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Wednesday, April 27, 2005
About this blog - Thanks for the notes and thoughts - they are much appreciated
This is not my last post, that will be the end of this month. But I did want to say thanks for the notes and the thoughts in response to my announcement last week:
Mary Davidsen [Chief ELJ, OEA] - "Marcia, thank you so much for your years of service to the Blog.... I will miss your Blog, but wish you the best!"
Les A. Meade, Judge, Tippecanoe Superior Court No. 5 - "I am very sorry to hear of your decision to end your work on the Indiana Law Blog. It has become a source of information that I have regularly checked several times each day, and I will surely miss your work. It is a constant amazement to me that a practicing attorney could find the time and demonstrate the dedication that you have demonstrated over the last three years to maintain a blog and keep the rest of us up to date on legal developments around the state. It is a tribute to your dedication and your service to others that you have done this. I want you to know how very much I have appreciated all of the time you have spent and all of the work you have done. Your work has been a great resource to me and to the many attorneys, judges, and other people that I have referred to your blog."
Guinn Doyle [B&T] - "Sorry to learn that you are discontinuing your BLOG. I, for one, really appreciate you effort."
Allen Taylor, Digital Integrity Solutions, LLC - "I'm sorry to hear you're ceasing the daily updating of the Indiana Law Blog but as a former blogger I fully understand. I started following your blog when I was Vice President & CIO for Dura Builders and found it a 'must read' at the start of my business day -- a habit which has continued to this day."
Marty Lucas, North Judson attorney and fellow blogger (BigEastern.com) - "Say it ain't so... I'll definitely miss it, and no doubt be less well informed."
Jack Simmerman - "Thanks for your work on the blogs---I am not in anyway directly involved in the legal profession but have accessed your site 1-4 times per day."
Brrian Powers - I noticed on your Blog today that you plan to cease updating the blog at the end of the month. I was wondering what your plans were for the blog? I am a 3rd year law student at IU-Indy - and I read your blog quite frequently. Just curious if you plan to keep the blog and the archives online ..."
Kevin O’Keefe, President, LexBlog, Inc. - "Sorry to see you are going to stop publishing the blog. You have been a shining example of a good lawyer blog for a long time. I hope you have found the experience rewarding and joy and rewards in the time you will now have by not publishing the blog."
Bob Caylor - "Of course, I should have sent you a note of appreciation sooner, but at least let me get in under the wire. I've been checking in regularly on ILB for months, and I admire the breadth of your intertests and reading, as well as the judgment you exercise in highlighting developments in law, environment and business. It's been helpful. I'll be sorry to see the blog fade out. I hope that it at least scared up some contacts that will help you in business."
Several fellow Indiana bloggers have posted notes on their sites:
Michael Ausbrook, Bloomington attorney, has this in his blog, INCourts. Some quotes: "I am shocked and saddened to read in this post that Marcia Oddi is shutting down the Indiana Law Blog in something like a week. ... Any chance, Marcia, you're going to say, 'Just kidding'? If not, thanks for all the help keeping track. And just for all the help."
E. Thomas Kemp, Richmond attorney, had this in his blog, Kemplog. A quote: "Marcia has run a blog of high quality, high standards, and consistent production. I think her blog is one of the best examples of what a legal blog can be, and has been a great resource for the Indiana legal community."
Ed Feigenbaum, INGroup, made an unsolicited plea for a "white knight" in his blog, Indiana Daily Insight, that began: "We were disappointed to learn last week that the Indiana Law Blog is planning to call it quits after several years of providing unparalleled pointers to key items dealing with Indiana law, state legislative matters, and environmental policy -- and informed commentary by veteran attorney Marcia Oddi on some of these matters as well. ..."
Thanks Ed. And thanks to each of you, for your unexpected, but much appreciated, thoughts.
[And I do hope some of you readers will think of me when your firm or business is looking for legal and technical editing and publishing, specialized databases and web solutions, and for management of all manner of "special projects."]
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 27, 2005 08:31 AM
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