2006

I’d never been invited to speak at or even attended LegalTech New York. So an invitation to do so was greatly appreciated. The only hard part of the decision was explaining to my family why I should go do New York City without them.

The show didn’t alter my bias in favor of ABA TECHSHOW…

The knowledgable (and very charming) Adriana Linares has launched the IHeartTech blog featuring "Technology Tips and Advice for a Lawyer’s Life and Business." I must be slipping. She started it in December and I just found out. Among other things, she is a whiz on law firm training issues.

I think her blog is going…

Since my last presentation at Legal Tech New York (more on that later) ended at 3:00 p.m. yesterday, I got home pretty late last night after enduring too much flying time. Perhaps it was getting too little sleep after a hectic three days that made me take special note of the idyllic beach scene and…

I am still surprised at how many lawyers seem to be unaware of the existence of metadata.

Metadata is, simply put, data about data. To look at some of the metadata in one of your documents, simple click File, then Properties. So when you look at the revision history of a document or check the…

Use of the Internet is just about a business requirement these days. But the Internet isn’t easy these days. From spammers to scammers, it just seems like there’s always some new online threat or annoyance. I get very angry when I think about all of the people and businesses whose "work" is to try to…

The Winter 2006 Issue of the Family Advocate is now in the hands of ABA Family Law Section members. This was a theme issue about technology, focusing on electronic evidence, with some articles on technology-related tools for the family lawyers and blogs relating to family law as well. Tulsa attorney Sharon Corbitt and I served…