Writing

Notes on the practice and the medium.

Thinking about where legal work is going, why AI is a new medium rather than a faster old one, and what standards and technology law look like from the inside.

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New media always begin by imitating the old

Radio broadcast vaudeville acts. Film pointed cameras at stage plays. Legal AI is in its imitation phase: the same memos, produced quicker. Faster vaudeville is still vaudeville. Read →

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Coffee & Standards

David writes regularly about standards, open source, and technology law at standardslaw.com. Visit →

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