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It’s Happening: Instagram for Android in Private Beta & Coming Soon
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3 Reasons Why We Should Not Fix a Litigation Support Vendor’s Deliverable
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
This being the day we celebrate all things Irish, I can’t help but be drawn in by looking at the photos I took in the Summer of 2010 while spending a week in Ireland. I think that shows the value not only of travel, but of photography. I have these pictures to remind me of the grand time I had exploring Ireland and Scotland that Summer.
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The Importance of People and Process in Electronic Discovery
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What do the new iPad 3 and the new National Geographic show “Doomsday Preppers” have in common?
Mobile devices and eDiscovery = Doomsday?
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
And The World Keeps Turning….
Apparently, while 2011 was a year of huge changes for me, the changes just keep coming in 2012. I won’t be relocating again, but I will be switching jobs, and that is going to also impact what I’m doing on this site. I’ve accepted a Litigation Support Trainer position with AccessData. I’ll be based out of my home office, doing online training and various other projects from there, while also traveling to do onsite training, working at some of the various trade shows, etc.
I’ll also be contributing to AD’s eDiscovery Insight Blog (http://ediscoveryinsight.com/). In the interest of not competing with myself, or with the company that pays my bills, I will not be writing about the legal industry or litigation support on this site any longer, short of pointing you to things I write over there.
What does that mean for mikemcbrideonline.com? I think it goes back to being the blog it started out as all those years ago. A little tech, some geeky stuff, some personal lessons learned about careers and travel, and, of course, photography. I’ll still be sharing interesting articles in the legal and litigation support fields, here and on Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus, along with links to various other things I find interesting. There won’t be a complete purge of all things legal, but it certainly won’t be the main focus the way it has been for the last few years.
If you’ve been coming here for the litigation support stuff, I hope you’ll join us over on eDiscovery Insight, and I hope to be able to continue to share information and insights with you in various ways. If you’ve been following along for years and trying your best to weed through the boring legal stuff, I hope you’ll enjoy the new turn on the site. Just bear with me as I go through an adjustment period and figure out exactly what I’m doing around here. 
On a personal note, I’m excited by this new opportunity. I’ll be working with a great team, at a very exciting time in the history of the Summation product line. I’ll be getting a chance to teach others, and help them understand this crazy world of eDiscovery, on a regular basis. It will certainly make for a different 2012 than I was expecting, but a very interesting one too!
Hopefully, I’ll even get a chance to meet up with some of you in my travels, or at trade shows, so stay in touch!
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Good Career Advice
I hesitate to mention just one episode of the Career Tools Podcast, because they are always chock full of great advice, but this week’s episode really struck a chord with me.
Titled Keeping Your Search Confidential, the cast includes lot of great advice about being involved in networking, and having contacts within your industry. As they say, being aware of what’s going on in your industry, keeping up with opportunities that exist, and having knowledge about your own marketability isn’t being disloyal, it’s being professional.
Professionals know their own worth, are capable of immediate action when something like a layoff occurs, and are always open to seeking out better opportunities for themselves. They understand their career is exactly that, THEIRS!
Seriously, give it a listen, and then subscribe!
Careers in Ediscovery
I know, I know, I’ve been pretty quiet around here of late. I promise that will change shortly, after some craziness settles down into a new normal. In the mean time, my friend Jared Coseglia shared a link on Twitter to the new podcast he is doing in combination with ILTA:
In these podcasts, created in collaboration with ILTA, leaders in the corporate and AmLaw 200 world discuss the evolution of their careers and share secrets to their successes. Listen to these podcasts to learn what you need to do to bolster your own career.
Could be worth checking out!
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The Number One Mistake People I Interview Are Making These Days
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Finis Price : Our legal profession lost a good and decent guy
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Greenville Tourism
One of my favorite things about living in South Carolina, especially now that I’ve been here awhile and have gotten used to things, are all of the great photo opportunities. Not only do we live close to the mountains, but with the mild weather, there aren’t long stretches of the year where you don’t get outside much.
Also, there is a ton of history in the area to shoot. Previously, we went up to the Cowpens Battlefield, but this weekend we took a short drive up the border of North Carolina. Our first stop was the Poinsett Bridge, built in 1820.
This is in the very corner of Greenville County, and if photography isn’t your thing, this area is becoming somewhat famous as a great year-long training area for professional cyclists. In fact, George Hincapie make his home up here. (No, that’s not him, but we did see quite a few folks cycling for a February morning!)
After a lovely time exploring the bridge and surrounding area, we got back in the car for the short trip to Flat Rock, NC and the Carl Sandburg Home National Historical Site. Not only can you tour the home and learn about the lives of Carl and his wife Lillian, a very accomplished woman in her own right, but the land around the house is a lovely park/hiking area, and the goat farm is still very much in operation. .
You can even hike to the top of Glassy Mountain from here, however with my current struggles with a lingering cough, we thought better of the long, uphill, climb. We’ll save that for another trip up there. Anyone want to come visit and join us?
If that’s not enough to convince you to come, perhaps you should be reading Angela’s blog, which I swear is becoming her own version of Yelp for the Upstate. She’s been out taking photos even more than I have, and of course, she also has details on all the local food establishments that we’ve been trying out as well, in case photography, hiking, cycling and nature isn’t enough to interest you.
