Last week, Twitter announced that the Suggested Users List is now categorized for easier browsing. Instead of just a list of users, people are given a list of categories with suggested users in each category. However, the list of categories does not include “Legal” or “Law” or anything similar. It looks like lawyers and law [...]

Martindale-Hubbell Connected will be hosting a live webinar on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009. Word on the street says they have over 700 registered participants! They are expecting a record number of people to attend. Who will be there? Lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, legal professionals, non-legal professionals, people interested in social media, and even people not interested in social media. [...]

In our culture, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who is not familiar with the ubiquitous footwear and sportswear company Nike. More than 20 years ago, an ad executive named Dan Wieden came up with the phrase “Just Do It” and that trademark in addition to the Swoosh logo, has become the epitome of a [...]

I recevied the following message on Twitter today - depicted above (click image for larger view). Twitter is adding a special symbol (left) for tweets that have been retweeted.    Not as earth shattering exciting as Twitter Lists but new nonetheless. The message from Twitter says: Hi there, you’re part of a beta group receiving this feature, [...]

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Chris Pirillo argued last Sunday that Twitter is essentially a worthless tool for having conversations. After listening to the video below, it was clear Chris was right. Twitter is a pretty worthless tool to have a conversation. I define a conversation as back-and-forth dialogue between two or more parties. If you have ever been on [...]

As the following legal blogs have reported, a federal judge in Georgia has ruled that a reporter may not use Twitter to send updates about a court proceeding. ABA Journal The Volokh Conspiracy The Legal Blog Watch CBS News CNet Slow news day everyone? In the court order, the judge rules that Tweeting from inside [...]

This is turning out to be a very busy week! A few days ago we shared with you our release of Twitter Lists for Seesmic Desktop. Today, we’re happy to share with you the integration of Twitter Lists in Seesmic Web. This is open to everyone and you can check it out here: http://seesmic.com/app/. Twitter [...]

As many of you know, some of us at SMLS received the Twitter lists feature over two weeks ago. SMLS was one of the first legal blogs to break the news about Twitter lists. Now, Twitter has unleashed Twitter lists for all users (see Twitter blog post below). Mashable.com has created a “HOW TO: Use [...]

Today (actually about a week ago) we’re launching some handy new sharing features on Social Media Law Student: hovering over any image or video and dragging it over the relevant icon allows you to post Social Media Law Student content to Facebook, Twitter, email or IM. We’re also supporting Meebo chat: using the bar at [...]