Microsoft Powerpoint presentations are ubiquitous in business. They are also a handy way to provide information on a Web site, a poor man’s multimedia. But you don’t want to just provide a link to a Powerpoint file. Instead, the slide deck should be visible within your Web site so that the visitor can immediately...
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The Presswork theme is a nice, light, free theme for WordPress. I have been using Arras but it’s a complicated setup and I was hunting about for something a bit more straight forward. You can see previous posts about Arras and other themes here, here, and here. There are some nuances about Presswork that...
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Here is my review of this junior high courtroom mock trial simulation published by Prufrock Press in Waco, TX. Teachers who are introducing their grades 6-8 students to the U.S. criminal justice system will benefit from this thorough guide to putting on a classroom mock trial. The showcase trial covered, based on the story...
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Weekend mornings in Chicago ten years ago were almost ritualistic for my information habits. As on weekdays, I was up early and grabbed the Chicago Tribune from the front porch, brewed some fresh coffee, and sat down to go through the print behemoth. Once all the news was digested, all the serendipity enjoyed, and...
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I will be talking to a board of directors of a non-profit this morning about their investment in legal information and trends in usage data. One of the things that has been of interest to me over the past few years is the seeming disconnect between the approach that librarians teach law students and...
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I participated in a meeting with a Canadian legal publisher’s sales rep today to see the latest in their e-book offerings. Canada is significantly behind US peers, with about 6 titles available at the moment from LexisNexis Canada and Westlaw Canada. For people who follow e-book trends, it’s like wandering into a rural village...
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