If you’re reading this outside of the blog itself in Facebook or via RSS, you’ll notice a distinct lack of content in this post. You’ll need to visit the entry directly. That’s because this post is hand-written – I uploaded scans of a journal entry I wrote.
The goal the handwritten blog post is to produce content, but in a disconnected way. Since I still have to scan and upload the entries (this is a blog for crying out loud), it’s semi-disconnected. C’est la vie.
From the Rocket Legal Matter Productivity Blog….deals with being Responsibly Connected so I’m reposting here…
I’ve never been more psyched to get an autoresponder. Notice that not only is this attorney blocking off his or her schedule for emails, but is doing so at strategic times: right before lunch and the final bell.
This allows a head of steam to be built up in the morning, a la the “don’t check your email in the morning” philosophy.
And I would bet money that this attorney is not going to get into a car wreck responding to his or her mobile device while driving.
“Thank you for your email. In an effort increase efficiency and effectiveness, I am now checking my email two times per day, at 11 am and 4 pm. If your situation is urgent, and cannot wait until 11 or 4, please call my office at xxx-xxx-xxxx and we will attempt to assist you. Thank you for your cooperation and I look forward to assisting you.”
I’m throwing this out there, be forewarned. If you use a connected device during mealtime, i.e sending a text, a tweet, an email, a status update, or take a call or surf the web on your iPhone in a way that doesn’t add to the conversation at hand, I consider you a jackass.
My belief is that if the Internet were invented 100 years ago, the etiquette of the day would have prevented horrible behavior like this.
And if you’re driving and typing at the same time, you’re lower than a drunk driver in terms of responsibility to your community and your loved ones.
Rant over. Just my 2 cents.
Greeting, folks. For the past two years I’ve been exclusively blogging for the legal cloud computing company Rocket Matter. I’ve done a few guest posts, but the Rocket Matter blog is my full-time blogging gig. Until now, that is.
Kevin O’Keefe of LexBlog, one of the leading voices in social media for attorneys whom I run into on the industry conference circuit, keeps urging me to blog as an individual (in addition to the writing I do for the company). He keeps insisting it’s the way to go. I’m not sure I agree. But Kevin’s a smart guy, and there’s only one way to determine if he’s right. So here you go, Kev, big experiment just for you.
I will also compliment this with the @larryport Twitter profile that I’m going to start using, as well as a YouTube station. At the least, I’ll have more inbound links to Rocket Matter.
So what to expect here? One of my areas of interest is how to remain responsibly connected, as we seem to be stampeding into an online world without thinking twice or really knowing what we’re getting into.
The question I keep asking myself is this: what is so great about our connectivity that we allow ourselves to text and email while driving, interrupt our family time to check email, disrupt vacation and weekends, and give away our privacy? We appear to be hypnotized, completely controlled, risking life and limb and following any new form of connectivity like the crazy black-eyed people in True Blood.
So get ready for some good, ol’ fashioned software engineer paranoia. But in an ideal world, my other interests, including being a dad, origami, history, media, technology, software, and photography will also make an appearance. If I play my cards right, I’ll be able find something that will bore just about anyone.