Blogs, News Feeds, Podcasts, Video Blogs and Wikis
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A bit of background information from Delia is given here.
For Irish blogs, see here and for just a few selected USA and international blogs, see here.
A list of blogs provided specifically by barristers is provided here (also included on this page).
A categorised list of UK law blogs is provided by Nick Holmes on his infolaw site here.
Where has this gone?
For lots and lots....
A news feed is the way that you (the end user) can identify the blogs you wish to see and have
the latest entries automatically brought to your computer. The process is called RSS (Remote
Site Syndication) and you download special software to set this up. The blogger has to provide
the information in a particular way to enable this to happen and not all blogs offer this facility.
And not all people who read blogs want this information “popping up” on their screen when they
are in the middle of doing something else.
A podcast is an audio programme in MP3 format, designed to be “broadcast” to mobile devices
such as the i-pod (whence the name), various PDA’s and smart phones. The programmes can
also be downloaded to any modern PC, which provides a method of accessing podcasts for
those for whom downloading music and then listening whilst working out at the gym is a skill
too far! For real devotees, the process can be automated with RSS so you are notified of all
new podcasts and can download them very easily for later consumption. Podcasts have
suddenly leapt into the public consciousness because of Ricky Gervais’ recent series of
podcasts for the Guardian.
A video blog (or video cast or vlog) is a short video which the blogger provides on their site and which is downloaded
and viewed on the user's computer. There is only one legal video blog that I know of, so far -
described under the Human Law blog below.
A wiki is a free, collaborative, online "database". Anyone can search for information or add new information.
Whilst this may seem to be anarchy, the wiki automatically keeps a log of changes so the identity of the
person making them can be seen and the concept already works very well for the massive and successful
Wikipedia (subject to occasional arguments!).
Wikis are here.
Comments or queries? email delia@venables.co.uk
Wikis
i) Caselaw; regularly updated commentaries on the cases, with links to the full text judgments on Bailii.
(Bailii contains nearly every judgment, but no specific commentary.)
ii) Legislation; a simple and up-to-date commentary on the Mental Health Act 1983 and related legislation.
iii) General articles to explain the concepts and terminology used in the caselaw and legislation sections.
To add to the wiki, you have to register (create an "account") but it is free and all lawyers and health care
professionals are invited to contribute their knowledge and expertise. The site has been set up by
mental health solicitor Jonathan Wilson.
Irish Legal blogs
Partly UK Blogs
USA and international Blogs
Background to these topics
A blog is a website designed for frequently added news items which can be set up using
various templates and where the detailed work of running a website is done for the blogger by
the blogging service provider. This enables interesting (or indeed, uninteresting) people to give
us their views without delay, generally on a particular topic. There are lots of legal blogs
(sometimes called blawgs) in the USA but very few in the UK or Ireland.
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