— not confuse. Every organization and each person has their own “system” for naming the electronic files they save on their own drives. This post is not about that. (Though I am available for organizational consultations.) This is an invitation to think about how you should go about naming digital files intended for the public…
Hyperlink with care. When writing a brief, opinion, report, or other type of permanent document, including hyperlinks to online sources requires thoughtfulness and an eye toward future years. As a default best practice, writers should use perma.cc to create preserved and short links. Why? Think back to why you want to add the link. Hyperlinks…
No one is perfect and mistakes happen. This space included. But typing errors are often avoidable if we strive to use the already-available tools. I need to be reminded of this just as much as the next person. The reminder to use my word processor’s spell check—or at least be sensitive to the squiggly red…
You want your readers to see your bookmarks if you are in the elite 21% who made the effort to create them. (And there is no excuse to not create bookmarks!)
Modern legal persuasion is no longer limited to finely tuned written words, “incorporated by reference” throwaways to a mountain of non-text-indexed “attached” exhibits, or tightly framed arguments. There’s more. “Packaging” matters in the digital world. Even your “paper” letter or brief can (and more likely will) become digital within moments. [Example: a letter written and…