The now-Annual Tech Toys for the Holidays edition of the Digital Edge podcast is now available. Sharon Nelson and I had a lot of fun with this one and there are a lot of very interesting products covered. Even if you don't have time to listen to the entire podcast, we have included a list
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Reid Trautz’s 2008 Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers
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My friend, Reid Trautz, has published his 2008 Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers. Lots of fun and interesting items are included there. This is a good opportunity for the lawyer to drop electronic hints to family members. A November e-mail with "Oh, I was just surfing the Internet and found this cool gadget. Here's…
2008 Summer Reading List: Solo by Choice
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We are definitely into the 2008 summer reading season now and so I am going to feature some great summer reading materials over the next few weeks–all in the law practice arena.
I can almost hear some of you chuckling now. Reading about law practice ideas in your summer recreation time probably sounds very unappealing.
Summertime: Does it bring thoughts of Work/Life Balance?
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Well, you should be thinking of Work/Life Balance regularly and not just when the summer weather reminds us of a time when school was out and your schedule was open for a few months. The May, 2008 Oklahoma Bar Journal was devoted to a Work/Life Balance theme.
My contribution to the issue was Technology &…
A Family-Friendly Calendaring Idea
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Here’s an idea our family is trying this summer. Hopefully it will help us with scheduling and hopefully we will continue after the summer. We are setting up Google Calendars and sharing them so that you view all in one combined view. There are many other options for online calendars, like CalendarHub or 30 Boxes…
“16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School”
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OK, this one isn’t about lawyering or technology. It is about all of life. One of the really great things about the Interactive Web is how other online users can direct your attention to wisdom in places that you would normally have missed. "16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School" is a…
Marooned in Columbus
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When the Columbus Bar Association invited me to give several presentations to their solo and small firm lawyers, none of us knew it would be a historic day for Columbus. But Friday as I talked, it started snowing. And it snowed and snowed and snowed. As most everyone knows by now, the total ended up…
Site of the Week: Lawyers with Depression.com
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Following up on a prior post, this week I will feature Lawyers with Depression.com as my Website of the Week. Attorney Dan Lukasik had the courage to set up this site to help other lawyers dealing with depression and mental health issues. Some advised him that he would be at career risk if he…
Even Lawyers Get the Blues: Opening Up About Depression (within the Legal Profession)
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The Wall Street Journal ran a feature today titled Even Lawyers Get the Blues: Opening Up About Depression. One quote from the article might be surprising to law students or those outside of the legal profession. "That lawyers are among the most miserable of men — and women — is well-known. Some 19% of…
Reid Trautz’s 2007 Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers
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Just in time for the kickoff of holiday shopping season is Reid Trautz’s 2007 Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers. It includes lots of interesting ideas for presents for lawyers and laypeople alike, delivered with Reid’s typical understated humorous style. "OK, I want that and that and …."
Courtney Kennaday, Practice Management Advisor for the…