OK, if you aren’t doing your data backups properly, if your staff backs up most of the data but not all, or if you don’t back up the laptop because "a lot" of the data is on the network, you are hearby sentenced to go to Engadget’s Worst Data Disaster contest and read horror stories
February 2005
Site of the Week-Refdesk.com
Our website of the week is Refdesk.com. This is certainly a classic site in that it has been on the WWW for ten years. But you still will not find a site that has more easily-located links to factual information. Whether you need to find a list of all the newspaper web sites in…
Twelve Ways Technology Can Make You a Better Trial Lawyer
Today "Twelve Ways Technology Can Make You a Better Trial Lawyer" was posted to Notes from the Legal Underground by David Swanner. It is, in my judgment, a "must read" for all lawyers, even those who never see the inside of a courtroom. Read it once. Read it twice. Add it to your…
ABA TECHSHOW Early Bird Deadline Extended
We’ve extended the early bird registration for ABA TECHSHOW until March 4, 2005. Registering before that date saves you $100. As many of you know, I’m the Chair of ABA TECHSHOW this year. We had a TECHSHOW Board conference call yesterday. We’re so excited about this year’s TECHSHOW. There are so many hot tech issues…
“What do you like best about being a lawyer?”
"What do you like best about being a lawyer?" was a short post on the The (Legal) Underground blog. But the dozens of thoughtful, insightful and totally pointless comments posted by lawyers and law students have made it an entertaining, if almost booklet-length, read. Go add your own comment. (Makes me wish I had…
Mac Lawyers & iPod Users
Not knowing much about a topic never stopped me from briefing it, so why shouldn’t I write about Macs in the law office? In the February 12, 2005, Oklahoma Bar Journal my article "Macs Become a Familiar Sight in Law Offices" appears, along with a sidebar about my new favorite gadget, "The iPod: …
Site of the Week – ResidentAgentInfo.com
I remember when Maryland Lawyer Terry Berger decided to build this site quite some time ago. He decided to compile a list of how you locate service agents in the various states. Many did not have online access back then. Using the resources of the listserv Solosez, he worked until he had a complete…
Top 100 Gadgets
OK, this may not have a lot to do with law, but you know you’ll have to read Mobile PC’s Top 100 Gadgets of All Time as soon as you see #99 is the Swingline 747 Stapler and #98 is the Pez Dispenser.
Do firms have to pay paralegals overtime?
According to this story in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly, the Department of Labor has issued an opinion letter on January 7 stating that even a paralegal with a four year degree and a paralegal certificate does not qualify for an exemption to overtime pay requirements. I couldn’t easily find the opinion letter on the website.
Anagram to Improve Your Outlook Contacts
Al Nye the Lawyer Guy just posted a positive review of Anagram. I’m sure many of your Outlooks contacts look like mine, with just a name and an e-mail address. You can right click on the sender’s name in an e-mail and add it to your Contacts, but you have to type (or copy…