KiMformationPulling needles out of haystacks . . .Florida Bound (or Bound to Become a CaseMap Guru)- March 6, 2003 Well, I'm on the road again. This time, I'm on my way to the offices of CaseSoft, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, for a one-day, one-on-one training session, after which I will be a CaseMap Certified Trainer. Of all things, this opportunity grew out of my participation in the Yahoo! CaseMap User's Group over the past year or so. CaseSoft is waiving its normal fee in order to place a CM Certified Trainer in my firm, which has generously allowed me the time off and is picking up..http://radio.weblogs.com/0114894/2003/03/06.html#a147 Calling all professionalsbloggers . . .- March 6, 2003 Rick Klau wants to know, ". . . where are the other professional bloggers How about investment bankers Accountants Consultants There are more than 200 lawyers and associated law-types (paralegals, law librarians). That's a non-trivial number. But where are the other professions I'd be happy to be wrong, by the way. Tell me if there are pockets of these professionals out there." tins ::: Rick Klau's weblog I've been pondering this very question lately, but pretty much...http://radio.weblogs.com/0114894/2003/03/05.html#a146 Library Stuff- March 5, 2003 After finding out about Steve Cohen's blog, Library Stuff, in ABA Journal Online, I've been checking it out. (According to the article, Steve is an assistant librarian with the law firm Rivkin Radler in Uniondale, N.Y.) I really like this blog and think it's another great resource for paralegals. And it has an RSS feed.http://www.librarystuff.net/ Rock & Roll Library- March 5, 2003 Update: Scott Johnson announced today that the Rock & Roll Library website is up and running. via The FuzzyBlog! Looks great to me. I'm looking forward to the Music Archive Database (coming soon, demo available). Check it out, and don't forget to thank The FuzzyGroup for donating its web development services to this worthy cause.http://www.rocklibrary.com/ MyShingle.com- March 4, 2003 Carolyn Elefant, of MyShingle.com, not only writes great stuff for her blog (with RSS feed), which focuses on the solo and small firm lawyer, it turns out that she has a particular interest in paralegals. I was flattered to have received an introductory e-mail from Carolyn, and learned that she was on the University of Maryland Paralegal Studies Program's adjunct faculty from 1994 through 1998. She's interested in thoughts on solosmall firm lawyer use of paralegals, and...http://www.myshingle.com "Netting Information: It's Not All We Promised, But the Web Still Has Plenty to Offer"- March 4, 2003 "ABA article online. Jason Krause at the ABAJournal.com has an article on the evolution of internet legal research, with quotes by yours truly, Steven Cohen of Library Stuff, and Rory Perry. Check it out." Inter Alia This article is a must-read for paralegals. It's chockful of tips and links for doing such things as background checks and finding obscure information on the web, for free or for a nominal fee. One tip that I'm going to start using immediately is a service that...http://www.abanet.org/journal/redesign/03fonlin.html "When your medical records are indexed in Google, something's wrong."- March 4, 2003 Wired: "When your medical records are indexed in Google, something's wrong." Scripting News Read this article to find out how hackers are using Google to gain access to web-enabled databases. And then check your systems for this security vulnerability.http://radio.weblogs.com/0114894/2003/03/04.html#a137 Off to the Mardi Gras (or Revenge of the Blog Widower)- March 1, 2003 I wonder how many blog widow(er)s there are out there, and what they'd have to say if asked their opinions about blogging. I've been lucky so far, because my husband Brent has been very supportive and understanding about this whole blogging thing. (That is, aside from nightly attempts to lure me away from the blogosphere with reruns of favorite movies, like Pushing Tin and Best in Show.) Well, this weekend, it's Revenge of the Blog Widower -- Brent is dragging me off to...http://radio.weblogs.com/0114894/2003/03/01.html#a136 |