For the past couple of years, I have served on the editorial advisory board of a publication called Small Firm Business, an American Lawyer Media publication. Recently Editor in Chief Trevor Delaney notified me that it will cease publication and "transition to a Web-only format." I was not shocked. Between all of the print
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Site of the Week: Popular Threads on Solosez
Most lawyers are very, very busy. When I encourage them to participate in online communities like OBA-NET or Solosez, they often respond that they don’t have the time to read their own e-mail, much less sign up for optional messages or postings. (In fact, one really well-known technology expert and lawyer confessed to me yesterday…
Website of the Week: SeatGuru.com
Flying on commercial airlines is certainly no fun these days. So to make it a little better, when you make your next reservations online first open SeatGuru.com and minimize it. When you are making your reservations and it is time to request a seat, go to SeatGuru.com and click on the airline and then type…
A Fun “Website of the Week”
Here’s something entertaining. The Official Seal Generator site lets you design customized seals from a variety of colors, borders, graphic images and other elements for free. You can then either download the seal or copy it. It’s pretty cute. You could use it for gags, maybe some humorous corporate seals for some small business clients, …
One of the Best Places to Learn about Law Office Software
Is your law firm one that still needs to implement software to help you run your law office? Choosing among the many available options can be confusing and time-consuming. That is why many law firms choose to utilize a consultant to help them through this process. There is one Web resource that provides you with…
Site of the Week: ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
The ABA Center for Professional Responsibility homepage provides free ethics and professionalism resources for lawyers, such as an online version of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, links to many ethics and professionalism resources and various reports and studies. This is the place to retrieve ABA Formal Ethics Opinions. Access to the ethics…
Legal Technologist Ross Kodner’s New Blog: Ross Ipsa Loquitur
Well, the latest legal technology and law practice management expert to start a blog is none other than Ross Kodner. Ross Ipsa Loquitur is the name of his blog. Surely Ross’s name will be familiar to most of you reading this blog. It certainly is familar to many Oklahoma lawyers due to his numerous guest…
Site of the Week: MorePartnerIncome.com
Tom Collins is the founder and former president of Juris, Inc. He is presently a law firm consultant. From the name. one would think that his blog, MorePartnerIncome.com, (which is sponsored by Juris) might be a rather dull discussion of analysis of financial reports, partnership agreements, billable hour requirements, equity ratios and…
Site of the Week: Microsoft Office Online Home Page
Now why would I feature a web page that most all of you have already visited as my Website of the Week? And one from Microsoft at that?
Microsoft Office Online features things that you would assume it should: tips and helps for using Microsoft Word, patches and fixes (including the "Remove Hidden Data"…
Site of the Week: PCWorld.com
It’s really a great thing that so many print magazines publish so much of their content online for free. One knows that there have been a lot of heated discussions with editorial staff and publishers about that idea. PC World magazine has lots of great reviews, news items, public forums and other features on its…