The document discusses how lawyers can use real-time web tools like Twitter and blogs. It notes that with these tools, people can send lawyers information directly and know what they are interested in. It also discusses how lawyers can choose who they follow on services like Twitter and don't need to deal with spam. The document concludes by mentioning it will provide assistance on managing different real-time web tools.

1. lawyers and the realtime web
legaltech west coast denise howell
06.25.09 bagandbaggage.com
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2. realtime info is direct. frank. immediate. helpful.

3. what does this mean for practice management?
people send you stuff
they know who you are, what you’re interested in, what you’re doing
volunteer info-valets
flipside of blogging

4. search gives way to delivery
there’s no echo chamber when you’re following 1000’s

5. following 1000’s????
you get to choose
no need for letters to the dma; block; report as spam
following back? mr. tweet. no perfect solution. i periodically review.

6. assistance with juggling swords and chainsaws

7. “lawyers and the realtime web”
legaltech west coast presented by denise howell
bagandbaggage.com
06.25.09 text ‘denise’ to 50500
slides at denise.howell.net/#ltwc

8. licensing and credits
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images thanks to the following flickr users and hugh macleod:
•crowd surfing by williac
•twitterfon power user by
•valet by lars andreas
•crop circle - echos by oddsock
•juggling swords and chainsaws by morbuto
•lawyer, twitter, and where the money is by hugh macleod,
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