In this 2008 edition of 60 Sites in 60 Minutes, your presenters promise to wow you with 60 of the latest and greatest sites on the Internet, as well as some oldies but goodies that have become part of our daily Web routine. We've got law-related pages, practical sites that can help increase your productivity, and even some fun stuff, too. But we didn't stop with just sixty sites. In this handout you'll find over one hundred of our favorite sites, including blogs written by our very own ABA TECHSHOW speakers.

Reid and Tom's Sites

Legal and Law-Related Sites

1. ABA Journal: have you seen the new ABA Journal site? If not, you're missing out on a treasure trove of legal news and information. The new Journal features the latest in legal news, a "Blawg Directory" of more than a thousand law-related weblogs, a mobile edition you can receive on your cell phone, and more.
2. ACS ResearchLink: A service of the American Constitution Society, this innovative service allows practicing attorneys to submit legal research topics, which are then explored by law students in faculty-supervised writing projects.
3. Alternatives to Online Legal Research: Looking for a cheaper alternative to traditional online research services? Try AltLaw, which provides free, full-text access to over 300,000 Supreme Court and Federal appellate case reports. Another, more ambitious project is public.resource.org, which will ultimately provide over 1.8 million pages of federal case law available to the public. The files are a bit large and unwieldy, but the value is undeniable.
4. Cornell Legal Research Engine: This is a great resource on legal resources. You can search for authoritative guides on how to research just about every area of law. You can also search the best of the legal Internet, or narrow your search to expert commentary from law professors.
5. elaws is a service from the U.S. Department of Labor, providing interactive information about federal employment laws for workers and small business. Includes items such as printable posters required to be posted in the workplace.
6. Justia's Federal Sites : legal information provider Justia has introduced three websites that make it easier than ever to search for and receive information on Federal court cases or regulations. Federal District Court Opinions and Orders allows you to search federal district court opinions. On the Federal District Court Filings and Dockets page you can search for information on new cases filed in federal court. And the U.S. Regulation Tracker provides easy access to federal regulations. Each of these services offers RSS feeds to keep you updated when new information on your search is available.
7. Law.com Quest: Another search engine, this one from the folks at ALM, which has a great network of law-related news periodicals. You can search from all of those legal publications, or simply search the legal web in general.
8. litilaw: Search for and discover more than 500 recently published articles of interest to litigators and other legal professionals. The free, full-text articles have been published as part of CLE programs, in legal journals, or are of similar quality.
9. Public Library of Law: Several new sites have appeared on the Internet lately with free access to federal and state caselaw, and PLoL is one of the most interesting.  Here you will find cases from the U.S. Supreme Court and Circuit Courts of Appeals, Cases from all 50 states dating back to 1997, federal statutory law and codes from all 50 states, as well as regulations, constitutions, court rules, and more.  Whether you search by keyword or browse the directory, this site is a good way to start off your legal research -- for free!
10. Precydent: This site is very similar to the Public Library of Law, but you can participate too!  Right now the site offers Supreme Court and Circuit court opinions, but more is on the way. There's also a feature that lets you upload opinions on your own -- let's see how that works out.

The Best of the Blogosphere

Each year, more and more blogs are featured in 60 Sites presentations. This year we feature blogs from our ABA TECHSHOW speakers, as well as blogs that discuss e-discovery, legal technology, and more.

1. 43 Folders: A website dedicated to personal productivity, and the best information I have found to help control my overflowing e-mail inbox!
2. ABA Site-ation: This blog from the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center has quickly risen to the rank of "Must-read"!
3. Common Scold: The blog of Law Technology News Editor Monica Bay, The Common Scold is named for those named for those "meddlesome, argumentative, opinionated women who displeased the Puritan elders..." Monica's blog certainly is feisty, with updates on legal technology news, and of course the New York Yankees.
4. Compujurist: Wisconsin Practice Management Advisor Nerino Petro's blog provides terrific, timely information on legal technology, practice management, and other items of interest to lawyers.
5. DennisKennedy.blog: Dennis is one of the best-known legal technologists around, and he regularly discusses legal technology, e-discovery, Internet, and other issues on his blog.
6. Ediscoveryinfo: a new blog from Brett Burney, legal technologist and e-discovery consultant. Brett covers topics like accessibility, computer forensics, litigation holds, spoliation, and other electronic discovery matters on a regular basis.
7. I Heart Tech: Adriana Linares is an ABA TECHSHOW speaker, legal technologist, and trainer, and she uses her blog to share information, tips, training, and her thoughts on technology.
8. Inter Alia: Tom Mighell's weblog about Internet legal research and legal technology. Lately Tom's blog has been the focus for introducing new law-related
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9. The Mac Lawyer: Ben Stevens is a first-time ABA TECHSHOW speaker, and his blog is devoted solely to using Macs in the practice of law.
10. Mashable: Although billed as a social networking news site, this site contains hundreds of hidden tech gems. The website has scores of lists aggregating hundreds of useful web tools, enhancements and utilities for websites, blogs, iPods, Gmail, VOIP, remote computer access, and many more.
11. MyShingle: The blog of ABA TECSHOW speaker and solo lawyer Carolyn Elefant, it's one of the best resources around for those interested in becoming a solo or small firm lawyer.
12. Offshore Renewable Energy Law Blog: Carolyn has not one but two weblogs, this one dealing more with her area of practice. This blog has covered news and regulation of wave, tidal and offshore wind energy since 2003.
13. Real Lawyers Have Blogs: ABA TECHSHOW Speaker Kevin O Keefe is a true blog evangelist, and he regularly preaches the benefits of blogging for lawyers on his own blog
14. Thoughtful Legal Management: Longtime ABA TECHSHOW speaker David Bilinsky started this blog in 2007, which focuses on law practice management issues such as strategic planning, finance, productivity, and career satisfaction, each post with its own soundtrack.
15. Todd Flaming's Blog: Lawyer and legal technologist Todd Flaming started his blog to show the practical side of law technology, productivity, and "how to do stuff".
16. Visalaw: Greg Siskind's immigration law weblog is among the oldest legal blogs on the Internet, where he also discusses Internet marketing topics in addition to his substantive legal work.
17. Wines and Information Management: First-time ABA TECHSHOW speaker Dominic Jaar is a wine aficionado and information management freak. He's discussing both at his bilingual blog from Montreal.

Productivity / Services and Resources

1. Basecamp: A terrific web-based project management site, Basecamp is also being used by solos and small firms as an extranet to provide clients with access to their case files, calendars, and message boards.
2. BuyerZone: Need to buy a phone system, find someone to design a firm logo, or outsource your payroll and don't know where to start? Then start with the objective and informative free Buyer's Guides at BuyerZone.com. Just click on any product or service offered on the home page, then look for the guide listed in the right-hand column.
3. GrandCentral.com, (just acquired by Google) bills itself as a new kind of phone company, providing businesses with unique unified services for phones, voicemail, even websites, from one dedicated phone number.
4. KeyXL Online Keyboard Shortcuts Database: This is one of the most amazing collections of keyboard shortcuts, with shortcuts from Microsoft, Adobe and Google apps, web browsers, email programs, photo/imaging software, and MP3 players. You'll also find shortcuts for Mac and Linux software.
5. LinkedIn: This business networking site is not new, but it is gaining in influence for professionals. If you have not joined, now is the time to do so, and spend a few minutes each month expanding your list of connections.
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7. TimeBridge: TimeBridge makes it dead simple to schedule a meeting with others. Just select a few dates for your meeting, and TimeBridge will send out emails to your attendees, asking them to indicate their availability on the TimeBridge site. Once everyone has responded TimeBridge schedules the meeting and sends out a confirmation email. The service also integrates with your Outlook or Google calendar.
8. TryPhone: Buying a phone at your local dealer can be trying there are so many choices, and the pressure from salespeople can be overwhelming. With TryPhone you can test-drive a phone's features from the comfort of your home, with interactive tutorials on the features of ten (for now) popular cell phones.

Research and Reference Sites

1. Docstoc: A new, user-generated community where you can find and share professional documents, including both legal and business documents. Warning: these documents can be uploaded by anybody, so take care before using them in your practice.
2. Drudge Report: Political or not, this news aggregation site is a daily must-visit for Washington politicos, plus it usually posts breaking news before any other source on the web.
3. FactCheck: From the Annenberg Foundation, this web site monitors political advertising of presidential candidates to verify the accuracy of charges, facts, and claims contained in the ads. Eye-opening for sure!
4. Footnote: Combine a document archive with social networking, and what do you get? Footnote, a site where you can not only find historical documents, you can also upload your own documents and talk about them with others.
5. GeoCommons: Explore your world geographically be combining data with maps, or just view the many informational maps already created. One possible use is to map the location of all clients and check for further marketing opportunities.
6. Medgle: A search engine that allows you to search your symptoms. Just click on the body part that's hurting or the symptom you re experiencing, and you'll get a focused set of results pointing you to diagnoses, treatments, physicians, and more.
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8. OpenSecrets or the FEC: Two of the fastest ways to find out who donated to political campaigns. Use it for your litigation research or just to see who in the firm or local bar is giving money to congressional and presidential candidates.
9. Public Domain Archive & Reprint Service: As you may know, Google is busy scanning nearly every book ever printed in the history of civilization, and this service is taking advantage of that.  Just do a search for a book, and the service will take the scanned pages and send them to Lulu, an online publishing site.  Soon you'll be able to purchase a reasonably-priced paperback reprint of the book.
10. SearchEngineColossus: A one-stop website that lists popular search engines in over 300 countries and territories around the world for research in a flattening world.
11. Tech President: A new group blog that covers how the 2008 presidential candidates are using the web, and how content generated by voters is affecting the campaign. It's revealing to see how the candidates are mentioned and treated on sites like Facebook, YouTube, Technorati, and other social media sites.
12. Zabasearch: The most powerful free telephone and address look-up site on the Internet!
13. ZoomInfo: This amazing information aggregator is a quick and free way to find information about people. Not just contact information, but information about their business, career, etc. that can be found on the Internet. Not as complete as some fee-based services, but a great place to start any search for a witness, heir, or defendant!

Reid and Tom's Road Warrior Sites

1. FareCast: Knowing the right time to buy airline tickets can save you money and headaches. FareCast will tell you whether you should buy your tickets now, or wait for the price drop that is coming.
2. FlightStats.com has a wealth of information for travelers including flight delays, security wait times, shortest scheduled flight duration between most airports, and much more.
3. Jott.com: This handy website provides free instant voice-to-text transcription for short messages, so users can speak into their phone and automatically have it sent via email to their designated recipient. There are multiple uses for this, but I find it helpful to call to "Jott" myself a reminder when out of the office so that an email is waiting for further action in my inbox when I return.
4. Kropla: Steve Kropla's site offers worldwide electrical and telecommunications information.
5. TripAdvisor.com: The best website to find up-to-the-minute travel information from fellow travelers. We especially like their "real-person" reviews of hotels, which has saved us from several lodging disasters.
6. TripIt: TripIt acts as your personal travel agent, organizing your travel plans into a formatted itinerary. Just forward to TripIt the confirmation emails you receive from the airline, car rental agency, hotel, or other travel service --TripIt will take all of the information and combine it into a fantastic-looking itinerary, to which you can add maps, directions, photos, and more. TripIt itineraries are also easy to share with others.

Technology and Online Applications

1. Adobe Share: This is Adobe's foray into the online file storage scene. You can upload 100MB of files and share them with others. Flash technology makes this site really easy to use.
2. Citebite: A great site for those of you with blogs or websites, Citebite allows you to link directly to a sentence or paragraph on a web page. Just paste the text you want to highlight into Citebite, and you'll get a special URL that opens directly to your text selection and even highlights it.
3. Complete Web 2.0 Directory: You won't find a more interesting directory of Web 2.0 sites. The sites are displayed visually, but you can also select a particular tag (calendar, communication, wiki, etc.) to narrow down the choices. This is a great way to explore new and exciting sites.
4. CrashPlan: Here's an interesting way to back up your files - use the computers of those you know and trust. Just install the CrashPlan software, and it will back up your critical documents to any computer or server you specify. It's cheaper and arguably more secure than regular online services, because you know exactly where your data is stored.
5. CrossLoop: CrossLoop is a free, simple way to easily share your screen with others, or vice versa. Once you have both downloaded the software, just type in the other's access code to gain access to the other's computer screen. This tool is great for viewing documents, diagrams, or other important legal materials; it's also good for providing "tech support" to those who need you to help them with computer problems.
6. Firefox Extensions: Firefox is a terrific browser on its own, but it's the extensions that really make it a powerful too. There's probably a Firefox extension for everything you want to do with your browser.
7. FixYa: FixYa is your instant tech support community, for computers and other appliances as well. As a question, access product manuals, and troubleshoot your computer problems - all in the same place.
8. GoodCleanTech: With "green technology" an important topic these days, this site really comes in handy. It provides its readers with news, tips, advice and ideas about how to do more with less, and keeps them updated on the latest environmentally-friendly developments in the technology world.
9. Google Custom Search Engine: When Google's search results are simply too big to be useful, don't worry --create your own search engine! With Google Custom Search Engine, you can specify the site or collection of sites you want to search, and Google creates a search tool that will only deliver results from those sites. This is a great way to quickly narrow your search to a manageable number of results.
10. Google Reader : If you're not already using RSS for your news and research updates, the Google Reader can help get you started. Google's interface makes it a cinch to set up your feeds and read or share news items.
11. iPhone Webapps: The latest list of new uses for your iPhone.
12. iPod Death Clock: Want to know when your iPod is due to be replaced? Just plug in your serial number and answer a few questions about its use, and this site will give you an idea of how much longer your iPod will last.
13. Mac Connect: Thinking of moving up to a Mac? Then head to Mac Connect, a website dedicated to integrating Macs and PCs.
14. NanoScan: Hopefully you already have anti-virus running on your computer, but if you don't or want a second opinion, NanoScan is a great alternative. The service will run a full diagnostic anti-virus scan on your computer remotely and detect viruses, spyware or Trojans in less than a minute.
15. Online Notebooks : Google Notebook, Zoho Notebook These new notebook products are great ways to save and organize the information you find on the Internet. You can highlight snippets or even whole web pages and save them to your notebooks, which can be shared with others or printed out.
16. PC Decrapifier: When you get a new computer, it often comes from the manufacturer loaded with lots of "bloatware," or programs that you really don't need. The free Decrapifier identifies this software and makes it easy to remove from your computer.
17. Picnik: Who needs to spend a lot of money on Photoshop? With Picnik you can edit your photos online, for free. The service allows you to crop, rotate, adjust the picture's exposure or colors, eliminate red-eye, and more.
18. ProcessLibrary: What's causing your computer to slow down? With ProcessLibrary you can find out. Just click CTRL+ALT+Delete to view the processes running on your computer, then enter that process in ProcessLibrary. It will tell you want the process does, whether it's safe, and how to remove it if you don't need it.
19. Software update programs : Secunia Personal Software Inspector UpdateStar: One of the hardest things about maintaining a computer is keeping all of your programs up-to-date, especially when outdated programs can pose a security hazard. These sites will scan your computer and direct you to download sites for software updates.
20. vconvert.net: This service allows you to take videos from sites like YouTube and convert it to a more popular format, like .wmv, mpeg, mp4, and other formats. You can then save them direct to your computer, iPod, or mobile device.
21. Weebly: Have a firm website, but want to venture into issue-oriented websites to drive traffic to the firm? Create one or more for free with Weebly.

Fun and Games

1. 23andme: Discover your genome through this new web service! Just supply a saliva sample and a check for $1,000 to decode your DNA and unlock your distant family ancestry.
2. Association of Real-Tired People: Too young for AARP? Well, you are not too young for the ARTP!
3. BreakupEmail: If you're ready to end your relationship but don't quite have the words, just sign up at the site and answer a few questions. BreakupEmail does the rest, sending an email to your soon-to-be-former significant other that will leave no question that the relationship is over.
4. Cadaver Calculator: What is your body worth to science? You may be very surprised...
5. CubicleFreakout: A web game that will help you feel better on those really bad days!
6. Hulu: This new free, on-demand Internet TV service from NBC and FOX is meant to compete with YouTube when it comes to TV shows. Now in beta, it boasts a small, but diverse selection of shows, both current and past. Anyone remember Teddy Hoffman from Stephen Bochco's Murder One? Still one of the best TV lawyers ever!
7. I Park Like an Idiot: In a follow-up to Sharon Nelson's site last year, this site just does one thing sells you packages of stickers you can place on the cars of bad parkers, which simply say "I Park Like an Idiot!"
8. Kitten Cannon: Funny or sick? You be the judge!
9. Letter from Beyond: Do you ever worry that you might suddenly expire before telling your loved ones how you really feel?  With Letter From Beyond, you can be secure that your thoughts and memories will be left behind when you pass on.  Leave a letter here for those you care about, and specify how you want the letters distributed, and when.  And even better -- there's a 90 day unrestricted free trial!
10. OEDILF (The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form): Looking for a limerick with the word cantaloupe? Here's where to find it. You'll find more than 47,000 limericks at this site, the goal of which is to write at least one limerick for every word in the English language.
11. Pandora: Free customized Internet radio from the Music Genome Project.
12. Pet Peek: A fence is no fun for a dog they can't see all the people, cars, or other animals going by your house! Pet Peek takes care of that it's a hard acrylic dome you can install into your wood fence, giving your dog a window on the outside world.
13. RetailMeNot.com: When I buy something on an Internet site, I just hate passing over that "Enter Coupon Code Here" blank -- I wish I could get a discount on my online purchase?  With RetailMeNot, you can enter a coupon code at just about any retail site you visit.  Just enter the name of the site (Amazon, Wine Country Gift Baskets, etc.), and you'll get a listing of recent codes that will give you discounts on certain types of orders.  A great way to save money on your online purchases.
14. RU Watching This?: This site is a must for the sports fanatics in our audience. Just let RUWT know where you live and your cable/satellite network, and the sports you want to follow. RUWT will notify you by email or text message of sporting events you won't want to miss a no-hitter in the making, an upset of a ranked team, or an overtime nail-biter.
15. Shopping List: This iPhone web app isn't for everyone, but it sure does come in handy!
16. Singing Horses --Someone has too much time on their hands. See their results by clicking on each horse.
17. The Vendy Awards: A listing of the top street food carts in New York City. It doesn't get any better than this!
18. Uncyclopedia: This is the "anti-Wikipedia," known as "the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. The information is absolutely useless, but it's definitely fun to read.

Craig's Sites

Only a handful of my sites are new or relate to law practice. "New" sites are fun, but they matter less than mature sites--those we use and trust as a part of our daily routine. Online banking, Internet mapping, web mail, direct-to-Inbox fax services, online bill payment, web newspapers and so many more have virtualized our lives and forever changed how we work and play. Though my sites aren't new or practice specific, I hope some are new to you or deserving of a second look if you haven't visited them in some time.

Gaga for Google

I could easily glean two dozen great sites from Google alone. There's so much more there than most users know, and Google offers invaluable business tools that can serve to virtualize the law practices of small firms and solo practitioners. These are just a few of Google's new or unsung marvels.

1. Google Apps (iGoogle and Gadgets, Gcal, Gdocs, domain-hosted Gmail): With Google Apps, the office goes with you...and it's free.
2. Goog411: When you need the guidance of someone who knows the neighborhood, call 1-800-466-4411. The power of Google maps, by phone.
3. Google Page Creator: Think building a web page is for other people? Page Creator makes it child's play, and hosts the result for you.
4. Google Alerts: Google's electronic news clipping service scans 4,500 sources for your keywords, then emails you an update when they make news. Add your practice specialties or your client's, family's and friends names to be the first to share good news...or bad...about them. Great for strengthening client relationships.
5. Google Maps, Terrain, Street View and Earth : Google Street View offers a whole new way of looking at a map, allowing you to drive the route virtually.

Road Warrior Links

1. SeatGuru: All coach seats are not created equal. Some can't recline, others have no window or extra legroom. This site offers the straight skinny about the best seats in the house...I mean, aircraft...for your carrier's configuration. http://www.
2. Skype: Ultra cheap long distance is a yawner if your cell plan includes your American cell phone becomes a French paperweight. With a Bluetooth PC and earpiece, you can be videoconferencing for pennies from the Eiffel Tower or a cave in Cappadocia.
3. Priceline and Bidding for Travel: I love a great deal, and the name-your-own-price travel auction site Priceline allows me to rent brand new Hertz cars for $16/day and pretty nice Marriott hotel rooms--with breakfast--for $39/night. Am I just lucky, or is it because I go to Bidding for Travel first to see what hotels are in play and what deals others have made or lost? I don't always get a stellar deal; but, thanks to Bidding for Travel, I get one nearly every time. Tip: Stick to hotels and cars, but steer clear of air tickets on Priceline.
4. Kayak: This non-commercial travel site aggregator allows users to instantly compare prices for most hotel, air and rental car companies, along with Expedia, Hotwire and Orbitz. Give it your itinerary and let it show you (nearly) all the options and best prices.

Blogs, Blogs, Blogs

1. ALM's EDDUpdate and K & L Gates' E-discovery Law: In a sea of excellent e-discovery blogs, two stand out above the rest. The first nails the latest news and commentary, and the second is the very best for EDD caselaw.
2. Ride the Lightning and On the Mark: If you favor thoughtful, personal musings about e-discovery by delightful people who really know what they're talking about, add these two sites to your list of favorites. (Ride the Lightning is brought to you by ABA TECHSHOW speaker Sharon Nelson.)

Online Gadgets

1. Filext: Come across a file type you don't recognize? Plug its extension into this site for insight into the application that created it. Invaluable for e-discovery and computer forensics.
2. PDFOnline: The challenge: You need to convert a Word document, Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint presentation to PDF but you're using a computer without Adobe Acrobat. The solution: All you need do is connect to PDFOnline.com and instantly convert less-than-2MB documents, receiving the PDF via e-mail...all for free.
3. Goosync: I'm lost without Google calendar, but sometimes I need my calendar fast or in-flight, i.e., when I don't have a net connection. Google doesn't offer an offline solution or ways to sync with my PDA's calendar...yet. So, I use Goosync, a nifty free basic and pay premium service that synchronizes a Google calendar with about a zillion cell phones and PDAs, including my trusty Treo.

Sensational Services

1. Craigs List: My house, car and cell phone--even the barbecue out back--were all great deals on craigslist.com, the world's biggest free, local classified ad site. It's not an e-Bay-style auction site, but a win-win way for neighbors to buy and sell (or give away) stuff, sometimes great stuff.
2. Corbis and iStock Photo: Power your point with pictures. These sites offer huge collections of images and photos you can license for, inter alia, brochures, briefs, web sites and PowerPoint presentations. Add visual pizzazz to your work without running afoul of copyright laws.
3. Overnight Prints: Is there anything more low tech than a business card? Yet, we still need them, if only to drop in the vendor fish bowls at TECHSHOW! This online print services vendor offers the best quality I've found at excellent prices, and their online design tool allows anyone lacking graphic design skills to fashion great looking cards. Spring for the $2.00 glossy coating--what a difference!
4. APM Studio: If you only do one thing, then do it well and for a great price. At ten bucks for each 2 hour tape, APM Studio converts all those old VHS and camcorder videotapes to DVD. Remember: Within a few years, chances are you'll have no way to view any analog video you own.

Learning and Leisure

1. TED: Each year, fifty of the world's most fascinating thinkers gather in Monterrey and deliver the 18 minute speech of their lives about an exciting idea in science, business, the arts and the global issues. The TED website makes these wonderful talks available to the rest of us as streaming video.
2. Accuradio and iTunes: Music soothes the savage litigator, so make a long day a little lighter by streaming your favorite musical genre to your desktop. Both sites offer cost free, commercial free tunes to help you whistle while you work. Try the Broadway feed and sing "Oklahoma" as loud as you can.
3. New York Times Premium Crosswords: Question: Name two drugs and an addiction. Answer: Heroin, Nicotine and the New York Time Crossword puzzle. The best part of my day is curling up with America's best crossword, especially on Fridays and Saturdays when puzzles editor, Will Shortz, makes you work at it. And the best thing about subscribing to the premium puzzles online is that you get them the night before they hit the streets.