Another useless exercise in social media…

August 15, 2008 at 4:06 am · Filed under 1

Yesterday I emailed an old friend, a former air traffic controller like myself. I asked him whether he used Gtalk, Skype, or Yahoo Messenger. He emailed me back a link to PLAXO. As I was wasting yet more time filling out my profile page, the phone rang. It was him. Why didn’t he just call me in the first place? Why did I feel like I had to get on PLAXO?

I have tried, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and now Plaxo. I was on Twitter in the early days and still am as Julynn, but I hardly comment anymore. All of these “social media” should really be called “time vacuums.” I have lost so much time to those damn pages I have decided to quit them. All my stuff will be right here on this blawg. Stay tuned…

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Worlds Collide

August 13, 2008 at 2:54 am · Filed under 1

I live in two worlds, one real, one virtual, although it’s often difficult to tell which is which. After over a year of splitting my personailty into even tinier pieces, I have decided to merge them. Let me explain….

A little over a year ago I created an avatar in the virtual world called Second Life. At first it was just for amusement, distraction, and discovery. Since then, virtual worlds have advanced. Many people now use SL and other worlds for business, education, and creative endeavors. I came up with an idea for a virtual law school in SL which is still a work in progess. The move into virtual worlds for many has created a new emerging field of law called Virtual Law. The leader in tracking this new law is Ben Duranske with his website http://www.virtuallyblind.com and his new book Virtual Law published by the ABA, Section of Science and Technology Law.

In SL I am know as Julynn Lilliehook, Avatar at Law and Founder and Dean of SL LAW School. Check out my other blog at http://www.sllawschool.blogspot.com/

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Who am I?

January 12, 2008 at 8:07 am · Filed under aglawyer

Today, a friend and colleague asked me which of my personalities he was speaking to when I called him from a courthouse meeting room. I said I didn’t know and I still don’t know hours later.

Defense attorneys are instant friends. Knowing nothing about each other, we already have hours of stories to exchange about our similar victories and heartaches. We speak a language half-scholarly, half-war story. This particular friend has such a  sharp mind he can reach into his own cache of case histories faster than I can finish explaining the problem. In other words, he knows the answer before I even articulate the question. He has saved me from heading down the blind alleys and boxed canyons he faced long before I became a lawyer. I am blessed he answers my calls.

This is not my first career, far from it. I graduated from law school when I was 38 and didn’t get licensed until I was 43. At 47, I find myself both at the peak of my law career and the lowest point; it just depends what day it is.

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