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Attorney at Work has posted their Friday Five article for Friday October 7, 2011 and it's all about tablets and Tablet Love. While much of the information is for those that love the iPad, I've contributed for those of us that prefer an alternative. In my case, it's my Acer Iconia Tab A500 tablet running Android Honeycomb 3.2.
My friend, Dan Pinnington (director of practicePRO), article Legal malpractice risks change in tough times (But the best risk management strategies don’t) was recently made available to a wider audience and is worth reading. Dan provides sage advice and even though he is in Canada and this was originally aimed at Canadian lawyers, it applies to those of us here in the U.S.A.
The first day of the 2011 Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference is done and it was a huge success! Day 1 started with a session on legal research with Fastcase and information on the new Wisbar MarketPlace and Books UnBound. PINNACLE, the State Bar of Wisconsin's CLE Department announced that all attendees of the WSSFC would receive a month of free access to Books UnBound starting November 1, 2011.
Corresponding in 140 character messages can be a challenge not only for the person who tweets, but also for those that want to retweet the original message either in endorsement, disagreement or a simple "check this out." Bruce Carton of Legal Blog Watch suggested that twitter users adopt a taxonomy for retweets in his recent post The 'RT Taxonomy': Creating Different Flavors of Retweets detailing a suggestion by Ontario lawyer and blogger Antonin Pribetic, (who pens The Trial Warrior Blog) in this tweet . Pribetic suggests using a taxonomy of the existing RT (which designates a retweet) plus an additional symbol to convey one of several possible meanings.
Using clues that will be supplied by the ABA, be one of the first 5 to correctly guess who the ABA TECHSHOW 2012 keynote speaker is and be entered int o a drawing for a discount on registration. A new clue will be posted daily until the first five correct guesses are made.
Are you making the best use of the technology tools you already have, such as Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Office? This is the first in a series of useful technology tips to save you time, money, and headaches...Create a digital image of your signature with Acrobat
I had the pleasure of presenting 60 Tips in 60 Minutes for a joint ABA GP|Solo and Young Lawyer Division session today in New Orleans. My co-presenter was Ashley Hallene from Texas and she did a terrific job and had some very useful tips. The PowerPoint from this presentation is now availableon the Compujurist Downloads page.
Working on a hosted desktop offers a number of benefits, including the ability to connect to it from a variety of devices across different platforms. Work on your virtual desktop from your Windows PC at home, check in from the coffee shop and make a change to a letter on your iPad and finally, access and open a pdf from your Android device. If your device crashes, no worries, the virtual desktop is unaffected because it is not running on your device but on a hosted machine in a server farm.
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