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December
29, 2009
Web
Site Review—town-court.com
Looking
back to those dark days before the Internet, I estimate that
I spent several years of my life looking up things in
libraries, newspaper and museum archives and, on occasion,
attic trunks.
As
someone who looks up things as a crucial part of earning a
living, the Web has forever altered how I work and saved me
an inestimable amount of time. For example, I once spent a
week in Detroit sifting through years of newspapers for a
biography I was writing. Today, that same research can be
accomplished in a couple of hours while I sit in my office
and use my computer.
Yet
what has marked the development of the Web is not just easy
access to arcane information, but to sites that make our
daily lives easier. Need an out-of-print book—there’s
abebooks; need a computer part, there’s newegg; looking
for a narrow wool tie from 1962, you can find one on e-bay.
Beyond
shopping, however, the Web offers access to professional
services that once would have taken us hours on the phone,
and a collection of Yellow Pages from the around the
country, to find. Town-court.com
is an extraordinary example of this kind of site.
This
site is a godsend for any of those unfortunate souls who
wind up with a traffic ticket. Remarkably, it allows you to
search for lawyers across the United States and,
additionally, serves as a matchmaking service for lawyers
seeking to build their practice. There is also a wide
variety of articles that address the legal developments
across a range of issues.
Fortunately,
I have not needed the service, but if I did Town-court.com
would be my first stop on the Internet.
December
28, 2009
I
hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season, and I
wish all a happy and healthy New Year.
I've
been writing about some developments in education, so most
of the updating on this site will be at Boardside.
Take
a look. Anyone who cares about the future financial
well-being of the state and our children's education will
find it interesting.
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