Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell have a really great podcast series on technology trends called the Kennedy-Mighell Report. The latest edition caught my attention because they decided to expand on my recent post on online reputation managment. Dennnis noted: "It used to be that you were mainly concerned with getting yourself into search engines
August 2009
Dual-Screen Laptops — Very cool concept
As readers know, I am a big fan of dual monitors and like another commentator experience an irrational pleasure when someone else discovers how greal dual monitors are for productivity. So, breaking news this morning of a prototype dual-screen laptop (and pictures) really caught my eye and inspired a round of techno-lust. Surely, they need…
The Billable Hour Debate: August 24, 2009
On Monday, August 24th, the debate about alternatives to the billiable hour got even more high profile as articles appeared about the topic in both the Wall Street Journal and Corporate Counsel. I received Corporate Counsel in the morning mail and soon thereafter my inbox received notices of the WSJ feature from a discussion…
More on E-mail Management Tips for Lawyers
A lot of people seem to be considering e-mail management issues. Could it be because we are all looking at crowded inboxes? Here is a post by Allison Shields with her E-mail Management Tips for Lawyers.
Four (make that five) must-have tech tools for solos
Bryan Sims, who writes the Connected Lawyer blog, was interviewed by the Illinois Lawyer magazine. In the yet-to-be published article, he is quoted as saying there are four "must-have tools" for solo practitioners: a smart phone, a laptop, a scanner, and a good backup system. I really like his list! A prepublication Illinois Lawyer blog…
Fidelity vs. Convenience
Seth Godin has a blog post Fidelity vs. Convenience discussing the concepts in Kevin Maney's upcoming book. The book's premise is that there is a trade off "between delivering extraordinary experiences (which he calls fidelity) and doing it in a way that's cheap and easy (convenience)."
Godin says,"In the words of Bill Gross, in order…
Ross Kodner on Netbooks
With the school year beginning, I'm hearing more people talk about netbooks, those low cost laptops that are gaining in popularity. In fact the OBA Executive Director just bought one for his home use. But can a netbook work for a practicing lawyer and what are its limits? I'm not really set up to do hardware…
Online Reputation Management: First Rule is to Avoid Self-Inflicted Wounds
A lot of people are concerned about online reputation management. They are worried about things posted online about them or their families. Lawyers in particular worry that unhappy former clients will post untrue things about the lawyer online that are difficult or impossible to refute.
Our Rules of Professional Conduct say a lawyer may reveal…
Tips on Using Outlook Tasks to Clear Your Inbox
I returned from the ABA Annual Meeting resolved to try to make better use of Outlook Tasks to improve my life. A tip about Task due dates from Michael Linenberger, author of Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook, is a part of that strategy. So far the results are mixed, but I haven't bought…
When you go to Heaven….
A lawyer I know told me she had to complete her "semi" work before going on vacation. She continued , "you know, in case I get hit by a semi while on vacation, I wouldn't want people to find a mess here." Unfortunately, life is unpredictable and be it a semi mishap or just not…