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, to remind my readers (and myself)… [click here to read more]

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, Red Treehouse

Part 2 - Apple Tree Ladder, Foundation

Part 3 - Opening The… [click here to read more]

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) at a time when the magazine had… [click here to read more]

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 favorites:

1. The

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 end of the presentation, I made "secret envelopes" available for… [click here to read more]

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]

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:

• 06:03 - startups in a recession
• 90:08 - choosing a

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 teeth whitening problems is nearly one year old… [click here to read more]

25 random things about me.

[Following @rklau's lead, I'm republishing my Facebook 25 things meme thingy here, originally published on Facebook 01/26/09.]

1. I was born a poor black child. Actually not, but if you recognize that as the opening line from Steve Martin's "The Jerk," you get the gist of my sense of humor.

2. I have about one great idea per decade.

3. One of the best ideas I've… [click here to read more]