LegallyContent is going on hiatus

We launched Legally Content a month or two ago as an experiment to sell legal content in a digital format. We began with Nicky Campbell's DIY Credit Repair Toolkit and started adding generic legal terms for sale. My intention was to facilitate more open access to the law by small businesses and consumers who can't afford legal services. I'm passionate about making the law more accessible, in general, and launched Legally Content and another ambitious project, the OpenLaw Project, with this in mind.

Unfortunately we didn't see the sort of sustainable interest in Legally Content we hoped for so I've decided to take Legally Content offline and rather focus on making legal content more readily accessible to our clients using some of of the ideas that have informed the Legally Content model. What this means is that we are going to close the online store and probably take the site offline in the next few days.

2013 has gotten off to a terrific start and I noticed my tendency to explore almost all my ideas and inspirations went into overdrive. Splitting my attention across multiple businesses and projects doesn't work and will only compromise the great work we want to do for our clients in Jacobson Attorneys and Web•Tech•Law this year (we have some awesome ideas which we are working on, many of which draw on ideas we had for Legally Content and OpenLaw Project). Instead, I opted to be a little ruthless about cutting back the projects which distract us from where we would rather focus our efforts and this means Legally Content is going back into storage.

A quick update for the holidays

2011 has been quite a year and 2012 is going to be even more interesting. You are going to see a couple changes here early in the new year and something pretty exciting in the Web and digital media compliance space. I am being a little vague because there are still a few pieces falling into place but I am excited about the changes. In the meantime, I have some office related news for the holidays.

The firm will close for a bit these holidays. For starters, its closed on 8 December (this Thursday) for the day. The firm will also be closed for the week of 26 December and we'll be back in the hot-seat on 3 January 2012. Aside from the possibility of a slower day on the 9th of December, we're working away like obsessed dervishes the rest of the month so feel free to dump that work you're been procrastinating about all year and go on holiday with the weight lifted while we get right to it.

If you are going away, have a great holiday! You deserve it. Be safe, have fun and, to quote How I Met Your Mother (an awesome show we have only just started watching), make it legendary!

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Heading to the Mother City on 18 April 2011

I am heading to Cape Town for the week of 18 April 2011 with my family. It will be a working holiday (I'll be working, they'll be on holiday). I expect to be able to in touch via my usual channels with the exception of my office phone while we are away so feel free to email or phone me (083 444 8260) if you need to get in touch.

Email interruption resolved

If you have received one of my business cards lately you will have noticed that I only have one email address on the card: paul _at_ webtechlaw dot com. I changed how that email address is managed on Google Apps in the last week or two and this caused an interruption to that email account. The issue has been resolved and the account is working again but any email sent during the interruption won't have been delivered to me. Apologies for any inconvenience!

Back to work

Wow, that holiday season flew past and its back to the office already. 2010 was a challenging year but I have a couple plans for 2011 and a firm intention to make this a far better year. You are probably either also back in your office today or starting to wind down your holiday in anticipation of your return to work. Its a little daunting with that year ahead but it also represents an opportunity to do some great work. I hope it is a good year for you.

In other news, our terms of appointment have been updated and the current version is 4.2. You can view the updated terms at and download a copy from the site's Terms of Appointment page. Please take a look at the terms and let me know if there is anything you find unclear.

A quick note about office hours

I mentioned in an earlier post that my family was expecting a baby. She was due in early January and made an early entrance on 12 December and caught us a little by surprise. Both she and her mom are doing well and our son is over the moon. I am going to modify my office hours somewhat as a consequence of our daughter's early arrival for this month. I will be in my office in the morning and will work remotely for the rest of the day. This really only has an impact if you want to reach me on my office phone (011 440 5132 if you don't have the number) but you should still be able to reach me on my mobile or email as before.