Thomas R. Heels And Helena E. Heels

Posted May 09, 2010, in About, Baseball, Erik's Favorites, Happy Blank Day, Random by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=2191)

An article for Mother’s Day.

Today is Mother’s Day. I won’t be able to make it to Maine today to visit my parents.  And I’m pretty sure my folks don’t need any more knick-knacks.  So I wrote this as my gift instead.  I have lots of nice things to say about my parents, and I think it’s important for me to say them -… [click here to read more]

Back To Normal

Posted April 20, 2010, in About, Erik's Favorites, Random, Startups by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=2182)

There is no spoon.

Everybody seems to be waiting for things to “get back to normal” in one way or another:

  • My life will get back to normal after my divorce is finalized.
  • Life in Haiti will get back to normal after they recover from the recent earthquake.

How Real Life Interfered With My Social Networking Fun

Posted January 26, 2010, in About, Baseball, Clock Tower Law Group, Erik's Favorites, Social Networking, Spam, Weblogs by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=2029)

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

In 2009, my social networking fun was interrupted by Big Stuff: my wife and I decided to amicably divorce. We sold our big house in Acton, moved into two separate places, and are spending 2010 starting over.

Why do I blog about this? Three reasons.

First… [click here to read more]

The Perfect Treehouse

Posted October 16, 2009, in About, Erik's Favorites, How To, Videos by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=1980)

Build one with your kids.

In the summer of 2003 and 2004, the perfect treehouse took shape in a four-stem maple in the back yard of a house in Acton, MA.

http://web.mac.com/erikjheels/web.mac.com/2004-The-Perfect-Treehouse.html

The treehouse was built by @ErikJHeels and his kids. This is a video tour of the treehouse.

Part 1 – Red House, Red Cat House… [click here to read more]

ABA Drops Tech Columnist After 15 Years Without Even Saying Thanks

Posted July 10, 2009, in About, Technology, Worst Practices by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=1941)

So you’ll forgive me, I hope, for feeling slighted.

I always enjoyed reading Burgess Allison’s Technology Update (TU) column and considered him a mentor. His column ran for 17 years (1983-2000).

It was Burgess who recruited me to be a columnist for Law Practice magazine (then called Law Practice Management magazine)… [click here to read more]

Top 10 ABA Articles By @ErikJHeels

Posted July 06, 2009, in About, Erik's Favorites by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=1937)

I’ve been writing for the American Bar Association since 1994. These are my top 10 favorites articles.

2009 marks the 15th anniversary of my first article published by the ABA. I hope to continue writing for the ABA for another 15 years. By my count, I’ve written 91 articles (plus a few books) for the ABA. Here are my top ten… [click here to read more]

For Better Branding, Use Your Twitter Username In Other Social Networks

Posted June 04, 2009, in About, Air Force, Best Practices, Branding, Erik's Favorites, Google, How To, Social Networking, Technology, Trademark Law, Weblogs by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=1870)

I started this as an email and decided to make it a blog post instead. Hence the format.

I also use two spaces between sentences. Sue me.

Greetings,

Thank you for signing up for yesterday’s LEXpertise BLN event where Victoria Merriman of Digital Loom spoke about Web 2.0 and I spoke about Twitter.

At the… [click here to read more]

@22Twts Interview With @ErikJHeels

Posted May 14, 2009, in About, Branding, Business, Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Copyright Law, Domain Names, IP Law, Internet Law, Law, MIT, Music, Patent Law, Social Networking, Startups, Technology, Trademark Law, Weblogs by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=1863)

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… [click here to read more]

Stay Connected Episode II

Posted April 10, 2009, in About, Business, Domain Names, How To, Patent Law, Startups, Technology, Trade Secret Law, Trademark Law, Videos by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=1619)

My latest TV appearance.

I recently did a public access cable TV show about starting a company during a recession. It’s a rate opportunity to see me in a suit. If you’re reading this in a feed reader, then you may need to click through to the website to see the video:

Here’s what I talk about and when:… [click here to read more]

Nothing To Smile About: Teeth Whitening Problems Redux [Video] http://is.gd/pFxZ

Posted March 30, 2009, in About, Random, Technology, Videos by @ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/?p=1590)

One year after teeth whitening gone wrong.

NBC Washington recently interviewed me for story about the dangers of teeth whitening. The video aired on 03/27/09 and is available on their website. (If you are reading this story in a feed reader, then you may need to click through to see the video.)

My blog post on… [click here to read more]

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