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Interview with Peter Jackson, Chief Scientist & Vice President of Technology at Thomson Reuters

June 24, 2010

By Jason Wilson

My interview with Peter Jackson is up on Slaw.ca here. Jackson offers up a number of insights into the history of WestSearch, aspects of state of the art in legal search, and his take on the Steve Jobs’ affect. It was a fun interview with a great guy, and I think you’ll enjoy seeing what he has to say.

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Toward mouselessness.

June 18, 2010

By Jason Wilson
For power users, the idea of going mouseless is nothing new. For consumers (READ: lawyers) though, it is a significant change. Most people haven’t and wouldn’t see the need in adopting the “no duh!” shortcuts of advanced computer users. Sure, sure, we will acknowledge that keyboard shortcuts are probably more efficient, but I [...]

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iOS4, folders & the race for an eBook app.

June 11, 2010

By Jason Wilson
With the release of iOS4 on the horizon for both the iPhone, and then this Fall, the iTouch and iPad, users will be able to create folders of related content, say for “law.” By dragging one app on top of another, you can create a single folder containing them both and any others [...]

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The fate of nontextual elements in case law.

June 4, 2010

By Jason Wilson
I read with great interest this week Daniel Poulin’s post on Slaw discussing “Illustrated Judgments.”
This column is about … the growing presence of non-textual elements in the judicial discourse. Reference to video and eventually inclusion of videos in judgments are certainly the more spectacular innovations, however, inclusion of images or graphical elements in [...]

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The changing face of content creation.

May 26, 2010

By Jason Wilson
Over the last couple of weeks, particularly the last two days, some interesting news has been released that is making me question how we might one day create analytical materials for the law.
First, 48 Hour Magazine was launched and managed to obtain, curate, edit, layout, and publish content for an entire magazine in [...]

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In the future, will all meta be discoverable?

May 21, 2010

By Jason Wilson
At the Office 2010 Launch, John Weston unveiled this video from Microsoft’s Office Labs dubbed “Productivity Future Vision.” Weston stated that all of the devices in the video are “working prototypes” that should come to market in 5-7 years, and the only thing in it that wasn’t realistic was the amount of leg [...]

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How would you like me to write that … Dave?

May 18, 2010

By Jason Wilson
Thanks to Mike Shatzkin, I started thinking about January 2011. It’s like reading those fools over at Publishr, who have this annoying habit of making you think about what will be, rather than what is now. I hate it, but you know, secretly love it. Seriously, do you know anyone in the legal [...]

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