December 06, 2004

Making the Top 10!

Thanks to Joy London for including Knowledge Aforethought in her list of favorite U.S. "blawgs" (those are blogs written by, directed at, or somehow related to lawyers; I confess I'm one of them) in an article just posted in the December 2004 issue of Legal IT.

Actually, she lists nine U.S.-based blawgers, but if you place her in Allen & Overy's NYC office and add her own blog, I've made a Top Ten list! (See how that lawyer training comes in handy, when you need to rationalize a result?) And what great company she's put me in, too!

The article itself provides a very good summary of the evolution of both blogging and one of the very best blawgs online.

Excitedutterances_1 Joy's excited utterances has been one of my favorites since I first heard of blogging (back in pre-historic 2003). For anyone concerned with knowledge management, organizational learning, and the like, especially in relation to lawyers and law firms, her blog and its rich treasure of archived material are an essential resource.

Dec 6, 2004 6:12:00 AM | Tech Tools & Trends, Weblogs

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