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If The Number '5' License Plate is Worth $6.8 Million, What Is Your Domain Name Worth?

The number "5" license plate sold for $6.8 million dollars in Saudi Arabia and another 300 vanity plates sold for another $56 million at last week's auction.  It is estimated that the number "1" will be auctioned next month for up to $20 million dollars.

The free market is just realizing the value of a domain name, driven by the fact that each domain name is unique and - typos and cybersquatters aside -  their 'one-of-a-kind' nature. Domain names are in many ways like lake front property (and yes vanity license plates).

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Updated Design for GAL

I have updated my design. What do you think?

Thinking about Technology

I’m doing a presentation on technology right now to our local Bar Association.  I have to say; even thinking about technology gets me incredibly excited.  Do I love technology more than law? 

Recommitting to Technology

Technology is not, nor will it ever be, the answer.  Technology is a component of business process. 

When you recommit to use a particular piece of technology, you are essentially recommitting to your internal business process.

We try to recommit to technology all the time.  We do it by sending an email around encouraging each other to get back in to the process.  I call it “working the technology.”  We all need to recommit to our internal business process on a regular basis.  Over time, recommitment not causes you to leverage the process you have in place but inevitably results in upgrades to the process as well.