ABA TECHSHOW PREVIEW

My friends Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway have a nifty new law office technology podcast show hosted by the ABA Law Practice Management Section. Check out there latest podcast previewing the ABA Techshow next month. I'll be there and look forward to seeing many of you.

THE WORLD OF THE FUTURE: 1999

Conan O'Brien's humorous running gag "In the year 2000" makes fun of the future promised us in The Jetsons. Where are the flying cars? The robotic maids?

This little video from 1967, however, does an astoundingly good job of predicting the future of home computing.

HOW TO DISPOSE OF AN OLD CELL PHONE

The ABA Legal Technology Resource Center has a good article posted on how to get rid of that old mobile phone. It's not just disposing of the phone that's an issue. You'll also need to purge all personal and financial data to protect yourself as well as any information that may be considered confidential client communications.

VOLTAIC BACKPACK : YOUR BAG BECOMES YOUR POWER SOURCE

The Voltaic backpack has solar panels built in to the fabric that can turn the bag in to a battery to recharge cell phones, iPods and PDAs. The $250 price tag is a bit steep, but this could be a great accessory for people who travel a lot.

AMLAW TECHNOLOGY MARKETING SLIDES

Here are the slides from my presentation today at the AMLAW COO/CMO conference in New York.

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GLIFFY OFFERS ONLINE FLOWCHART SOFTWARE

Gliffy is a new Web 2.0 application that will offer Microsoft's Viseo some competition in the market. There's a free version, but the software's $20 per year price tag makes the premium version very affordable.

FILES ANYWHERE - NEW WEB 2.0 FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Found some great tips at Ross Kodner's site today.

Here's an interesting online document management system that is reasonable and offers numerous solutions for law offices. FileAnywhere allows for users to store documents online, have a check in/check out system for firms to build document libraries and a file share system that links in Outlook to bypass limits on sending large files.