I want to direct your attention to an extremely useful article, 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology from the New York Times. These ten things are more related to personal and home use of technology. I wish I had written this article because I really like the way it gives one
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The Trial Lawyer’s iPad
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I resolve to blog a lot more about the iPad next year.
I think the iPad is a bit over-hyped, but still has many uses for lawyers, both personal and professional.
I see trial lawyers carrying iPads in courts in front of juries where that just wouldn't be done with even a small notebook.
On…
Websites for the New Year
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Websites for the New Year was the theme that Courtney Kennaday and I picked for our Sites for Sore Eyes Column in the December, 2010 GPSolo Magazine. The format is "I resolve to…" and we featured some sites and safe surfing practices that take a little investment of time to set up. But there are…
Super-charge your Conference Calls
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Conference calls (or teleconferencing, to be more modern) are a part of the lives of most business people and most lawyers. It is often easier to work something out with three or four people on one call than to use e-mails or individual calls. I think conference calls will be with us for some time.…
Pizza and Online Document Repositories
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Let's discuss a really powerful free tool that you may not yet be using. I hope this blog post will convince you that you need to set up a free online document repository.
I have been finding many interesting uses for Dropbox and have encouraged others to sign up. Dropbox offers 2 GB of…
Oklahoma Bar Journal Gives You Great Collection of Legal Technology Articles
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The November 2010 Oklahoma Bar Journal has a Law Office Management and Technology theme and we're happy to share them with you whether you are a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association or not. So pass along this link to someone you think might be interested and settle in for a lengthy session if you…
10 Tech Rules to Guide Users from Ernie the Attorney
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Many readers are familiar with New Orleans lawyer Ernest Svenson, aka Ernie the Attorney, and his well-known blog. I really like his 10 Tech Rules to Guide Users. (The paper is linked from his post.) It barely mentions specific products at all, but just covers concepts and attitude. I think you will enjoy and…
Lots of Practice Management CLE in Michigan
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On Friday I did six presentations for the 2010 Michigan State Bar Annual Meeting and Solo & Small Firm Institute. The opening keynote was Keeping Them Satisfied -Exceeding Client Expectations Every Day, which was followed by a workshop on the same topic with audience participation. The next two presentations were taken from the…
Is the World Wide Web Too Much Like the Wild Wild West?
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Since Twitter was hacked today, it seems like a good time to post my September 2010 Oklahoma Bar Journal article "Is the World Wide Web Too Much Like the Wild Wild West?" Download Calloway Wild Wild Web in PDF format.
The article begins: "The World Wide Web sometimes seems more like the Wild Wild West…
Follow Me On Twitter @jimcalloway (and stop by LexTweet)
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In preparing for an American Bar Association online webinar on social media, I stopped by LexTweet. LexTweet is a service of LexBlog that aggregates and ranks lawyers and others associated with the legal profession who use Twitter. I was impressed by how the number of lawyers who tweet and the number of their followers has…