2005

In the early days of computers, we used to customize things, including event sounds. Most of us think we’re too busy to do that now (or maybe it just got old.) Today some of the places where you can find interesting sounds to download are now pop-up, spyware and adware-installer havens. Then, of course, one…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

It is TECHSHOW Eve. I admit that this is not as well-known or widely-anticipated as Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve. But for some of us, it is a significant day. Tonight I get to attend BlawgConnect 2005, which is said to be the largest gathering of law-related bloggers ever. There will be lots of…

If you have any interest in the subject of podcasting for lawyers, then visit Blawgcast.com. They intend to provide a one-stop shop for the lawyer who wishes to podcast or at least learn about it. I’m far from the first to note their new site. Podcasting (placing sound files online emulating a radio broadcast…