind of many here.

I recently gave a talk at Berkeley School of Law to a privacy class regarding a recent case I filed involving a Doe Plaintiff who faces a serious on-line reputation disaster after a former boyfriend posted photos and images of her to a user generated porn site.

Mark your calendars for January 14 for what looks to be an interesting CLE presented by The California Lawyer Magazine and UC Hastings. Legally Speaking is a new talk show program that will be filmed in San Francisco and feature the most famous lawyers in the world, including Stanford's own Lawrence Lessig.

My friend Alex Curtis of Public Knowledge pointed me today to a great series of videos that PK put together regarding last month's 10-year anniversary of the DMCA. You can check them out here.

Mark Britton of Avvo has added me to this meme to post about my favorite non-law blogs... Here they are (in not particular order!):

43 Folders - helps me keep up with organizational tools and efficiency ideas.

For those of you interested in new media and also needing a vacation, PodCamp Hawaii is being planned for October 24-25 in Honolulu. More info is available here. Roxanne Darling, of Beach Walks With Rox, is on the planning committee and I'm sure it will be a fantastic event.