There’s been a fair amount written about Web 2.0 recently. My article for the January, 2006, Oklahoma Bar Journal is titled The “Next Generation” of the Internet? — Web 2.0. It is a bit longer than my usual articles because this is such a big topic. I also think that that the Internet is changing
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ABA TECHSHOW 2006- Save the Date
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As most of you know, I am quite a believer in ABA TECHSHOW, having served on the ABA TECHSHOW planning board for four years. I am pleased to report that there is life after TECHSHOW board, however. I’ll be quite happy to be speaking at ABA TECHSHOW 2006 with no additional adminstrative duties.
Here’s some…
Holiday Gifts, Predictions on Legal Tech Trends and Local Search
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What could holiday gifts, predictions on legal technology in 2006 and local search all have in common? Well, they are all topics featured in the December issue of the e-zine, LLRX.com.
As you know, I’ve already had two brief posts about Holiday Gifts for Lawyers, here and here. But Jeff Beard has a great…
Looking Back and Looking Forward: LPT Roundtable
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The December issue of the e-zine Law Practice Today has been posted. There is always good content in this publication. The feature article is Law Practice Today Roundtable: Looking Back and Looking Forward. Eight of us with an interest in technology were given a series of tech-related questions to discuss. It’s a fun article…
RSS and Government Agencies
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland decided to use a blog as an easy way to post press releases to the Web and do an RSS newsfeed at the same time.
So if you did a lot of federal criminal defense in Maryland, don’t you think you’d be setting up an RSS newsreader to automatically…
One Law Office to Go, Part 2
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Last month I wrote an column "One Law Office to Go, Please" in the Oklahoma Bar Journal. I also blogged about it. This piece was intentionally focused on the big picture and the major components to illustrate that you can have a mobile law office. I did not cover the details of what every…
Extra, Extra, Extranets
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Does your law firm provide an extranet for any clients? Do you understand why an extranet might be useful? Could an extranet actually pay for itself? Continuing my emerging Dennis Kennedy theme week, here’s his article on Extranets. It is a concise primier.
Oklahoma Courts Now Offer RSS Newsfeeds
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You can now receive Oklahoma appellate court opinions and Oklahoma Attorney General opinions via RSS newsfeeds at no charge. I believe Oklahoma is the third state to do this, after West Virginia and Louisiana. You may get more information and see the various RSS subscription options here: http://www.oscn.net/Applications/OSCN/rss.asp . I am proud to note that…
Your Color Printer Turns Government Snitch
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It sounds bizarre, but did you know that your color printer has likely been modified to provide information about your use of it to law enforcement? Yes, I know. I couldn’t believe it either.
In many color printers, there are tiny almost-invisible hidden yellow dots generated on each page which can be decoded to reveal…
One Law Office to Go, Please
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"One Law Office to Go, Please" is the title of my column for the Oklahoma Bar Journal this month. It covers the very basics of how a law office can be made mobile with current technology. I’d like to expand it into something more lengthy sometime, but time marches on and the Oklahoma…