Top Techshow Tech Tips Part II

Day 2 of Techshow 2005 is coming to a close, and the great tech tips just keep coming.  I had the pleasure of being a panelist for 60 Tech Tips in 60 Minutes this morning, and I am now attending the 2005 edition of 60 Web Sites in 60 Minutes.  Here, IMHO, are the best tips, tricks and sites from today:

Phonescoop.com: Helps consumers review and compare the plethora of cell phones and service plans available in the marketplace. Few lawyers I know are happy with their cell phone service, so this is a useful site to help lawyers and law firms make better decisions when purchasing new phone service.

Pretrieve.com:  A public records search engine aggragator that searches across a number of search engines to find public records about individuals.  Simple and free to use.

MySkillsProfile.com:  I have not had a chance to review this site in depth, but I can see where the services offered could be very helpful to lawyers and firms, even those without a HR director.  The company provides a range of on-line assessment tools to help you learn more about your personality, leadership style, management skills, emotional intelligence, and relationship skills, among others.  The tests are under $10 each and includes a comprehensive feedback report in real time. 

ReadPlease Plus 2003 is an affordable text-to-speech software program that can help lawyers proof read documents. When installed and enabled with sound, it will read any text in a computer document.  A great tool for any busy lawyer!

30-Second Bunny Theatre: Animated reinterpretations of classic movies starring, well, bunnies.  Hilarious, but nothing to do with law!

Desktop Search Engines: These free or low-cost tools install in seconds, than search and index all files across your entire computer.  Whenever you need to find that WordPerfect document or e-mail, but can't remember which folder it's in, then launch a desktop search to find it.  Popular choices include X-1, Copernic Desktop Search, and Google Desktop Search.

There's more, but it's will have to wait until tomorrow!