The Library of Congress is posting dozens of speeches and other presentations on all sorts of issues, in topics including biography, performing arts, education, government, law, poetry and literature, religion, and technology.***Thanks to Tom Mighell & his Internet Legal Research Weekly.
Library of Congress Webcasts
True Knowledge is an internet search company based in Cambridge, England. Their unique technology represents general knowledge in a form that computers can understand and process. They are using it to build a repository of the world’s knowledge that can be used to directly answer questions from humans and other computers. Think of this as a Wikipedia-type search engine, just starting up. It should be interesting to watch the growth. Will it become a phenomenon like Wikipedia or will it fizzle. If you enjoy sharing your knowledge, legal and otherwise, with others, try the beta.
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At ABA TECHSHOW 2008, they’re going “social” in a big way! They’re harnessing the power of the Internet to help their conference attendees communicate and network better with each other. This ABA TECHSHOW Buzz page will be a place where you can read blog posts, see pictures from the conference, follow updates from attendees, or even check out some of the websites being talked about at the show - all for free! TECHSHOW BUZZ Page, its almost like being there–but cheaper. *** Thanks to Robert Ambrogi.
ABA TECHSHOW BUZZ
“Scripting for Lawyers is a weblog that will explore all facets of scripting. From learning about the various scripting languages to writing our own scripts to digging into the guts of the operating system, together we will attempt to understand the ways that our computers can make you more efficient, more productive, and more profitable.
As the name of this weblog suggests, I’ll focus on how lawyers, especially those lawyers who use Macs, can use scripts to boss around their applications and data. Although scripts often operate on their own, many scripts can be used in connection with databases, text editors, word processors, calendars, and e-mail applications. As such, we’ll also look at setting up a database and using scripts to push that data into the other applications.
ll also explore how to access Web services to grab data to put into your application.”
I have used TimeSlips for many years. Even though my Mac version was “orphaned” 9 years and two corporate owners ago, it just keeps chugging along. The PC version is updated regularly. Sage owns the product now and sells a host of complimentary and supplementary programs.You can see a free demo online and download a free trial here. At $499.00 TimeSlips is more expensive than it was when I bought it about 16 years ago. TimeSlips operates on the basic model of filling in all of your information on an electronic time slip. The program has more flexibility than anything else I’ve seen. You can enter time in any units..keep running time or enter episodically (for those who bill monthly-when they can get to it)…the program also can be used for flat fees and the new “value billing” if you wish to bill without using an hourly rate. You can keep track of multiple lawyers and paralegals, all at different rates for each person or for each client. The invoice templates are quite good and you can customize with your own graphics. You can charge interest; e.g., 9% after 30 days. You can add messages to the invoices, including aged balances. You can round off to minimum time units.The time slips are fully searchable and the program can provide reports on who you are billing and how much. I find the historical reports useful to classify clients into A, B, C, or D…you can see who the time wasters are and get rid of them on an objective basis. The only draw back I see to TimeSlips is the initial learning curve is higher than for some other programs, which do much less. The Mac version is easier to learn. The PC version has training materials available, along with seminars. Take a look at the free demo and see what you think. Your choice may depend on who will be using it and how “user-friendly” they think it is. Here are some shareware and open source programs. Another possibility would be web-based invoicing. These systems are usually fairly easy to use, require no particular software be purchased, operate on a subscription basis, and are simple enough for staff or lawyers. Here are some examples: BillingOrchard can be used with BaseCamp, a contact/knowledge management program, or on its own. Blinksale is another online billing program. If your bookkeeper is using an Intuit program, such as QuikBooks, you should consider using their online timekeeping and invoicing system. Finally, if you use HotDocs…LexisBackOffice–PCLaw can use the data entered into HotDocs to do your billing. This is the most expensive of what I’ve mention ($700.00 and up); but it is the most widely-used legal billing program in the PC world. Try the demo and see what you think.
Acoo Browser is a powerful multi-tabbed Internet browser based on the Internet Explorer engine (IE 5 or greater required). Acoo Browser provides a user-friendly GUI interface, including tabbed document windows, dockable panel groups and customizable toolbars. Acoo Browser allows user to surf multiple Web sites within one browser window. It also includes many advanced features such as Mouse Gestures, built-in syntax highlighted HTML source viewer, powerful built-in Web page analyzer, built-in calculator, RSS Reader, recoverable Popup Blocker, Ads Filter, ActiveX Filter, script error suppression, Cleaner, external tools, web page zooming, URL Hotkey, URL Alias, Integrated search engine support, skinned window frame, and much more… Acoo Browser can block annoying pop-ups, banner Ads, flash Ads and other Internet Ad annoyances automatically without interfering your surfing. There is also detailed logging record in Acoo Browser, and you may know the Ads sites killed by Acoo Browser so as to improve your setting.
tabbed web browser,Internet Browser,Ad Filter,popup blocker,privacy cleaner,mouse gestures… - AcooBrowser
Thomas R. Bruce is co-founder and director of the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School, the first legal-information web site in the world. He has been the principal technical architect for online legal resources ranging from fourteenth-century law texts to the current decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Bruce has consulted on Internet matters for numerous commercial and public organizations on four continents. He has been a fellow of the Center for Online Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts, and a Senior International Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School. He is an affiliated researcher in Cornellâs program in Information Science, where he works closely with faculty and students who experiment with the application of natural-language processing techniques to legal texts. He currently serves as a member of the ABA Administrative Law Section Special Committee on e-Rulemaking, and is a longtime member of the board of directors of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction. He has been known to play loud music at odd hours. Tom Bruce of LII has his own blog, which is currently unnamed; but well worth your attention.
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Announcements, featured content, and the occasional bizarre legal information factoid from the LII. LII Announce looks very good.
About LII Announce
It’s an application that runs right in your web browser.No downloading required.It’s FREE.Access your addresses, contacts, or whatever other infoyou choose to store here, from anywhere in the world.You can store up to 1000 entries, for FREE.It has intuitive functionality, with no frivolous features to slow you down.It’s fast… AND it’s flexible.Sign up for your own Flexadex.
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Flexadex Online Address Book
