Jim Calloway's Law Practice Tips BlogAn Oklahoma-based weblog about law practice management, the Internet and technology as it applies both in law practice and in all of our lives.Yellow Pages Gather Dust- July 31, 2008 All law firms, including solos, need a Web page. That's my opinion, anyway. The Oklahoma City Journal Record interviewed me yesterday about attorney Web sites. I loved the headline for the feature, Yellow Pages gather dust as legal eagles flock...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/07/yellow-pages-ga.html 2008 Summer Reading List: The 2008 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide- July 29, 2008 I guess I should finish my Summer Reading List series before summer is finished! The 2008 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide is subtitled "Critical Decisions Made Simple." The co-authors are Sharon D. Nelson, John W. Simek and Michael...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/07/2008-summer-r-1.html Friendly Gifts or Kickbacks- July 28, 2008 I saw a full page ad on the back of a law-related magazine a few months back that bothered me. It was placed by a multi-state court reporting firm and offered a $25 gift card in return for the next...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/07/friendly-gifts.html Site of the Week: The Connected Lawyer- July 23, 2008 The Connected Lawyer is published by Bryan Sims. Those of you who follow legal technology trends probably recognize his name. Bryan is a regular contributor to Technolawyer and was named Technolawyer of the year for 2005. He also did product...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/07/site-of-the-w-1.html "I cannot open that document you sent me."- July 18, 2008 "I cannot open that document you sent me." We used to hear that a lot on the early days of law office computing as several word processors competed for market share. Well, we are starting to hear it a lot...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/07/i-cannot-open-t.html Announcing LegalWikiPro- July 18, 2008 Attorney Brad Smith, of the Barkley Law Firm of Tulsa, asked me to let all of you know about his new site LegalWikiPro. He would love for this to become a comprehensive substantive law wiki for lawyers. Since he is...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/07/announcing-lega.html Paste Special (Unformatted): The Next Generation- July 11, 2008 Copying text from one document to another without also capturing unwanted formatting is something most of us do daily. As a veteran presenter of many "50 Tips" or "60 Tips" programs, I have often discussed with my colleagues that using...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/07/paste-special-u.html Site of the Week: Nowthatyouare18.org- July 8, 2008 Those fine folks at the Washoe County Bar (Reno, NV) are cutting edge kind of people. (They have hosted a link to this blog on their website for a long time, certainly a positive "cutting edge" thing in my books!)...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/07/site-of-the-wee.html 2008 Summer Reading List: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007- July 3, 2008 I just got my copy of Ben Schorr's new book, The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007, and have only spent a few moments with it. I'm excited about this book personally. I trust Ben's judgment. I was a co-presenter...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/07/2008-summer-rea.html 2008 Summer Reading List: The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together- July 1, 2008 A snappy, short and informative title can really help sell a book. According to that index, I must jokingly note that my friends Tom Mighell and Dennis Kennedy scored one out of three with The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools...http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2008/06/2008-summer-r-1.html |