Appellate Law

Microblog Roundup 10/01/08

By D. Todd Smith

Taking a page from tech guru Dennis Kennedy's book, and as an extension of what I did here, I'm going to experiment with posting occasional roundups from my Twitter feed on this blog.  (Dennis, Walter Olson, and at least a few others have taken to calling their Twitter accounts "microblogs," which seems both accurate and catchy to me, so I will do the same.)  I'll lead off each microblog roundup with with an introduction that goes something like this:

Microblogging consists of brief text updates published broadly or to a restricted group chosen by the author.  My microblog can be found on Twitter at @dtoddsmith, where I invite you to become a follower.  As evidence that I'm not a total law dork, the content there is a little more personal, but I try not to go overboard.

Recent microblog posts include:

Have a case before the Third Court of Appeals in Austin? Check out http://tinyurl.com/3oo9ys. about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck

Filed major appellate brief yesterday after a week of total immersion. Did I miss anything? 09:01 AM September 30, 2008 from TweetDeck

Reading Paul Lippe's "Welcome to the Future: Law After the Boom," http://tinyurl.com/3ehqvu. Change or die? 08:33 AM September 30, 2008 from TweetDeck

To someone like me, who has been watching Cowboys-Redskins since the Staubach days, the loss is painful. Especially by 2. At home. 12:52 AM September 29, 2008 from TweetDeck

No shame in TCU losing to new #1 OU in Norman. But why drop TCU out of Top 25 altogether? With a win, Frogs would've been Top 10. 03:15 PM September 28, 2008 from TweetDeck

Can #24 TCU upset #2 OU? OU has 1 non-con loss at home under Stoops--to TCU in '05. With USC loss, OU's #1 if it wins. Somebody say spoiler! 04:42 PM September 26, 2008 from TweetDeck

Wondering what I have to do to be named a Texas Super Lawyer. There are some, but solos are pretty rare on this list. 03:32 PM September 26, 2008 from TweetDeck

@denniskennedy If I incorporate microblog concept, I'll probably resist "what I ate for breakfast" tweets and go for more subs ... ... 09:43 PM September 23, 2008 from TweetDeck in reply to denniskennedy

Took older son to schoolmate's 7YO b-day party at BlazerTag this evening. Dads have as much fun as the kids. Guess who had high score? 09:06 PM September 23, 2008 from TweetDeck

Working on an appeal in a PI case. Record from 4-day jury trial exceeds 3,700 pages. Woo hoo! 09:39 AM September 23, 2008 from TweetDeck

Interested in @denniskennedy and @walterolson "microblog" experiment. Used wisely, seems like a decent way of generating new blog content. 08:53 AM September 23, 2008 from TweetDeck

Finally getting kids down and turning to Cowboys-Packers. Looks like quite a contest. Gotta love Lambeau, but not the same w/out Favre. 08:26 PM September 21, 2008 from twitterrific

Continuing the "5 Blogs & 5 Blawgers" meme at http://is.gd/2VNj. Tagged @inhouserants and hope the anonymous blogger weighs in. 06:21 PM September 21, 2008 from web

Making the boys breakfast and reading about Bush's $500 billion bailout plan. 07:43 AM September 20, 2008 from twitterrific

iPhone users: Do you have a favorite case/holster? Haven't found one that compares to my BlackBerry leather swivel yet. Details please. 01:56 PM September 19, 2008 from web

Insightful post from Ryan Roberts on treating solo law practice as a startup venture: http://is.gd/2QzI. Anyone going solo should read. 10:27 AM September 19, 2008 from twhirl

Filed a reply brief and had a post-judgment hearing yesterday. Sitting down to work on an appellees' brief now. Looking for motivation ... ... 10:07 AM September 19, 2008 from twhirl

Getting back from court in neighboring county. Was treated very nicely for a "big city" lawyer, though opp counsel is from Austin as well. 05:18 PM September 18, 2008 from twhirl

New blog posts particularly relevant to Texas Supreme Court watchers and appellate-lawyer wannabes: http://is.gd/2IZl & http://is.gd/2IZr. 05:01 PM September 16, 2008 from twhirl

As always, comments are welcome.

Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).