LAWYERS AND THEIR WEBLOGGING AWARDS . . . For your review, I offer two recent sets of lawyer-weblogging awards:
I especially like what Dennis Kennedy had to say about the Legal Underground Podcast, which he named "Best Legal Podcast"--
My favorite podcast is Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground Podcast. Evan recently finished his 44th podcast. Evan's set a high standard of professionalism for lawyer podcasts - he uses scripts, excellent recording techniques, music, sound effects and creates a professional, polished podcast. He also created podcasts that run about 10 to 15 minutes (or less), a time that many people believe is the "sweet spot" for podcasts. Better yet, the material is great, often humorous and always insightful.
Meanwhile, if you want a more traditional-radio-show-style podcast, there's always Coast to Coast, which the editor of Blawg Review called "best legal podcast" in his set of awards. It's all good, and there's much more in the dueling blawging awards besides podcasts. So read them!
It's all good, and there's much more in the dueling blawging awards besides podcasts. So read them!
Evan, your recommendations are usually spot-on, but other than a friendship with DK, why would you send readers to that "awards show"? It was lamer than something a high-school kid (blogging about all of his, you know, like, really cool friends) would have written.
Posted by: Nashville Nick | December 28, 2005 at 04:43 PM
Just read the Blawg Review awards you linked to. It was actually pretty good. Not what I'd call democratic, but hey, I'd rather live under a benevolent dictator than fools in a democracy. (Of course, the ultimate question is whether any dictator can ever be benevolent, but that's neither here nor there.) The Blawg Review author actually linked to good blogs, instead of blogs written by his/her friends. What a concept!
I mean, if you're going to have an "awards show" like DK's, call it what it is: Blogs That My Really Cool Friends (And Me) Write, And That I Really Really Like. It's all good, dude. I love reading on weblogs about what people like and dislike. I looked at all the pictures from the Carey & Danis party. But pretending that Kennedy's awards show was anything above what a high-school kid would have written is almost as lame as the "awards show" itself.
Also, if DK is such a blogging expert, then his blog would be widely read. Where are his stats? They are hidden. (Or if they're public, I sure can't find them.) If I was a blogging expert (and a little bit taller), and had a big pimpin' blog with thousands of readers, I'd share the good news with the world. But when a so-called expert hides his stats, one has to wonder what's behind that virtual curtain...
Posted by: Nashville Nick | December 28, 2005 at 04:55 PM