Do you have a Downloads folder? I thought everyone did. But several attorneys recently told me that they had never heard of this concept. Every time I get a new computer, I right click on the Desktop and make a new folder called Downloads. Everytime I download a file from the Net, it goes into
April 2005
OBA Law Office Mgmnt & Tech Section Spring Retreat Photos
In March the OBA Law Office Management and Technology Section held its 2005 Spring Retreat. It was held at the Bunkhouse at Western Hills Lodge in eastern Oklahoma. Judge Charles Hogshead and Doug Loudenback served as official photographers, but that didn’t seem to keep them from being in many of the photos. The evidence can…
Cleveland County (OK) Bar April Meeting
The Cleveland County Bar Association invited me to the guest speaker at their April Meeting. I live in Norman and used to practice there, so they are certainly my "home" bar. My program was called "From Law Tech to High Tech: Improve Your Practice." Near the end we went into fast mode to cover a…
Review of Desktop Search Tools
From Tom Mighell, I learned of Adam Baratz’s review of desktop search tools, posted earlier this week. Put this on your required reading list and then start using one of these products if you haven’t tried one yet.
Site of the Week: Baby Name Wizard NameVoyager
At ABA TECHSHOW’s "60 Sites in 60 Minutes," the site I showed that got the most crowd reaction was the Baby NameVoyager. It is a graphic representation of all of the common names given to babies from 1900 to 2003. Try several of your friend’s names and see how names gain and lose popularity…
Live from ABA TECHSHOW (Sorta)
I’m biased, but ABA TECHSHOW 2005 has been great. I had correctly assumed that I wouldn’t have time to blog from TECHSHOW. But I’m going to multi-task during the program by David Masters and Ernie the Attorney on the Trial Lawyer’s Laptop. Former Oklahoma Bar President and Poteau attorney Doug "Dougal" Sanders is sitting in…