A couple of months ago, I was interviewed by National, the magazine of the Canadian Bar Association on the topic of Software as a Service (SaaS.) The resulting article, "Practicing Law with SaaS," is a good overview of the topic. Lawyers are so protective of client confidentiality that they are rightfully quite concerned
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Things your IT guy wants you to know (and some things they need to know)
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My friend Bruce Dorner forwarded this link to me: 10 things your IT guy wants you to know. Some wrongly assume that I have an IT background when nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, I am publishing this as sort of an opportunity to let IT guys (and gals) have their side…
Dragon Dictate Naturally Speaking Preferred Ver. 10 Released
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Nuance released Dragon Dictate Naturally Speaking Preferred Ver. 10 earlier this summer. I just placed my order and will receive my upgrade next week. Nuance is offering a half price for upgrade until the end of September, 2008. That’s $99 for Preferred Edition, instead of $199.
So I can’t review the program just yet. So…
2008 Summer Reading List: The 2008 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide
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I guess I should finish my Summer Reading List series before summer is finished!
The 2008 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide is subtitled "Critical Decisions Made Simple." The co-authors are Sharon D. Nelson, John W. Simek and Michael C. Maschke. This book was just published in March, 2008, so don’t think you should…
Is Vista Really as Bad as Some Say?
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In a word, yes. If anything, Vista is worse than all of the bad things you have heard about it, at least for most users. Here is a March, 2008 story from the New York Times indicating how several Microsoft executives couldn’t get Vista to do simple things they wanted to do.
Today (June…
Improving Your Skills With Your Practice Management Software
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An absolutely critical aspect of law firm success in the 21st Century is using practice management software. But is it really easy to bog down on purchasing a product since there are so many considerations. After one installs a product, it is also easy to quickly learn the basics and then "get back to work"…
Ten More Favorite Software Programs from Ed Bott
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Last week I highlighted Ed Bott’s Ten Favorite Windows Programs of All Time.
Well, lots of people read and responded to his story. So now he has compiled an additional set of Ten Favorite Windows Programs from his readers. And, again, there are some real jewels included here. Interestingly, while Ed orginally focused…
LawTech Guru Gives Us Important Info About Vista’s Shadow Copy
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Read this post even if you don’t intend to get Vista for years, or ever. E-discovery implications of this information are staggering.
LawTech Guru Jeff Beard gives us an expose`of the Shadow Copy feature of Microsoft Vista, along with information about a utility that solves part of the problems created. I was stunned, yes…
What’s in My Electronic Toolbox?
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When my hard drive crashed, I ultimately lost no data. But it was a real pain because I was under a number of tight deadlines. The interesting thing was how much I missed all of the little utilities, tweaks and customizations that were on my old PC as I borrowed a non-customized standard PC. So…
Voice-Activated Technology for Lawyers
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Voice-Activated Technology for Lawyers is the subject of my column in the Oklahoma Bar Journal this month. It is a farily short treatment of a big topic, but it includes links to my previous articles on speech recognition software and digital dictation devices. Regular readers of this blog have already learned of my infatuation…