One of the sites I showed at ABA TECHSHOW'S 60 Sites in 60 Minutes was Wordle. The producers even call it a toy. They say "Wordle is a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text." But
Website of the Week
Site of the Week: Larry Bodine LawMarketing Blog
Larry Bodine is well-known in the legal marketing field. His blog is a great source of marketing information. Just scroll down and see his posts on the Yellow Pages, Twitter, controversial Internet marketing and a guest post on marketing a small firm on a shoestring budget. If you have never visited the blog before…
Site of the Week: 3 Geeks and a Law Blog
3 Geeks and a Law Blog is a site I've been meaning to feature here for quite some time. Here's how the three"geeks" describe their blog: "A law blog addressing the foci of 3 intrepid law geeks, specializing in their respective fields of knowledge management, Internet marketing and library sciences, melding together to form the…
Site of the Week: The Invent Blog®
Some of you must have read the subject line and wondered why I would pick The Invent Blog® as my Website of the Week. While it is true that I typically do not feature substantive law blogs, this is a great blog with value to most everyone. I met Stephen M. Nipper at an ABA…
Website of the Week: Courtoons
The practice of law is stressful. Lighten up a bit from time to time by visiting the Courtoons site from David Mills. He features a daily legal cartoon. There are some wickedly funny Courtoons there. Today someone forwarded me a recent one on How lawyers use technology to make life easier. It reminded me…
Site of the Week: JAllenLawTek
I've been meaning to note the JAllenLawTek blog since it debuted last year. I've known Jeff Allen for quite a few years now and have been a co-panelist with him on several occasions. He stays up to speed on most aspects of law office, including mobile phones and other types of gadgets. He is also a long-time…
Site of the Week: Wired.com
For years, if you wanted to read cutting-edge, mind expanding, futuristic material, you just had to grab a copy of Wired magazine or go to its website. While many say staff changes and the passage of time has caused Wired to lose its edge, I submit the following collection from its most popular and "most…
ABA Journal Names Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips to 2008 Blawg 100
Being named to the ABA Journal's 2008 Blawg 100 was a most exciting honor. Thanks to the staff of the ABA Journal and congratulations to the other bloggers who were named to the list. It is worth your time to review the list. It turns out that 50 of the honorees this year were not included…
Drinking the Google Kool-Aid
Today I want to write a little bit about Google. This is inspired by David Carr's article in the New York Times Google Seduces with Utility, where he discusses his ever-growing relationship with Google. Check out his article. I find myself in the same place. Every few months I learn of a new…
Site of The Week: LawProse’s Educational Video Clips
This week's Website of the Week is the collection of educational video clips from LawProse. These contain some great two- or three-minute lessons on legal writing. In particular, I suggest you view the interviews with U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas. You will find both videos thought-provoking. Scroll down to the archives for a lot of additional material. (I…