 Choosing a Web Development Platform Confused by Web technology choices? Here's a primer. Kingsley Martin
Ground Zero: Will You Survive the Internet Explosion? One Firm's Story Alston & Bird has transformed its practice with a database-driven Web authoring application focused on collaboration. John Hokkanen Real Time: Revolutionary Court Technology Real-Time transcript software is revolutionizing the way trial teams work together - and making a difference in close cases. Glenn E. Blazek The Lawyer: Brain Power vs. Computer Power Computers are wonderful tools, but smart clients choose the thinking lawyer over the thinking computer every time. Richard C. Reed

Editor's Page - John C. Tredennick Jr. is Database Driven  Technology in Practice Department Product Watch Marketing Chair's Message Resources & Reviews - Are You Wandering in the Technology Wilderness? Best Practices Profile The Skillful Lawyer - Spam, Burying Tombstones and Finding Decent Digs | | 

Technology Update: Wishful Thinking About the Internet and Wannahave Portable Computers Widespread use of the Internet is affecting business markets in remarkable ways--lawyers need to realize that this will affect the legal profession as well, and develop strategies for working in this net-connected world. We also present the Tech Update Guide to Portable Computers That We Wish We Could Buy, and in Parting Shots we have way too much fun at the expense of a well-known zillionaire software mogul-- plus a little snippet from our Y2K Watch, and gloomy prospects from AOL's acquisition of Netscape. G. Burgess Allison nothing.but.net: Better Living Through the Internet The Internet brings us closer to the true promise of technology: that it would save time, and we'd have more time for the things we enjoy doing. Erik J. Heels Product Watch The latest legal technology news in the lpm-newproducts@abanet.org inbox. Storm Evans

Marketing: Marketing: Picking the Right Tool for the Job  Successful law firm marketing is not haphazard. You have much to learn about your target clients - especially who the decision makers are and how they make their decisions. Sally J. Schmidt

Contact Management Software Puts a Networking "GoldMine" at Your Fingertips  Personal information managers are useful in law practice. Contact management programs are better, in terms of marketing. How can they help? Let us count the ways. Dennis M. Kennedy Only Human: Generation X: The Missing Ingredient for Law Practice Alchemy? Generation Xers driving you crazy? Pull back from the edge of the generational abyss and contemplate the ways these individuals might turbocharge your practice. Merrilyn Astin Tarlton Keep Your Web Site Current It's neither difficult nor expensive. Designate one staff member to learn HTML. Barbara J. Morgan |