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GrexIt Take 2

Grexit

A few weeks ago I posted a video introduction to knowledge-management application GrexIt.

Many people apparently want to know more, so here is a synopsis of what this free tool can do. GrexIt works on the principal that vital information is often custom-crafted for each client, then buried in client communications. The application attempts to solve the problem by breaking down your messages by phrase, concept, even by word, then reorganizes those elements into a searchable knowledge-base. GrexIt’s performance has been documented by such high-profile blogs as GigaOm, TheNextWeb, and ReadWriteWeb. Check it out yourself and let me know if you like GrexIt.

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13

06 2011


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Opzi … it’s Quorariffic!

Opzi

You’ve heard about Q&A phenom Quora, right?  Well meet Opzi, the site started by Attorney Euwyn Poon that aims to bottle that Quora lightning and put in on your desktop.

Opzi is part bulletin board, part wiki, part e-mail in-box, part whiteboard, and part real-time-collaboration. The site threads, tags, and organizes every question and answer, then applies a powerful search engine and some machine intelligence. Voila – your office knowledge base grows effortlessly with every new question and answer. The possibilities are staggering. Deployed in a firm or across a group of solos and small firms, for instance, Opzi can draw information and resources, then deploy them when and where needed. In other words, instant knowledge-sharing.

Opzi is currently in closed beta. I’m just starting to appreciate it myself. If you’d like to join the experiment check it out here and let me know your thoughts.

12

05 2011


by practicehacker
posted in beta, business, closed beta, collaborative tools, community, cool stuff, crowdsourcing, current-events, disruptive technology, DIY, ESI, knowledge management, law, law office, legal marketplace, legal research, practice, practice management, realtime, search, software, startup, tags, technology, the business of law, tips, tools, web 2.0, website, websites, Wisdom of Crowds
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Google “Like” … I mean “+1″ is here!

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03

04 2011


by practicehacker
posted in apps, business, collaborative tools, community, cool stuff, crowdsourcing, disruptive technology, facebook, geolocation, Google Apps, law office, legal marketplace, practice management, realtime, referrals, review, search, social graph, social media, social media tools, social networking, the business of law, tips, tools, websites, widget, Wisdom of Crowds
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Google Offers … Sneek Peak

From TechCrunch comes this preview of Google Offers a/k/a the Groupon Killer.

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25

01 2011


by practicehacker
posted in business, collaborative tools, community, geolocation, Google, Google Places, law office, legal marketplace, maps, practice, realtime, search, social networking, the business of law, tips, tools, unbundling, Wisdom of Crowds
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Why We Desperately Need a New (and Better) Google

Google has become a jungle: a paradise for spammers and marketers. Almost every search takes you to links and sponsored sites that make Google money. Almost any popular search term will take you to seedy neighborhoods.

We’re fighting a losing battle for the web and need alternative ways of finding information. I hope a new breed of startups fill this void: that they do to Google what Google did to the web in the late 90’s—clean up the spam and clutter.

Editor’s note: Vivek Wadhwa is an entrepreneur turned academic. He is a Visiting Scholar at UC-Berkeley, Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School and Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke University. You can follow him on Twitter at @vwadhwa and find his research at www.wadhwa.com.

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02

01 2011


by practicehacker
posted in disruptive technology, Gmail, Google, knowledge management, legal research, practice, realtime, search, semantic search, startup, technology, tips, tools
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Aardvark – Part of Google on my Birthday!

via vark.com

On February 12, 2011 Aardvark, the realtime Q&A service, becomes part of Google. Happy Birthday!

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12 2010


by practicehacker
posted in cool stuff, Google, realtime
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