Year: 2006

Article: Make the Most of Courtroom Technology

An interesting article on courtroom technology appears in Law.com’s Small Firm Business. The author describes various technologies being used in the courtroom today and the benefits of a paperless presentation. Source: Legal Technology Blog

Happy 70th Anniversary, Federal Register

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Federal Register, our Documents Assistant, Margaret Booth, got a little creative. “In its first year back in 1936, the Register printed 2,620 pages. Today, nearly that many pages are published each week. Approximately 100 million Register documents are viewed annually over the Internet through GPO Access.” Source: ResourceShelf

Good, Fast, or Cheap: Best Two out of Three

The following is based on an article about evaluating information that I wrote for our Law School Newsletter a few years back: First the good news: Legal information may have three desirable characteristics – good, fast, and cheap. Now the bad news: You can only have two out of the three at one time. As …

Good, Fast, or Cheap: Best Two out of Three

The following is based on an article about evaluating information that I wrote for our Law School Newsletter a few years back: First the good news: Legal information may have three desirable characteristics – good, fast, and cheap. Now the bad news: You can only have two out of the three at one time. As …

Study Finds Flaws in TV News Health Coverage

From the University of Wisconsin–Madison News – Viewer beware: Study finds flaws in TV news coverage of health Local television newscasts, where most Americans get most of their news, are packed with medical stories and health information. But the first-ever national study of that coverage finds many problems with it, and sees room for improvement …

What Happens When You Stop Blogging

Unshelved – Friday, March 10, 2006

National Conference of State Legislatures Podcast

The National Conference of State Legislatures has launched its first podcast. The Conference Report will cover the latest trends and developments from America’s state legislatures. Source: MyNCSL News, March 10, 2006

Not Worried by Wireless Piggybackers? Think Again

Yesterday’s Wisconsin State Journal had an interesting article about piggybacking whereby computer users use someone else’s unprotected wireless Internet connections. For the most part, piggybackers don’t consider the practice stealing. And most piggybackees weren’t too worried about it either, other than the few who noted that it could potentially slow their access speed. But Brian …

WisPolitics/WisOpinion Blog Summit Next Weekend

Update 3/13/06: Mike Schramm from WisPolitics.com informs me that the agenda has changed a bit from the original posted below. An addition: Panelists Owen Robinson of Boots & Sabers and Jay Bullock of folkbum’s rambles and rants, joined by other citizen bloggers, will discuss “Why blog? Defining the phenomenon from a citizen bloggers’ perspective” See …

Einstein Wrote What?

You decide what Einstein writes in the fun little web tool from Hetemeel.com. What text would you want to appear in the famous photo of Einstein writing the E=MC2 equation? I chose one of Einstein’s quotes.