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Greetings,
Welcome to the latest installment of my LawLawLaw newsletter. 2010 is the 10th year of the newsletter, and for this issue, I'm going retro: plain text, no graphics. I'm also using MailChimp for delivery.
Why the name LawLawLaw? Originally, LawLawLaw mapped nicely onto intellectual property law's three areas: patent law, trademark law, and copyright law. Plus I owned the…
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Today, we’re tweeting with @erikjheels: lawyer, electrical engineer, columnist, Red Sox fan, former Air Force Captain and more.
By Lance Godard
First published 5/14/2009; 22tweets.com; 22 Tweets

Erik J. Heels.
Trademark, domain name, patent lawyer and more.
Founder, Clock Tower Law Group.
Avid blogger.
MIT Engineer.
Today, we're tweeting with @erikjheels: lawyer, electrical engineer, columnist, Red Sox fan, former Air Force Captain and more… [click here to read more]
All web pages are shareable items. All titles are Twitter tweets. Get used to it.

The Internet is changing. Your writing habits need to change as well.
Articles Are Born As Web Pages, But Then They Grow Up And Move Out
When you write a web page, it can - and will - be shared with others:
- If your web page is a blog post and if your
Posted December 07, 2008, in Apple, Erik's Favorites, How To, MIT, Music, Technology by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=1236)
Unless you're a dog, a whale, or a computer, you're not going to be able to tell the difference between a good MP3 and CD audio.
Think you're an audiophile?
I'll bet you beers you can't tell the difference between 256 Kbps VBR MP3s and CD audio in a blind test.
Track Selection
12 tracks have been selected from commercially sold, mass-produced audio CDs (i.e. "silver" discs - no CD-R, no…
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Want to know why the music business is broken? Look at how Rolling Stone Magazine mismanages its most prized asset: five-star reviews.
Over the last two months, Rolling Stone Magazine published five-star reviews for three albums. Rolling Stone rating an album five stars is as rare as a four-leaf clover or a Bush apology. How did Rolling Stone announce this rare event? With a red carpet… [click here to read more]
Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock 'n' Roll, Etc.

Intro Stuff
The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees, or the author. Action figures sold separately.
I read hundreds of sources to compile this LawLawLaw newsletter, my thoughts and observations on trends in technology, law, baseball, and music. If you enjoy… [click here to read more]
How to visualize social networking.
And You May Ask Yourself, How Do I Work This?
I wanted to be able to explain to those new to social networking how all of the pieces fit together. Plus with feeds being shared back and forth, I wanted to make sure that I wasn't creating any feed loops or leaving out any pieces. I use LinkedIn for business networking (my resume and… [click here to read more]
Posted October 16, 2008, in Music, Social Networking, Weblogs, Worst Practices by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=1077)
More reasons to proofread your feed.
I subscribe to Amazon's New Music Releases feed, but Amazon omits basic information from its feed, such as the name of the artist. The NAME. Of the ARTIST. Is NOT IN THE FEED. This is feed malpractice.
Ray LaMontagne's new album "Gossip In The Grain" is getting great reviews, but you'd never know it from Amazon's feed. Here's how… [click here to read more]
Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock 'n' Roll, Etc.

Intro Stuff
The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees, or the author. Do not taunt happy fun ball.
I lived the life of Dilbert when I was in the Air Force. Once while I was away on a business trip, our… [click here to read more]