Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Chilling series, but important to read.

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So grateful to CNN for this particular series .

Why Lucy Kellaway rocks, part n.

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Here . 

Cross-posting about the team that makes a good leader better.

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Here .

More shameless self-promotion.

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A nice mention of our second book in the Survival Manual series ( here ).
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Why I switched from Fitbit to Vivofit--a customer service story (UPDATED YET AGAIN)

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I like fitness trackers.  I like measuring things, and I don't expect the trackers to have pinpoint accuracy.  They exist as motivationa...
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Thursday, January 08, 2015

Really cool workshop on conducting empirical legal scholarship coming up this summer at CERL/Wash U.

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See here for info.  I can't make it to this one, but I'm hoping to do one in the future.  I've heard great things about it.
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Monday, January 05, 2015

I'm pretty sure that's not the correct use of the word.

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Now that I'm back from the AALS Annual Meeting, I remember what I liked about going in years past (seeing old friends; making new ones) ...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Bad customer service winner of the week--Ulta.com.

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Apparently, Ulta, "we promise to answer your question in 24 hours" does not mean what you think it does .  Ten days and waiting, a...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Our amicus brief in ASARCO was filed yesterday.

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And it's here (and here ). 
Thursday, December 04, 2014

Why doesn't Fitbit trust its customers?

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I have a Fitbit Charge.  I have that, instead of the Jawbone, because my Jawbone broke repeatedly and had to have a soft restart about once ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Dear Tim Cook: Steve Jobs wouldn't have bollixed up the Genius Bar this way.

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So now, apparently, I can't just make a Genius Bar appointment .  I have to go through too many hoops, including having to override the ...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Wishing my beloved Marine Corps a very happy birthday today.

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Happy 239th birthday, Marines !
Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Steven Davidoff Solomon's interesting take on why law schools won't close.

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Here .  I especially liked his point about why incentives favor bailing out law schools rather than closing them: [A]  closed law school ...
Friday, October 31, 2014

I loved this post about the boycott.

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See here .  (Hat tip to my dad for sending it to me.)
Monday, October 27, 2014

Happy birthday, John Cleese!

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And here is his lecture on how to be creative.

A nice shout-out in a book review.

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See here .  Thanks, Sue Liemer !
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Congratulations to the wonderful Kathleen Lyon!

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Full story here , but here's my favorite paragraph: The 10 th   and final Distinguished Service Award is presented to Tax Division Off...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

For my friends who aren't on Facebook--a recap of a happy event last month.

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Yep, that's 1st place in the USDC Rising Star Smooth, B Division.  YAY!

Dear Financial Times newspaper: you win; I give up; I will not renew my subscription.

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I have tried--and tried, and tried, and tried, and TRIED--to renew my newspaper subscription.  I can't reach a human; when the "hum...

Assuming that what this professor says is true (and I have no reason to think that it's not), I'm standing with him in solidarity.

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See here .  Universities are supposed to be places in which divergent views can be heard with respect and intelligent debate.  That means th...