Wed, 07 May 2008 05:18:00 -0500

There are literally tons of books published on increasing your productivity and improving your time management skills. There are numerous classes, blogs, (I noted 100 of them not long ago.) websites, coaches and other resources to give advice in this... More

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:56:00 -0500

I think all-on-a-page news aggregators are pretty slick and I've featured several of them already this year. Law.alltop.com is a really nice example of combining many newsfeeds from blogs and law-related news sources. The great thing here is you can... More

Thu, 01 May 2008 05:31:00 -0500

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... More

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:17:00 -0500

60 Sites in 60 Minutes was the closing highlight of ABA TECHSHOW. As always, the presenters were entertaining, the sites were informative and there were some minor technical problems. J Tom Mighell, Reid Trautz and Craig Ball did the honors... More

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:40:32 -0500

Tom Mighell, chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2008, will join me for a two hour webinar on Advanced Internet Research on May 13, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. CST. Tom and I have done several versions of this program over the years.... More

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:45:35 -0500

Erik Mazzone was recently hired by the North Carolina Bar Association as the Director of their newly-established Center for Practice Management. Now he has started the blog, Law Practice Matters. I got to meet Erik at ABA TECHSHOW. He wanted... More

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:49:59 -0500

Just as there are many self-help books on the shelves of book stores, there are a growing number of blogs dedicated to doing things better. I think you will enjoy looking through this list of 100 Productivity and Lifehack Blogs... More

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:14:50 -0500

People often encourage audience participation by saying "Ask any question. There is no such thing as a dumb question!" Experience, of course, sometimes tells us otherwise. J But it is true that if one asks the question, they do need... More

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:00:22 -0500

Two recent articles caught my eye. A New York law firm has instituted a policy banning mobile phone and Blackberrys from major meetings. The University of Chicago Law School has shut down Internet access for most of its classrooms because... More

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:15:28 -0500

UPDATE: Since my original post, David Bilinsky has "responded" and alerted us to that fact that more secure laptops are now in the pipeline and we should expect to be seeing them soon. How secure is your laptop? David Bilinsky... More

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:08:23 -0500

This is not my normal Website of the Week. But first, a CONTENT WARNING: Due to the nature of American popular culture, it is highly likely you will find something that offends you on this week's Website of the Week.... More

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:41:47 -0500

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... More

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:07:00 -0500

An absolutely critical aspect of law firm success in the 21st Century is using practice management software. But is it really easy to bog down on purchasing a product since there are so many considerations. After one installs a product,... More

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:34:00 -0500

After hearing Marc Rotenberg, the Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, speak on the amount of our information that is available online and trends that impact our privacy even more, it is a pretty easy choice to name... More