It's been a long time since Kim had a tourist to show around, so she's looking forward to giving her father a stellar tour of Seattle and its environs. On the agenda: Chateau Ste. Michelle, Bainbridge Island, the Fremont troll, and plenty of great food--finally an excuse to go to the Kingfish! Before pops arrives, she'll kick the weekend off right, with Sera Cahoone and Zoe Muth tonight at the Tractor. Katelyn has been in crisis ...

tags: giant burgers, chateau ste michelle, fremont troll, season premiere of 24, seattle opera, chop suey, seattlest, urban hike, sera cahoone, bainbridge island, west seattle, pearl fishers, 50th state, crisis mode, oddfellows, tractor tavern, party tomorrow, donating blood, two loves, kingfish

Sometimes book readings are news because of the book; sometimes because of the author. With Steven Johnson, you get both. He's in town for a few days on his book tour for The Invention of Air: at Elliott Bay Book Company on Sunday, at 3 p.m.; Town Hall on Monday, 7:30 p.m., and holding court at a "Words & Wine" event at the Pan Pacific Hotel on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Johnson is as well ...

tags: elliott bay book company, joseph priestley, propers, invention, town hall, few days

Should someone be thanking Britney Spears? Not too long ago we were wondering if How I Met Your Mother was going to be renewed. Now CBS is rewarding the show’s cast members for sticking around. As a thank you for boosting Monday night’s numbers, the network has just given all five actors - Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan - substantial raises. Their pay bumps, retroactive to the ...

tags: how i met your mother, britney spears, cbs

Photo from FlickrAccording to the Seattle P.I., the Seattle P.I. is being put up for sale, and probably closing: The Seattle P-I is being put up for sale, and if after 60 days it has not sold, it will either be turned into a Web-only publication or discontinued entirely. "One thing is clear: at the end of the sale process, we do not see ourselves publishing in print," said Steven Swartz, president of the Hearst ...

tags: hearst corp, art thiel, sunset bowl, millstein, editor and publisher, money problems, space needle, senior vice president, brilliant idea, oglesby, favorite sports, sports writer, denny, sonics, ballard, thirty years, newsroom, condos, lincoln, seattle

"Window To 2004" by Seattlest Flickr Pool contributor Grundlepuck. Poignant... Here's the official notice at the top of Seattle P-I's website:The Seattle P-I newspaper is being put up for sale. Steve Swartz, president of Hearst Newspaper Division, told the newsroom that Hearst Corp. is starting a 60-day process to find a buyer. If a buyer is not found, Swartz said, possible options include creating an all digital operation, or shutting ...

tags: hearst corp, steve swartz, nwe, smart move, transitional period, breadth, competitor, contributor, newsroom, good luck, proceeds, seattle, pool, quotes

photo by Shawn McClung [flickr] and grabbed from our group pool [#] Just because you shouldn’t need an excuse to help homeless youth during this particularly climate-challenged winter doesn’t mean that rocking incentives aren’t appreciated. Tonight, the Whore Moans, Thee Emergency, and the Lost Episode convene at the Vera Project to make up for their “warm for the winter” show that was previously snow-delayed. Tickets are $9 [vera] and the doors open at 7:30; bring along ...

tags: weekend agenda, flickr, nphoto, hump, bikes, pool

Despite Twitter proving to be a very effective client development tool for lawyers, I shared 7 reasons why a lawyer still needed a blog. I also asked legal professionals on Twitter why they thought a blog was still needed even though the lawyers were using Twitter. Here's the response from legal professionals around the globe on why a law blog is still needed. Delaware business litigation lawyer Francis Pileggi (@fpillegi): easy to search ...

tags: lawyers

Uh oh:The Seattle P-I newspaper is being put up for sale. Steve Swartz, president of Hearst Newspaper Division, told the newsroom that Hearst Corp. is starting a 60-day process to find a buyer. If a buyer is not found, Swartz said, Hearst will pursue other options. The options include moving to a digital-only operation with a greatly reduced staff, or completely shutting down operations. In no case will Hearst continue to publish the P-I in ...

tags: seattle post intelligencer, seattle times company, hearst corporation, hearst corp, seattle times, steve swartz, operating agreement, printed form, ditch, newsroom, heart, money

It's one of the first questions I ask my son every day after school: Did you eat your lunch? Half the time, the answer's "kind of." Which means the carrots and apple slices are still sitting in the bag. Now, new research shows most preschoolers who brown bag it aren't getting enough nutrients, largely because parents said they usually pack what they thought their child would eat. One of my biggest battles is all the ...

tags: healthy snacks, apple slices, processed carbs, nso, blueberries, half the time, cupcakes, oatmeal, crackers, carrots, nutrients, resolutions, birthdays, new year, occasions, lunch, nit, parents

Three weeks in Asia gave us a burning desire for a burger, but a snowstorm put out the flame at Flame, so stuck on foot, we settled upon Hilltop Ale House to satisfy our craving. We've liked Hilltop since back when its non-smoking days mattered most, and we appreciate the neighborhood feel. The menu hawks the hormone-free nature of the burger, which comes on a baguette with sautéed onions and peppers along with ...

tags: frozen burgers, sautéed onions, burning desire, queen anne, ale house, tartar sauce, five cents, free nature, lunchbox, snowstorm, baguette, pickles, ketchup, lettuce, non smoking, top and bottom, mustard, hawks, fast food, potatoes

We know how much you like to Twitter. Now there is even more reason with these three new applications. twtcard allows you to make a greeting card with square heads and your allotted 140 characters. With twtpoll, you type in a question and multiple choice answers. And twtvite is an event manager app. Create your event and enter specifics including room for an RSVP. All three are free (donations gladly accepted) and can also be ...

tags: free donations, choice answers, facebook, fri, myspace, twitter, multiple choice, greeting card, rsvp, specifics, square heads

Tired of squinting at fine print? The Computer Magnifier mounts on your 17 or 19-inch display and gives you 2x glare-free images. Available in beige, it is priced at $109.98. The Carson E-Z Reader is even simpler. Plug the 10 ft. power cord into a wall outlet and another cord in your TV RCA input, place it over your book, newspaper or photos and the magnified image appears on the screen. The reader’s price is ...

tags: rca input, power cord, free images, photos

Those attending Mix 07 next week in Las Vegas might be interested in going to Beyond the Reader: Improving the Online Media Experience, a panel discussion featuring yours truly (along with Roger Black of The Font Bureau/Danilo Black and Tom Bodkin of the New York Times). It’s currently scheduled during the first timeslot on Wednesday morning. Here’s the abstract: Is it really possible to make online narrative content glamorous? Smart designers are complementing their traditional strengths in ...

tags: smart designers, danilo black, font bureau, portal digital, traditional strengths, wpf, bodkin, tv content, new york times, timeslot, panel discussion, wednesday morning, producers, las vegas, newspapers, magazines

While reading an article in today’s New York Times, I saw the following sleazy ad: How tall is Paris? Answer correctly to receive your Pink Laptop You’ve probably seen this genre of ad before, which offers free merchandise for a trivial task — of course, the ads always state that “Details Apply” in tiny text (I wonder how the FTC feels about these “details”). As stupid as these ads are, they’re not much worse than the advertisements for escort ...

tags: digital publication, nthe, tiny text, scummy, trivial task, back pages, free merchandise, sad state, nyt, escort services, new york times, ftc, advertisers, advertiser, tiffany, advertisements, laptop, publishers, genre, advertisement

Although I used to work for Microsoft on the WPF team, I’m not tied to the platform. WPF and its alternatives (Flash, HTML, Apollo, Silverlight) each have advantages and disadvantages and choosing between them depends on your requirements. Since I’m doing a lot of work around reading experiences, I thought it was a good time to go back and re-evaluate the existing choices. In this post, we’ll look at how each platform renders fonts at 9, ...

tags: bitmap fonts, reading experiences, sans serif, anti aliasing, flash 8, silverlight, old standby, nup, readability, alphabetical order, good reason, apollo, good time, platforms, animation, choices, newspapers, microsoft

I went to Adobe’s OnAir Seattle yesterday, which was a really interesting event that I’d recommend attending if you have the time. Unfortunately, I had to leave before the end of the day, but here’s a summary of the notes I took while I was there. The Big Picture Adobe’s goal is to let web developers can use their existing skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, and Flex) to create desktop applications. AIR (formerly Apollo) provides cross-platform installation ...

tags: adobe reader 8, desktop assets, flash integration, automatic application, application updates, html engine, flash support, javascript flash, web developers, onair, cements, desktop applications, apis, cross platform, drag and drop, local resources, good job, technical details, big picture, apollo

Over the weekend I spent some time seeing if I could replicate the functionality found in the excellent sIFR, using Silverlight instead of Flash. The result is Sistr. For the impatient — here’s a demo test page. Note This definitely isn’t ready for a production site, this is an early version for feedback purposes only. There are still plenty of bugs, trust me. Usage Download sistr.js and save it to your web server (or reference it directly from this ...

tags: demo test, feedback purposes, sifr, html page, test page, zip file, js, fonts, web server, bugs, functionality

A couple of years ago, Richard Rutter wrote Compose to a Vertical Rhythm, which described how web developers could use CSS to maintain proper vertical typographic rhythm when designing pages. The technique is fairly straightforward, requiring some basic math to ensure consistent margins and leading across all page elements. One issue that many people face with this technique, is that vertical rhythm can easily be thrown off by non-text elements, such as images. To illustrate, here’s ...

tags: richard rutter, page elements, text elements, basic math, web developers, rhythm, margins, jquery, images

Eartha Kitt meows and sings "I Want to Be Evil" live from 1962. You'll fall in love. RIP Miss Kitt.

tags: eartha kitt, miss kitt, nrip, meows, love

"You're a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses"

tags: fellow kitty, kitty cat, roman polanski, noses, chinatown, fellows

In the latest flare-up of violence on the streets of Seattle, three men were shot by a gunman from an alleyway in Pioneer Square at 2:30 a.m. today. Two of the men are in critical condition at Harborview, and the third has been released with minor injuries. While the details are nowhere near clear about the gunman's motivation, the SPD seems fairly certain the flare-up was not random and citizens should not--repeat, should not--be concerned ...

tags: pioneer square, alleyway, critical condition, minor injuries, harborview, flare, gunman, three men, spd, motivation, violence, citizens, rain, seattle

"Pure Cirkus" by the faithful ChrisB In Sea. LADY SINGERS: Sera Cahoone is an alt.country goddess-in-the-making, and to hear Seattlest Kim tell it, so is Zoe Muth. The two local musicians are reason enough to get yourself on over to Tractor Tavern tonight for some beautiful, rockin' tunes and a cold beer or two. Don't forget to wear your sexiest cowboy boots. 9:30 p.m., Friday // Tractor Tavern // $10adv, $12 ...

tags: peking acrobats, pure cirkus, broadway center, rockin tunes, sea lady, admission price, museum admission, seattlest, local musicians, burke museum, cowboy boots, sera cahoone, tractor tavern, chrisb, pacific northwest, bicep, cold beer, muth, n9, average joe

Discussion of whether Martindale-Hubbell is dropping its lawyer ratings system is running rampant on Twitter today. The original discussion on Martindale-Hubbell lawyer ratings began on the blogosphere last evening. In addition to well respected legal voices on the blogsphere and Twitter, the discussion involves some major players. Heavy influencers of opinions within the legal industry. Virtually all are asking if Martindale-Hubbell ratings are dead. Bloggers from American Lawyer Media. Law.com, the flagship online presence for the National ...

tags: martindale hubbell, international lawyers network, legal marketing association, marindale hubbell, american lawyer media, social networking site, law librarian, avvo, lexisnexis, twitter, conected, blogsphere, contributer, legal knowledge, hubbell, influencers, management professional, negative comments, follower, knowledge management

Fred Wilson has a wonderful post today on what can only be described as Digital Darwinism, a phrase coined by Evan Schwartz as the title for his 1999 book. The news is full of stories this year end about the impending bankruptcies of retailers, newspapers, auto manufacturers, banks, and a host of other businesses that have been the mainstay of corporate america for the past 100 years or more......This downturn will be marked in history as ...

tags: free case law, american lawyer media, digital darwinism, change lawyers, legal periodicals, evan schwartz, general publishing, legal publishing, nthe, legal directories, fred wilson, legal content, legal advertising, business models, creative destruction, auto manufacturers, dramatic changes, secondary sources, innovative technology, moneys

Martindale-Hubbell, dealing with a crisis to a core element of their product offerings (lawyer ratings), showed the legal industry they are ill equipped to participate in social media. Martindale-Hubbell did respond to Internet discussion (blogs and twitter) that the company may be eliminating its long standing lawyer ratings. Despite laying off all of the commpany's ratings specialists, Martindale says it has Big Plans for Martindale-Hubbell Ratings. Problem is that Martindale-Hubbell responded with a blog post that ...

tags: martindale hubbell, law journal article, product champion, company offerings, new vp, core element, product offerings, internet discussions, consistent flow, puffery, support strategy, hubbell, twitter, marketing team, product marketing, support structure, gold standard, lawyer, objective, transformation

As part of excellent Twitter discussion this morning on the future of legal media, Rex Gradeless, a third-year law student at Saint Louis University, pointed out a pending motion seeking permission to Internet broadcast from the courtroom. Professor Charles Nesson and his team of Harvard Law students have filed a motion to broadcast courtroom coverage of an RIAA trial. Nesson is defending Joel Tenenbaum, who has been sued by the RIAA for $1,050,000 for allegedly downloading ...

tags: charles nesson, courtroom coverage, internet broadcasts, judicial discretion, civil discourse, legal publishers, saint louis university, zeropaid, internet broadcast, nper, cnn, courts system, harvard law, legal content, public nature, courtrooms, administration of justice, tenenbaum, keen interest, democratic society

Bill Pollak, CEO of Incisive Media North America (parent to American Lawyer Media), and I have been exchanging thoughts on Twitter the last couple days about journalists leaving main stream media (MSM) to go solo. The discussion was precipitated by my views that legal publishing, like we've seen with newspapers, is going to see some upheaval. I see opportunities for journalists who've lost their jobs or are at risk to do so to start their own ...

tags: annenberg school for communication, american lawyer media, networking models, digital entrepreneurs, information initiatives, university of southern california, audience development, looking for a new job, management models, incisive media, plan marketing, legal publishing, social networking, entrepreneurism, content production, stream media, six figures, business models, advertising strategies, alternative news

Today marks the first time I've been back in the LexBlog office since this past summer. New monitors, new desks; it's fun watching things grow and change. After a few days away, here's today's roundup of the best posts from the LexBlogosphere. 2008 IPO Slump - The blogging lawyers and attorneys at Porter Wright on their Federal Securities Law Blog Ohio Finalizes Emission Trading Bank for Offsets - ...

tags: federal securities law, porter wright, emission trading, poliakoff, environmental law, legal news, offsets, star rating, slump, desks, ipo, roundup, few days, monitors, attorneys, lawyer, lawyers

Take a minute to watch a very brief video of Seth Godin sitting down with Tom Peters to discuss blogging. Peters, a best selling author on business management practices who began his blogging in August '04, tells Godin 'no single thing in the last 15 yrs professionally has been more important to his life than blogging.' It's changed my lifeIt's changed my perspectiveIt's changed my intellectual outlookIt's changed my emotional outlookIt's the best dam marketing tool ...

tags: business management practices, seth godin, order of magnitude, best dam, american express, nthe, tom peters, single thing, marketing tool, open forum, business owners, nit, blogging

On top of the usual posts on recent prominent cases, there's always a few developing themes. Besides the already popular economic downturn theme, we now also have posts on predictions for legal developments in 2009. How the economy is affecting personal injury claims? - Tennessee attorney James Ferrell on his Memphis Injury Law Blog FCC Proposes New Digital Low Power Fill-In Translators, and Starts Accepting Applications Immediately - Washington, D.C. ...

tags: james ferrell, economic downturn, tennessee attorney, legal developments, legal news, personal injury, memphis, economy

Lextweet is a new website developed by LexBlog showcasing members of the legal community who are using Twitter as well as what they are tweeting. Lextweet community members include lawyers as well as other professionals serving our legal profession. I have learned equally from marketing professionals, publishers, service providers, law students, and other professionals as from other lawyers during my time on Twitter. What Lextweet truly is and what it will become will be determined by ...

tags: adoption rate, legal profession, tweets, legal professionals, legal professional, personal matters, law students, twitter, followers, community members, launch, amon, bump, peek, service providers, lawyers, publishers, marketing

My name is Lisa Kennelly and I'm a former sportswriter who's left newspapers and joined the LexBlog team. I'll be bringing you some interviews and news tidbits, as well as links to hot discussion topics from the Legal Blogging group on LinkedIn. Here's a topic over at the Legal Blogging group that Kevin has blogged about in the past, one that continues to be relevant as more lawyers and professionals expand their online presences: How to ...

tags: worthwhile time, linkedin, social networking, news tidbits, energy investment, kennelly, sportswriter, presences, group member, discussion topics, publicity, lawyers, newspapers, presence, traffic

The makeshift holiday "weekend" and decline in posts made this LexBlogosphere a little harder to do but we still have several solid entries; some taking a look back at the year that was while others point to developments in 2009. New Year, New Rules: Alaska and Virginia Adopt E-Discovery Amendments to Civil Rules - David Bowerman of K&L Gates on the firm's Electronic Discovery Law blog Cutting workload is not ...

tags: legal news

I see more and more crap coming from plaintiff's personal injury lawyers who are trying their hand at blogs. The latest comes from Dallas Attorney Shezad Malik who posts 'Ambulance And Car Accident in Leonard, North of Dallas.' I wonder how much thought went into typing 'A 59 year old woman, and her twin sons, both 29 were killed,' and that 'Leonard is about 50 miles north of Dallas.' Of course the longest paragraph in ...

tags: personal injury lawyer, personal injury lawyers, trial lawyers association, personal injury attorney, target text, great equalizer, personal injury law, trucking accident, white hats, shezad malik, deep pockets, texas personal injury attorney, american consumers, toxic injury, association of trial lawyers of america, dallas attorney, google, injury matters, medical malpractice, nthe

No way of knowing if it's just the first business day after a long weekend or the combination of everyone's New Years resolutions but today had a surprising number of great posts. Carolyn Elefant has a good entry on her predictions for solos in 2009 and Stephen Fairley continues his series of posts on tips for law firm marketing during tough economic times. New 2009 Missouri Child Support Guidelines and Basic Support ...

tags: new years resolutions, law firm marketing, carolyn elefant, missouri child support, child support guidelines, missouri divorce, city lawyer, wortman, fairley, economic times, legal news, business day, kansas city

Many of you (we hope) are familiar with LexTweet, the website LexBlog launched on New Years Day. As Kevin explained last Friday, the goal of the site is to showcase members of the legal community who are using Twitter as well as what they are tweeting. There has been a lot of feedback and a fair share of suggestions for how to improve LexTweet. It still has a few kinks that need to be worked out, and ...

tags: new years day

As with most roundups over the last couple days, today's post has entries on what the year ahead will hold. Today, Frank Steinberg has some analysis on what new challenges employers will face in 2009. Is Diet Coke Plus really a plus? - Kansas State University student Michelle Mazur on BarfBlog Tiny Rays Of Light--Good News For Green Building - Philadelphia LEED AP Shari Shapiro on her Green Building ...

tags: legal news, couple days

A lot of different topics covered in today's best posts from LexBlog blogs. The best of the best include posts from the always-insightful Max Kennerly and an entry by Dennis Westlind on business groups suing to block E-Verify, the federal government's Web-based system that uses Social Security files to ensure that employees are legal immigrants or citizens eligible to work in the United States. Nearly 400 Sickened, Many Hospitalized, with Salmonella Typhimurium ...

tags: marler clark, poultry eggs, malpractice suit, legal immigrants, chicago lawyer, legal malpractice, security files, kennerly, crotty, business groups, legal news, salmonella, lexblog, coleman, federal government, social security, cheese, attorneys, lawyers, citizens

Twitter's been a game changer in lawyer networking, branding, and client development. But that doesn't mean lawyers using Twitter can forgo a blog. You still need a blog. Here's seven reasons: Twitter, despite a meteoric rise in popularity (mirroring blog growth of 4 or 5 years ago) is not used by enough people. As a lawyer you need to reach your target audience, no matter how small your niche may be. Your target audience of clients, prospective ...

tags: target audience, google search, environmental lawyer, internet writings, wall street journal, ndon, archived content, google, leading publications, dinner conversation, influencers, meteoric rise, prospective clients, new york times, twitter, attendees, paragraphs, virtue, niche, wall street

It's been a long time since our last LexBlog Q&A, but we're excited to get this series up and running again, bringing you interviews with some of the legal blogging community's brightest stars and names to watch. Today's interview is with Iowa real estate lawyer Patrick Burk, an attorney/partner with Iowa law firm Brick Gentry P.C. in West Des Moines. Pat blogs at Iowa Dirt Lawyer, one of several lawyers from Brick Gentry P.C. who have started ...

tags: patrick burk, dirt, lawyer

On the night of the BCS National Championship Game, we have multiple sports-related posts: Josh MacFadden on controversy surrounding the Hockey Canada logo and Scott Grossman on Denver Nugget guard J.R. Smith's involvement in a fatal car accident. Hockey Canada Logo Controversy - Saskatchewan attorney Josh MacFadden on his blog, Canadian IP Perspectives Dealing With Troubled Companies - Does Purchasing Assets Avoid Seller Liabilities? - The blogging lawyers and attorneys at ...

tags: legal news, bcs

This photo I shot on the Foothills Trail in Pierce County, Washington, makes me feel warm all over.It's a hot June day and that's the volcano Mount Rainier soaring in the background.I just posted this rail-to-trail photo, and a couple of others, to the Rail-to-Trails Conservancy group on flickr.comThere already are more than 300 photos in the group of people riding their bicycles on rail-trails all across the US...

tags: pierce county washington, conservancy group, rails to trails conservancy, foothills trail, photo group, rails to trails, mount rainier, bicycles, volcano, photos

browserwars.png. an interesting data visualization.

tags: browserwars, data visualization, png

WSDOT has announced they will be re-opening I-5 this afternoon after flooding and debris forced the state to close the highway by Chehalis on Wednesday. The road crews are hard at work making sure the stretch is safe, and will be letting trucks and then regular traffic through at some point later today. That's great news for commerce in general, commuters, and all the weekend shows who were looking at cancellation. Won't it be nice ...

tags: wreaking havoc, road crews, commuters, great news, cancellation, debris, weather, trucks, traffic

"Windmill Hamburger Joint Greenwood or Phinney Ridge..." by Wonderlane. The Rainier Valley Post has photos of the landslide that shut down then 9700 block of Rainier Avenue for most of the yesterday's business hours. Around 5 p.m. yesterday, the block re-opened to cars--this time with concrete barriers in place, just in case more earth thought it would be fun to interrupt traffic flow.King County jails are shaking things up in light ...

tags: phinney ridge, county jails, orange jumpsuits, hamburger joint, neighborhood news, seattlest, rainier valley, budget crisis, concrete barriers, nthe, urban arts, easy on the eyes, traffic flow, psyched, local music, windmill, landslide, inmates, launch, music news