With millions of Web sites on the Internet, who has time to browse and find the best—our experts do! They closed out ABA TECHSHOW 2011 with this fast-paced session that included the latest in legal Web resources and entertaining sites. Check out the 60 Sites Hall of Fame to see previous Web sites at www.techshow.com.

Sharon’s Web sites

Attorney at Work www.attorneyatwork.com/
This nifty new site from friends and colleagues Mark and Joan Feldman and Merrilyn Astin Tarleton, serves up one practical tip for lawyers per day.  From contract lawyering to time management to online research, there is a bevy of tips on a wide range of law practice management subjects.

The Virtual Chase http://virtualchase.justia.com/
The Virtual Chase, an online legal research website founded by law librarian Genie Tyburski, is now powered by Justia. The Virtual Chase re-launched in August 2010 and features a new design, as well as additional online legal research and community resources for law librarians and other legal professionals.

Jurispedia http://jurispedia.org/
At Jurispedia, you’ll find legal articles in nearly any language from across the globe. Just enter your search term and find worldwide legal articles on that topic. Jurispedia is an encyclopedic project of academic initiative devoted to worldwide law, legal and political sciences. 

Wex http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/
Wex is a free legal dictionary and encyclopedia sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School. Wex entries are collaboratively created and edited by legal experts. 

Legal OnRamp http://legalonramp.com/
Legal OnRamp is a collaboration system for in-house counsel and invited outside lawyers and third party service providers. There are lawyers participating from over 40 countries, and a rapidly growing collection of content and technology resources. Basic services on the site are free.  

CourtListener www.courtlistener.com 
This site was created by Michael Lissner as part of a master’s thesis at the University of California, Berkeley School of Information. The goal of the site is to create a free and competitive real time alert tool for the U.S. judicial system. At present, the site has daily information regarding all precedential opinions issued by the 13 federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court of the United States. Each day, it also has the non-precedential opinions from all of the Circuit courts except the D.C. Circuit. This means that by 5:10pm PST, the database will be updated with the opinions of the day, with custom alerts going out shortly thereafter. A great way to get head’s up when an interesting case has been decided. 

Overheard in Court http://overheardincourt.com/
Readers send in their real-life accounts of things that transpire in court. Though primarily for humor, there are a lot of practical lessons that can be drawn from the comedy. For instance, when you ask a question so dumb that the witness asks, “Are you sure you passed the bar exam?” it probably isn’t going to be your finest hour. 

LegalTube www.legaltube.com/index.aspx
LegalTube.com is an attorney video directory where you can find a lawyer by city, state and area of practice and then view videos of that attorney and other lawyers in the firm along with other important information for choosing an attorney.  Need fast expert legal information? The Expert Legal Q & A offers answers to the most frequently asked legal questions from prominent attorneys around the country. Search by the area of the law and then watch the attorney videos to find answers to legal questions.  

MedjetAssist www.medjetassist.com/ 
One of the smartest moves you’ll ever make. If you are hospitalized anywhere more than 150 miles from home, MedjetAssist will get you transferred to the hospital of your choice and bring you there by commercial flight or private charter, with medical personnel in attendance as needed, who will consult with your physician at home. There are no additional charges beyond the annual membership fee, $250 per individual or $385 per family. We were in a cruise ship clinic when a woman had a massive heart attack and they had to open her chest. Two days later, she was transferred to a hospital on Curacao. Probably not where she would have chosen to be. We purchased MedjetAssist as soon as we got home and have never looked back (or thankfully, needed its services). It also comes with a cool monthly e-mail newsletter where you can see how many people have been transported from distances small and great back to their home.  

Do Nothing for 2 Minutes www.donothingfor2minutes.com/ 
We have almost lost this ability, but give it a try. Listen to the ocean waves, enjoy the beauty from your desk – and do absolutely nothing. Try to ignore the clock counting down – not an easy thing to do. Will you succeed at doing nothing for two minutes? This site assesses your effort.  

Anti-Social http://anti-social.cc/
Anti-Social is a productivity application for Macs that turns off the social parts of the internet. When Anti-Social is running, you’re locked away from distracting social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and other sites you specify. With Anti-Social, you’ll be amazed how much you get done when you turn off your friends 

Freedom http://macfreedom.com/
Freedom is a simple productivity application that locks you away from the entire Internet on Mac or Windows computers for up to eight hours at a time. Freedom frees you from distractions, allowing you time to write, analyze, code, or create. At the end of your offline period, Freedom allows you back on the Internet. You can download Freedom immediately for 10 dollars, and a free trial is available. Hey, Nora Ephron swears by it. 

Fmylife www.fmylife.com/ 
Fmylife.com is a collection of everyday anecdotes and stories likely to happen to anyone and everyone, sent to the site by users. This is a space where you can let it all out and unwind by sharing the little things that screw with your day, and maybe realize that you are not alone in experiencing day-to-day crap. There now, don't you feel better? 

Angry Birds Shop http://shop.angrybirds.com/ 
Can over 50 million people be wrong?  That’s how many people are working to ensure the survival of the Angry Birds, getting revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds’ eggs, and laying waste to the pigs/ fortified castles. Now you too can own stuffed versions of the Birds and the Pigs ($11.99) – or cases for your iPhone ($25.99)!  

Awkward Family Photos http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/ 
The title says it all.

Erik’s Web sites

Hipmunk www.hipmunk.com
Hipmunk is the next generation of travel aggregator tools available on the web. Like Orbitz, Travelocity, and others that preceded it, Hipmunk will return tons of results for a flight search. What makes Hipmunk different though is the layer of thinking on top of the results. It helps you zero in on the best flights faster. Check out the agony index and take the agony out of your travel search. 

Tungle.me www.tungle.me
Tungle.me is scheduling made simple. No more jockeying back and forth via email when you are trying to set up a meeting, mediation, settlement conference, or other event requiring several participants. Tungle.me is free, integrates with Google Docs, Outlook, and more.

SorryGottaGo www.sorrygottago.com
Everybody has at least one person in life who calls all the time and is impossible to get off the phone with. SorryGottaGo is the answer to that problem. Turn up your speakers, crank the volume up and play any one of dozens of audio files that provide plausible excuses for you to say “sorry, gotta go.” 

SimpleCertifiedMail www.simplecertifiedmail.com
SimpleCertifiedMail.com improves every step of managing Certified Mail. Get Proof of Acceptance right in your inbox – no more trips to the Post Office. Saves your office time and money. 

Ge.tt http://ge.tt
Instant, one click file sharing. No more waiting, no more cumbersome file sharing protocols. 

280slides.com www.280slides.com
280slides is the easiest way to create and share presentations on line. Has the features you need from powerpoint and includes beautiful themes to help you make great looking, professional presentations.

Lasikathome.com www.lasikathome.com
Affordable, in-home Lasik surgery you can perform on yourself. Do one eye at a time, just in case. 

Squarespace.com www.squarespace.com
Integrated web building and hosting tool. For $14 per month you can build and host a professional looking website for your law firm. No web design experience required, everything is modular and drag and drop.  

Scr.im http://scr.im
Protect your email address against spammers and harvesting on the net. Scr.im allows you to replace your email address with a short link for use on the web, in forums, on Twitter, Craigslist, etc.  

Topicmarks.com http://topicmarks.com
TopicMarks summarizes text documents for you in moments. Upload a file or paste text and TopicMarks does the work of analyzing and breaking down a long article into facts, keywords and a short summary, saving you time and energy. 

Chrome Webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore
Apps are moving from the mobile phone to the browser. Google Chrome's webstore is filled with themes, apps and extensions for you to take your browser experience to the next level. 

PodcastPlayerPro www.podcastplayerpro.com/chrome/app.html
Liberate your podcasts from your phone and listen right in your browser. PodcastPlayerPro is a full featured app to play your podcasts right in Google Chrome. 

Right Signature https://rightsignature.com
The easiest way to get documents signed. Upload a PDF, specify the recipients, type a subject and send. Get your documents out and signed in 60 seconds. 

Anti-Theft Lunchbags www.thinkofthe.com/product.php?name=anti-theft-lunch-bags
We work with thieves. Prevent your homemade sandwich from being stolen from the work fridge. Anti-theft lunch bags make your sandwich look like it is covered in mold, keeping from the clutches of thieves. 

Lynda www.lynda.com
Online tutorials for all of your favorite software suites. The best way to brush up on your own software skills or provide training for your staff. Hundreds of programs supported. 

Paul’s Web sites

Pamela www.pamela-systems.com
Pamela is a site/service that is most commonly used to record video and audio from Skype conversations or conferences.  They also provide conference calling, email & call forwarding, podcasting and voicemail recording. 

Interactive Microsoft Guides–Office 2003 Menus to Learn Office 2007 http://tinyurl.com/2g8tgsp
These are fantastic interactive guides to learn the end-user interface … new Ribbons in Office 2007 (also good for 2010).  Just run the commands from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook menus and immediately see how to do the same thing in the 2007 ribbon interface. 

WhenIsGood www.whenisgood.com
When is good is an excellent way to see when multiple people are available for a meeting or call.  Simply click on a grid of dates and times when you are available and then send an email link to invitees.  They see when you are available and click on the dates/times when they are available.  You can then view when everyone is available and schedule the appointment.  Integrates well with Outlook.  Also see www.agreeadate.com or www.tungle.com.  Both have free and paid versions with more advanced features. 

Acrobat for Legal Professionals http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/
Rick Borstein’s blog and free resource center for how to do just about everything that you need to learn how to do in Adobe Acrobat for legal professionals. 

Engadgets www.engadgets.com
Engadgets is a great resource for product reviews, namely on smartphones, tablets, laptops and other portable computing and electronic devices.  It is basically an online publication updated multiple times a day with articles on gadgets and consumer electronics.  They post rumors about the technological world, frequently offer opinion within its stories, and produce the weekly Engadget Podcast that covers tech and gadget news stories that happened during the week.  

VoiceCloud www.voicecloud.com
VoiceCloud is cloud based phone solution with near 100% accurate voicemail to text transcription.  It works on any phone (mobile – office – home) and also offers conference calls.  Plans start at $19.95 per month.  Also see www.phonetag.com and www.youmail.com.  

Kayak www.kayak.com
There are many travel booking websites available online (i.e. www.orbitz, www.travelocity, www.priceline.com), but none with the easy user-interface and interactive “dials” of Kayak.com. 

Prezi www.prezi.com
Watch out PowerPoint! … Here comes Prezi.  Prezi’s presentation software is turning heads with its non-linear method of presenting information.  It is cloud-based, but you can purchase the professional edition download so the software is available offline for creation and playback. 

SkyDrive www.skydrive.com
25 GB – Share documents, files, folders without setting up a new email account.  I have found this to be much easier than Google, especially when it comes to sharing and accessing folders of documents. 

FileGenius www.filegenius.com
For a more professional file share and secure file transfer with clients, File Genius integrates with your website to create that FTP or extranet for easy and very secure collaboration with clients. 

Widgetbox www.widgetbox.com
Make your website more dynamic, interactive and useful by adding widgets to your site.  Widgetbox allows you to easily add, for instance, your Twitter feed directly on your website.  Create polls, slideshows, or simply embed an RSS feed.  Cost:  $25+ per app/per month. 

RunPee www.runpee.com
Sometimes we regret getting that 96 oz soft drink or coffee, which leaves our bladder screaming in the middle of a movie.  Now you know exactly when you can make a dash for the bathroom, and exactly how long you have until the next important scene! 

ISSUU www.issuu.com
As an alternative to www.ConstantContact.com for traditional email newsletters, consider www.issuu.com or www.scribed.com as a way to publish your newsletter or magazine to the world.  ISSUU, in particular is incredibly easy.  Create your publication (i.e., newsletter, etc.) in Word, Publisher or Acrobat and upload it to ISSUU.  It is FREE to do so, and will create a beautiful sharp glossy electronic publication that you can distribute to subscribers or via your website. 

Zamzar or KeepVid  www.zamzar.com or www.keepvid.com
Download and convert YouTube or other online videos to MPEG, AVI, etc. so you have the video saved locally on your hard drive for playback not dependent on an internet connection.  Alternatively, try www.vdownloader.com for a free program that does the same, but it not web-based. 

YouSendit www.yousendit.com
If you need to send attachments that are too large to transmit via ordinary email, YouSendit integrates beautifully with Outlook to send files that are up to 100 MB (FREE) or 2GB ($9.99/month).    For return-receipts and encrypted mail (alternative – www.mailitsafe) pay $14.99 per month. 

Jim’s Web sites

Mint.com www.mint.com
Mint.com provides a great place for you to do your personal financial management and track your accounts---for free. 

Shoeboxed.com www.shoeboxed.com
Keeping track of business receipts is a pain. Try this service for 30 days (free of charge) and you’ll discover that you can eliminate the pain and make it easy to keep track of any kind of paper receipts. 

Texts from Last Night www.textsfromlastnight.com Texts from Last Night reminds us that some of the best stories from today’s world are now contained in text messages. These stories are gone and lost forever, unless your buddy decides to send them to Texts from Last Night. By turns, laugh-out-loud funny, vulgar, NSFW or thought provoking, reading of few of last night’s entries will certainly change your mood.

100 Best Lifehacks for Law Students www.onlinecollege.org/2009/09/29/100-best-lifehacks-for-law-students/
Even though these are intended for law students, there is some pretty good content for all of us here. And reading the ones that do not apply anymore will make you pleased you do not have to repeat that part of your life again. This is a great link to forward to the any law students or future law students in your life. 

Windows 7: A Complete Survival Guide www.pcworld.com/article/173967/windows_7_a_complete_survival_guide.html Even though it was published in October 2009, this guide from PC World magazine is a great starting place for those who have not yet taken the step to change to Windows 7. If you are still driving a Windows XP machine (or God forbid, Vista) you need to check this site out. 

Typography for Lawyers www.typographyforlawyers.com
This is a book and a website. You may think you do not need to know anything about typography, but you would be wrong. There are an amazing number of little-known facts and tips that can make your documents look much more professional.  

Tablet Legal www.tabletlegal.com
TabletLegal is a blog discussing use of Apple’s iPad by lawyers and in the legal profession by Josh Barrett, a Portland, Oregon business attorney. 

Presentation Zen www.presentationzen.com
Whether you are an experienced speaker or a transactional lawyer who hates to speak to a group, some professional speaking is a part of all of our lives. Presentation Zen is a great resource for taking our presentations to the next level. It is chock full of tips and ideas. 

Damn You Autocorrect www.damnyouautocorrect.com
We’ve all experienced it by now. You receive a text message or maybe even a short e-mail written on a phone and you read it and say “What the Heck?” Yes, autocorrect has transformed yet another innocent text message into something totally unanticipated. This site can be NSFW at times, but it can also provide some really great laughs. 

Spam Gourmet http://spamgourmet.com
Sometimes you have to give your e-mail address to a vendor or website and you just know that at some point this action will increase your spam. So Spam Gourmet lets you create a disposable e-mail address that will work for a number of times that you choose to forward something to your real, protected e-mail address. Once the number of designated e-mails is forwarded, the e-mail address quits working and the spammers are frustrated. 

Epicurious http://www.epicurious.com 
Excellent recipe website. The advanced search options are really comprehensive – you can search by cooking method, occasion (including holidays!), course, and you choose your main ingredient or what ingredients should be excluded for those with dietary considerations. Most recipes also provide a wine pairing, and many include links to recommended side dishes. The reviews are also very helpful for people who like to experiment with recipes. You can not only send the shopping list/recipe to your phone, recipes can be saved to a recipe box for later use and can be synced with your iPhone or iPad.   

Lynda.com www.lynda.com
Learning how to use all the various forms of software or the online services you encounter is daunting. And yet, these tools are essential to your practice. Who can you get to teach you? And can that person be available at a moment’s notice to show up when you’re at your computer struggling with some new tool? Lynda.com is the answer. It is free to try for 7 days, and at $29/month (cancel  anytime), this may be the secret to learning anything you’d ever need to know. 

ReadPrint.com www.readprint.com
You have heard of all of these free books available online, but you are not sure where to start. Well, ReadPrint is the place to begin.  This online directory that catalogs books that are freely available online includes classics that have gone out of copyright and submissions by new authors who are trying to get noticed.  

Make Use of www.makeuseof.com
Make Use of.com is a nifty site with great free downloadable guides to software and services, links ot cool websites and software apps, how to articles and Internet tips. 

Chicago: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours www.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1846254,00.html#ixzz1FGzuS2A4 Just in case you have some spare time while you are in town.