The ABA Journal and LexBlog will co-host the gathering (and pick up the tab) at the Hilton Chicago's Lakeside Green Lounge (720 S. Michigan Ave). The event will be held 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 26. Stop by and meet some online friends offline.

Additionally, if you know or you are a lawyer, journalist or law student interested in helping Kevin cover TechShow for this blog and LexConference, email Kevin and you'll get a free pass to cover the event.

LexTweet, a community of legal professionals using Twitter operated by LexBlog, will carve out a group for those attending TechShow just as we did for last month's LegalTech show in New York.

Twitter may have been the hottest topic of discussion at LegalTech. Not only were attendees looking to find out ways to harness the powers of Twitter in one of the most attended educational sessions, but attendees were connecting with each other via Twitter - for business and social meetings.

Personally, I met up with folks at LegalTech who I would not have known were in New York but for Twitter. Following attendees on Twitter before the conference, it was like we knew each other a bit when we did meet in person.

I even met up with one attendee I did not know before for beers when I asked where people were getting together to watch the Super Bowl. The attendee's company based in the UK is now a client of LexBlog's. No way it would not have happened but for using Twitter to meet people at LegalTech.

Send me an email. Send me a message via Twitter, @kevinokeefe. I'll get you into the TechShow group on LexTweet.

And look to see many of you at TechShow. If you're not registered yet, consider doing so. Flights have never been cheaper. And TechShow is a wonderful conference.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at TechShow though this 52 year old body has a hard time staying up to bar time with the likes of Ben Stevens, Dominic Jaar, Adriana Linares, and Ben Schorr (there's many more whose names slip my mind).

Working the concierge desk gave me the opportunity to meet a ton of folks. Existing LexBlog Clients and fellow speakers were among the many I enjoyed talking with.

If you haven't been to TechShow in the past, start going. There's much to learn from presentations that are heavy on practical information that can be put to immediate use.

You'll receive plenty of inspiration to use technology in ways to make your personal and professional life more rewarding. And, perhaps most importantly, are the life long friends you'll meet and get to know.

I first attended TechShow in 1997. As I told Adriana Linares, but for the inspiration I received there and at a Web marketing conference in California, I'd still be practicing law (not that that's a bad thing). I would have never gone on to found Prairielaw.com and now, LexBlog.

Many lawyers accept their fate, foregoing greater heights within their reach. Going to conferences like TechShow can inspire you to reach for something more. I strongly encourage you to do so.

Thanks to Tom Mighell and the other board members who were kind enough to give me the privilege of presenting (with Greg Siskind, the Godfather of legal marketing even). I hope I didn't let you down. And I look forward to attending for many years to come.