Published By Jim Calloway
The subject line of this post is obvious in many ways, but there’s really some depth behind it. In all of our endeavors, we are generally satisfied when we get what we expect. (Well, that may not be true for the pessimists, but this post isn’t about them.)
Therefore it is important to the attorney-client…
Let me start by saying that I generally hate lawyer ads on television. I’ve seen many of them and they are generally tacky and detrimental to the public’s perception of the legal system and the legal profession. Of course it could be said that they reflect the state of modern television. But having said that…
I have several good friends and colleagues who do similar work for other state bars and Canadian law societies. We have some great discussions via e-mail. Recently we had a lengthy discussion about who or what answers your phone. For many law firms, economic reality dictates that the firm should no longer pay a full-time…
Microsoft Outlook’s autocomplete feature is handy. You type in a few letters of an e-mail address and the rest is filled in for you. But there’s more to the feature than first meets the eye. Noted legal technologist Ross Kodner believes the feature is so dangerous it should be disabled in all law firms. (I’ll…
As a young lawyer, one of my early "finds" was the Directory of Oklahoma. The book was later renamed the Oklahoma Almanac. This thick book was published every other year by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. It contains a wealth of information about our state, local government, geography and such. I always loved having…
Here’s a draft order (allegedly) from U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida that should give a chuckle to every litigator who has been locked in a ridiculous discovery dispute.
Self-Improvement and flat fees. What do these two topics have in common? Not much except that they were both the subject of good articles in June’s Law Practice Today.
Tom Mighell’s Strongest Links column is about web sites that help you improve. But these are not, for the most part, self-motivational websites. Rather as…
Well, honestly you couldn’t have a more plain and simple looking interface than Google’s. But maybe a bit more can be even more simple, or at least more functional. Check out Simply Google. Thanks to Debbie Foster for this tip. This page also led me to visit Google Current for the first time. Google…
I know that many of you could not care less, but this article, BIOS A to Z, was highly recommended to me and might be quite useful for those who like to tinker (or those whose equipment is forcing them to learn.)
The article begins: "The Basic Input Output System – aka BIOS -resides…
Tom Mighell and I were discussing digital cameras at the recent New Orleans technology conference. He mentioned something that I at first thought was more of a humorous story than a true tech tip, but after thinking about it and sharing it with others, I have been encouraged to post it here. (Maybe they…