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Ross Ipsa Loquitur

Legal technology and law practice management issues including product reviews, CLE materials, corporate legal department technology, mobile lawyering and smartphones, Paper LESS Office(tm) developments, case/practice management system comments/tips/ideas, document management, legal billing, and interesting utilities. Also covers Factum, an online legal tech and practice management CLE.
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Last Entry: January 06, 2011 at 20:23:49

An Applica ? What My iPad Needs!

Posted on January 06, 2011
I’m not sure why this didn’t occur to me earlier . . . but, whatever – better late than never. I was thinking about the newly announced Lenovo U1 Hybrid – an ingeniousChinese-market-only (for now) mashup of Android tablet and netbook...

Winner of the December $2500 Practice Checkup is . . .

Posted on December 16, 2010
Drum roll please . . . (betting you guys forgot about this – we only had a few entrants this month, but all the original entrants rolled over, increasing their chances of winning) . . . the winner of the MicroLaw Law Practice Checkup worth $2500 is: James B...

Time for the First Monthly 25th Anniversary $2500 Law Practice Checkup Give-Away Drawing!

Posted on November 15, 2010
We had over 300 entries for our first monthly drawing for a Law Practice Checkup valued at $2500 (enough to cover the typical 2-3 lawyer practice and which can be applied towards a more extensive review of a larger practice). Entries came from literally all over the world...

Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference a Smash Hit

Posted on November 01, 2010
Good morning folks – we’re mostly happy here in Packerland after embarrassing the Jets. I say “mostly” happy because it wasn’t exactly pretty, without a single touchdown scored. But I digress. Major kudos to the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Bar Association for a great success in the 2010 iteration of the Wisconsin Solo [...

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The Very Best Deal . . . Like . . . EVER??

Posted on October 29, 2010
I know what you’re thinking if you know me: “Ross is a little prone to hyperbole.” Well, that might be true but in this case, it’s a blatant, cold-hearted statement of fact. �I found the very best deal EVER. In the entire history of the universe...

Time is on My Side, Yes it is

Posted on October 29, 2010
As any of us, like yours truly, approach the half-century mark, time seems like anything BUT a friend. �It has always inexorably marched on and likely always will (unless as daughter Hayley uberhip-ly observes, it’s “4D Dad” – I have no idea what that means, but I suspect time MIGHT stop marching on in that [...

Bob A?s in Love . . . With a New Laptop, That Is

Posted on October 29, 2010
Techno.pal Bob Ambrogi wrote at his Lawsites blog, “A Love Letter to a Laptop,” apparently partly inspired by my early review this week of my new Thinkpad X100e. Bob wrote about his soon-to-arrive Thinkpad T410. He observed, “[b]ravely, he plans to use it as his primary computer, substituting it for his brawnier T-series desktop...

25th Anniversary ? Yep, We?re Giving Away Consulting: One Free Practice Checkup Monthly!

Posted on October 26, 2010
To celebrate MicroLaw’s 25th anniversary, we’ve decided to do something we don’t believe any legal technology consultancy has ever done . . . Yep, every month for the next 12 months, we’re going to hold a drawing and give away one complete Law Practice Technology/Practice Management Checkup, value up to $2500! This review addresses all aspects of [...

Sports Confusion

Posted on October 26, 2010
Is it just me or is it a little overwhelming at the moment with football in full swing, the World Series starting, the hockey season underway and the NBA pre-season all happening now – pro sports overload or just a chance for avid sports fans to drink out of a full-force firehose? I think I’ll [...

Helpful SharePoint Article ? Worth a Read

Posted on October 26, 2010
Alan Cohen has a great article on the current state of legal SharePoint usage on Law.com here. �He talks about how SharePoint is really starting to gel for more and more practices as an integrational toolset – serving as a common interface for back-end financial systems, interconnecting Outlook data and document management / practice management [...

25th Anniversary $2500 Consulting Drawing Status

Posted on October 26, 2010
Um, like . . . wow! We’ve had a great response today with 20 firms throwing their entries into the hat for the November 15th first drawing for $2500 towards a MicroLaw Law Practice Technology / Practice Management Checkup. So keep ‘em coming folks – nothing to lose, everything to gain! Related posts:25th Anniversary – Yep, [...

The Five B?s: The Right Reasons for Technology in Your Practicew

Posted on October 25, 2010
This year marked MicroLaw’s 25th anniversary – we’ve been providing legal technology and law practice management guidance for more than 25 years. Sometimes, it’s hard to believe so much time has passed. Other times, it feels like it was just yesterday that I started this company in a bedroom of an apartment with $100 in [...

National Solo & Small Firm Conference ? Another Roaring Success

Posted on October 25, 2010
Kudos to Vicky Levy Eskin, this year’s conference chair and Nicole Nickodem from the ABA GP|Solo Division for another terrific National Solo & Small Firm Conference, held last Friday/Saturday in Austin. I had to make a quick trip of it, literally in town for less than 24 hours – spoke in two afternoon sessions on Friday [...

Who Have We Been Helping? What?s MicroLaw Up To These Days?

Posted on October 20, 2010
No posts for four months? Lots of emails from you wondering if I was okay? Good news on all fronts – everyone’s fine, just busy as all get out! Demand for MicroLaw’s practice management and technology evaluation services has never been higher...

Thinkpad X100e ? Fifth Netbook a Charm?

Posted on October 20, 2010
Yes, you’re not imagining it, I’m posting again. It’s been way too long – we’ve been so incredibly busy at MicroLaw, that there’s barely been a moment to breath. But, with that said (he says, taking a deep breath), let’s talk netbooks again...

MicroLaw Tapped as a Clio Certified Consultant!

Posted on May 20, 2010
I’m really excited to announce that MicroLaw has decided to become one of the first certified consultants for the award-winning cloud-computing based practice management system, Clio. You can read the press release from today here which has a bunch of my comments about why we’ve made this decision, what it brings to our current and prospective [...

Law Practice Management/Technology Symposium Friday 4/9 in Hartford, CT

Posted on April 08, 2010
To anyone near Hartford or who wants to view the live webcast online, the Connecticut Bar Foundation is putting on its annual Law Practice Management and Technology symposium tomorrow all day at the UCONN law school in William Starr Hall. The official name of the seminar is: “Connecticut Bar Foundation: James W...

MicroLaw Emphasizes Tabs 3 and PracticeMaster Transitions ? Talk to Us!

Posted on March 31, 2010
As many of you know, MicroLaw has always been an independent consultancy – we recommend the products we believe best fit the needs of our law practice clients worldwide. As such, for many years, we have recommended the Tabs 3 and Tabs PracticeMaster legal financial and practice management systems...

Technolawyer on Legal Cloud Computing

Posted on March 31, 2010
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about cloud computing for my clients. More and more questions are being raised about whether the web-based, hosted approach makes sense for small firms. In particular, for practice and financial management approaches...

Big Apple CLE on Tuesday, March 23rd for the NYSBA

Posted on March 19, 2010
Hey NYC area Sezzers – I’m going to be in Manhattan on Tuesday the 23rd for a full day of NYSBA CLE. Visiting Kodner1.html at Penn on Monday, then taking the train to the city Tuesday morning. I’m doing a seminar called “Tightwad Tech and the Portable Office” with full info here: http://tinyurl...

MicroLaw Turns 25 This June! Tightwad Technology Buffs Reap the Rewards

Posted on March 10, 2010
. . . MicroLaw’s current and prospective clients! Yes, we’re celebrating our 25th anniversary this June. We’ve somehow managed to persevere through DOS, all manners of Windows silliness, the Mac life cycle and endless tech trials and tribulations to find ourselves finishing our first quarter century serving the tech and practice management needs of over [...

From Law Technology News: Power Netbooks Pack More Punch Than You?d Expect

Posted on March 09, 2010
Courtesy of Law Technology News on 2/1/10, my article on netbooks, as follows: Netbooks ? those diminutive minicomputers that you’re seeing in airports and coffee shops ? have more power than you might expect. Your first instinct may be that a netbook might be a handy way to work when you’re stuck in coach with limited [...

My SaaS / Cloud Computing Position?No Change, Just Different Priorities

Posted on March 09, 2010
I’ve been deluged with emails about my most recent Technolawyer SmallLaw column entitled: “Ending the SaaS Stalemate in the Small Firm Market.” It will be distributed soon on the Technolawyer SmallLaw blog here if you didn’t get the regular distribution via email (and if you don’t receive them “freshly out of the oven” it’s free [...

CLE Tour Sponsored by Tabs3/PracticeMaster and Worldox

Posted on March 02, 2010
Folks, I have the great pleasure to announce a four city CLE series beginning this week in Nashville, followed in short order by Boston, New York and then Hartford in April. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Tabs 3 / PracticeMaster and Worldox GX2, from Software Technology Inc...

Utterly, Completely Flattered! (Unauthorized) FakeRossKodner Debuts on Twitter!

Posted on March 02, 2010
Yesterday I discovered the Twitter persona, FakeRossKodner at www.twitter.com/FakeRossKodner. Yes folks, it’s my very own unauthorized parody Twitter account! To say that I’m flattered would be an understatement. After all, think about the kind of people who have an admirer / stalker / PW (personal whackjob) create a “fake” info source for them...

Art Imitating Life or Life Imitating Art?

Posted on January 22, 2010
As a Macbook owner, I have tended to be nearly fanatical about taking care of my svelte aluminum-chassis’d machine, wanting to preserve it’s factory-new appearance. I carry it in a Civilian Lab Gear Air Manila leather sleeve but a new Macbook cover caught my attention yesterday...

ABA Law Practice Management Section Names New Director

Posted on January 22, 2010
Saw this announcement yesterday from the ABA Law Practice Management Section: “ABA Law Practice Management Section Names New Director The American Bar Association announced today that Pamela�McDevitt has been named the new director for the Law Practice Management Section, effective March 22, 2010...

A Panoply of PDF Pieces: Latest Technolawyer SmallLaw Columns

Posted on January 19, 2010
Alright, I agree, that was a pathetic effort at alliteration but it’s true! I’ve been writing a series of PDF-related columns for my Technolawyer SmallLaw contributions over the last couple of months. I’ve written detailed “how to” guides on: PDF Packaging - how to create “electronic three ring binders” to organize client and firm administrative documents...

Where in the World is Ross?

Posted on January 19, 2010
First, I want to thank all of you who have expressed concern at my “disappearance” for the last several months. Simple explanation: I was busy. Really, really busy. Still am. A mix of personal things (very, very positive!) and an increase in business which was unexpected (based largely on growing demand for assistance transitioning from [...

Abomination

Posted on August 21, 2009
The title says it all. No, it’s not about legal technology. It’s about sports. And about decency, or lack thereof. My family have been Packers fans and season ticket holders since the dawn of recorded time. And like every member of the tribe, and like other Packers shareholders (yes, we have our single share of [...