Modern computers and software drastically reduce time, effort, and expense related to searching, collecting, storing, moving, duplicating, and reusing information. For us, the impact is enormous and the effects ripple further than I can imagine.
With just a brief exposure to the full capabilities of common and "basic" technology, I sensed that something very different was going on. Something easier, more powerful, and fun; something that warranted serious thought and attention.
After years of immersion, I am consistently awed but what engineers and programmers have accomplished and floored by how often their innovations are sitting in front of me with labels like Mac OS X, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Windows and Google.
With effects that spill over into lifestyle design and career choice, web accessible server-based applications have dramatically multiplied the ways we can combine technology and practice. We have entered a new era and this is an exciting time.
I know many attorneys who are working hard to bring us closer to the media upon which law must now be practiced. These innovators are bloggers, social media mavens, developers, programmers and entrepreneurs. They are opening virtual law firms and training centers, and capturing the potential of outsourcing with freelance working arrangements. They are participating in the worldwide conversation and having fun doing it; the Off Site Law Center is my two cents.
I built OSLC to give me a platform to help my clients, colleagues, and friends get comfortable with computers to ease the transition into working in the new digital media. My goal is make them wonder how it could have ever been any other way. I hope the site helps you do likewise.
I invite your comments and welcome your questions.
Seth Azria, Esq.