About a year ago I wrote an article on utility software programs. Since then I stumbled across this web site "I want a freeware utility to …" listing 450 free utilities. Lincoln Mead of the Utah State Bar reminded me of nonags.com with more free utilities. These lists are worth having in case you
2006
New Orleans New Law – Community Revival with Technology
Today I am at day two of a program called New Orleans, New Law- Community Revival with Technology. This program has focused on law office technology in two ways. First we’ve had a who’s who of legal technology speakers and, secondly, software vendors have donated loads of software for these Lousiana lawyers trying to…
Get Ready for Windows Vista Page Launched by Microsoft
The new version of Windows, now named Windows Vista, is slated for launch in early 2007. Who knows when it will be released? But you wouldn’t want to buy an new computer now that didn’t meet the requirements without upgrade. So if you are in the market for hardware, visit Microsoft’s new Windows Vista: Get…
Don’t You Hate Losing Your Keys? (Microsoft Keys, that is.)
There’s been a discussion of Microsoft keys on our state bar member’s only discussion board, the OBA-NET, led by Oklahoma City attorney John Brewer and Tulsa attorney Ken Bodenhamer. When you install Microsoft products, you must have the key, which is printed on a label on the sleeve the CD comes in or on the…
Site of the Week: OANDA Foreign Exchange Currency Converter
Here is a nice currency converter site to add to your favorites. "FXConverter (Foreign Exchange Currency Converter) is a multi-lingual Currency Converter with up to date exchange rates provided from leading market data contributors and is filtered for validity. To get the exchange rates for any of the 164 currencies, select the desired currencies…
ABA TECHSHOW 2006’s 60 Sites in 60 Minutes List Posted
The ABA TECHSHOW website says it best: "Year after year, one of the most popular sessions at ABA TECHSHOW® is 60 Sites in 60 Minutes. This session is a fast-paced and often irreverent look at web sites that may be of interest to lawyers. Many of these sites are incredible legal or law-practice related resources…
A Few Tips to Improve Your Note-taking
From LifeHacker, here’s a really interesting post on how to improve your note-taking.
I really like LifeHacker and featured the site at as one of my 60 Sites in 60 Minutes at ABA TECHSHOW.
Not all of these ideas may apply to lawyers, but I really liked the idea of symbolizing your note…
A Tip About X1 Desktop Search for WordPerfect Users
X1 Desktop Search, which many of you downloaded for free from a link I posted earlier, has several Tabs for different search filters, such as e-mail, documents, etc. The documents tab does not include WordPerfect files. (A request has been made to fix that in the next release.) However, you can fix it yourself by…
A new carrying case for my Treo 650
OK, I try to help you out with tips and interesting information. Now I’d like some help. My Treo 650 carrying case doesn’t work for me. It has a belt clip and can fall off too easily. Plus it is just too hard to unsnap and remove the thing quickly enough when it rings. I’ve…
Ten Days Free Access from Wall Street Journal.com (and more)
From beSpacific, I learn that WSJ.com is celebrating its 10th Anniversary online by giving everyone ten free days full access to its content that is normally for subscribers only. Just click here. But I probably wouldn’t have mentioned that here except for the fact this information lead me to do a search that…