2006

I like a lot of things about my Treo mobile phone. There are also things I do not like. As I was discussing with OBA Executive Director John Morris Williams recently, one of the real annoyances of our Treo 650’s was the insufficient volume. It is really annoying that a phone manufacturer would release a…

Last week I featured 30 Boxes, the online calendar. Since then several people directed my attention to another online calendar, Trumba, which gets the nod for this week’s Website of the Week. Trumba has many advanced features like RSS Newsfeeds and subscribing to e-mail alerts. But a couple of features really caught…

Did you know that Microsoft Outlook will calculate future dates for you easily? In a new Appointment or Task, you can type 30d and when you hit tab, the date displayed is 30 days from today. Even more interesting is that you can type phrases like "45 days from April 25th" and it will calculate…

Technolawyer’s BlawgWorld 2006 was released near the end of November, 2005. It was a nice little e-book profiling many popular legal blogs. I noted its release then, but many of you may have declined to download it because you had to register with Technolawyer. Now it has been released for a free, public, no-strings-attached download.

Many people now participate in online communities of interest. Getting several opinions when you have a question about something is good, whether you do it in the courthouse snack bar or electronically. I’ve mentioned Solosez before as an example of a large online community, primarily of lawyers, that operates via an electronic mailing list.  Well…

30 Boxes is a nifty free Web 2.0 calendaring application. It is an online calendar you can share with certain others or make public. It may not be appropriate for a lawyer’s calendar or for a single trying to date several people without the others finding out. But it might well be appropriate for a…

I get a few e-mails tagged as high priority or urgent, e.g. tagged with that red exclamation mark. I’m not sure how many end users even know what means. If someone e-mailing me thinks it is urgent, they usually begin the subject line with URGENT!!! That usually gets my attention, especially if they fall into…

Welcome to Blawg Review #49

For those of you who have never partaken of the Blawg Review, it is what is referred to as a carnival. I am this week’s guest host. Yes, this is a carnival, an online traveling sideshow of sorts. Carnivals are where one plays what one may believe to be rigged…

If you slipped up last week and forget to register for ABA TECHSHOW before the Early Bird Deadline expired, I have some good news for you. The Early Bird Deadline has been extended until March 17th. Since this is a $200 discount, it is important to register early. Oklahoma Bar members can contact me for…