For my loyal subscribers, who are willing to show up here for one post every six weeks (c’mon, it’s really just my résumé disguised as a blog), I want to highlight my contributions elsewhere: I write twice a month over at Lawyerist (here’s a link to just my posts there). The many other fine writers at Lawyerist provide a steady stream of advice about law practice and legal marketing for law students, new lawyers, and seasoned practitioners.
But the seriously humongous peacock feather in my online identity cap is the Legal Geekery podcast. About once per month, Josh Auriemma and I yuk it up via Skype and record the conversation. I’ve never met Josh, but I know him better than even some of my closer law school friends. We cover law school, legal news, a bit of gossip, and many of Josh’s “funny stories.” Perhaps best of all, a bona fide awesome artist volunteered to “chibify” Josh and me for the podcast album art. US News was nice, but having someone use my likeness in an X-Files parody pic? *That* makes me feel cool.
Anyone who knows me (and apparently career services-types who read their email newsletters) knows that I got my 1L job through Twitter and this here blog. There a lot of reasons why social media, and Twitter in particular, is good for finding a job. Just last week, I got a DM from one of my online heroes asking if I was looking for a job this summer. That’s a nice surprise when you’ve been kicking yourself, even just a little bit, for saving yourself some grief by deciding not to participate in OCI.
Here are two recent Twitter experiences that made my life easier and, most importantly, made me realize that there are people out there, and they are listening:
- Bluebooking nightmare. After complaining about some inexcusably lame Bluebooking problem I was having, a few lawbrarians (@richards1000, @stephdavidson, @hmorrell) immediately jumped to my rescue on Twitter. That led to a conversation about my love for law librarians (more on that in the recent Legal Geekery podcast, episode 2), and accolades for one of my school’s key librarians, who I then emailed and encouraged to join Twitter. If you want to follow what more law librarians are doing, find links here.
- Babysitting assistance. Last night my niece and nephew spent the night, visiting my daughter. After putting the little ones to bed, I was up with the 11 year-old and a promise that she could use my computer for some online flash games. Problem with that was that I never play online games (although that may change now…). I quickly Googled “circle the cat,” a game my husband is fond of. That entertained for a few minutes, but then I tweeted for help. In just a few minutes, shortened links were pouring in. Here are a few we enjoyed:
I appreciate what Twitter does for me, and I know I’m not alone.
