Dear reader,
I'm Brian Thackston. Legal innovation for law firms, marketing operator, and the keeper of this catalog.
Quietly building tools for lawyers who would prefer not to do the same rote work twice.
I'm the Director of Legal Innovation & Digital Strategy at Whiteford. Quite the title! But I'm responsible for turning AI from a slide deck into a workflow attorneys will pick up on a Tuesday morning. Maryland Bar–admitted, firm-trained, and treating AI as a craft problem rather than a magic trick.
Attorney experience, searchable and pitch-ready
A searchable capabilities dashboard that turns a law firm’s attorney bios into pitch-ready experience lists, fed by one source of truth shared with the website and the firm’s AI tools.
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What I do here
Ready to build something useful instead of talking hypotheticals?
Strategy into execution and ROI
Everyone has some strategy. The hard part is transforming it into work that ships. I run marketing campaigns built on great ideas for owners who want a true investment into high ROI, season after season.
Built a marketing engine, not a brochure
Full-stack engagement for an owner-led firm: site, video, paid, lifecycle email, analytics. Lead volume up, CPL down, reporting in one page a month.
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Hiring a doer instead of a consultant?
A long-running personal writing catalog, of which this site is the public face.
A private list eventually wants to become a public one. The site is built around the cataloging and documenting I've done over several decades — recommendations, travel notes, tools, wardrobe.
Hoarding That READ/WRITE Data
Files live in computers — and sometimes in our hearts. On databases, sacred texts, and the people who read them.
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Here for the writing?
Lately
One per collection · newest firstRecommendations Wildwood Oct 31, 2026
A beautifully animated movie that's a teeny bit too long and a teeny bit too predictable but worth watching and looking past those because that animation is exquisite.
Tools Peak Design Wash Pouch Oct 21, 2026
Ensure you smell good, look good, and feel good with a toiletries bag that thoughtfully holds medicines, toothbrush supplies, and so much more (with a tiny, stowable hook that makes hotel accessibility ez-pz).
Wardrobe Navy KNOWER T-Shirt Oct 1, 2026
Official 1000xRESIST tee from The Yetee, design by Gazola: the Knower in violet, halo behind her, pushing up her glasses.
Resources The Game of Life Jul 18, 2026
An estate worksheet in thirteen moves that ends at a printer: where everything is, who to call, and what you'd wish, left for the people who'll need it.
Wanderlust National Postal Museum Jul 4, 2026
"Messenger of Sympathy and Love, Servant of Parted Friends, Consoler of the Lonely, Bond of the Scattered Family, Enlarger of the Common Life."
Thoughts Hoarding That READ/WRITE Data Feb 14, 2025
Files live in computers — and sometimes in our hearts. On databases, sacred texts, and the people who read them.