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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.
By Ross Kodner et al.

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Last Entry: January 06, 2011 at 20:23:49

Monday Deal Alert! 25? LCD/HDMI Display for $189

Posted on August 17, 2009
What a perfect day to start your digital week! Tigerdirect has an i-Inc 25″ LCD flat panel display for $189. To be sure, that’s a great price but what makes it a really exceptional deal is: 1920 x 1080 resolution Super-fast 2 ms screen response time fast enough even for mid-afternoon Flight Simulator spins (admit it, you [...

$50 Discount Code for 8/20 WebCLE: ?Minimize Risk with Legal Case, Matter and Practice Management Systems?

Posted on August 14, 2009
For my online CLE with Andy Adkins next week on August 20th at noon CDT (12-130PM CDT), I’ve just been told there is a $50 discount code available – the CLE info is here including online registration. The discount code to use when checking out is Z7745121...

Don?t Shoot Yourself in the Foot

Posted on August 14, 2009
I can always count on my pal Jim Calloway to cut to the core of issues that no one else seems to address. Jim’s got a great post at his Law Practice Tips blog ( the post is here) called “Online Reputation Management: First Rule is to Avoid Self-Inflicted Wounds...

Digital Edge Podcast Featuring . . . Me!

Posted on August 14, 2009
I had the great pleasure of participating in the Digital Edge podcast with co-authors, techno.pals and friends Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway. The subje ct was the new book the three of us will debut exactly one week from today called “How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times,” published by the ABA’s Law Practice Management Section...

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My Latest SmallLaw Column ? ?Top Five BigSolo Mistakes: How to Destroy Your Fledgling Law Firm?

Posted on August 13, 2009
My latest Technolawyer SmallLaw column is now online here. It’s called “Top Five BigSolo Mistakes: How to Destroy Your Fledgling Law Firm.” The column is a tongue-in-cheek perspective on the ways new solos, small firms or BigSolos (see my previous column for a discussion of the economy-driven BigSolo trend of BigLaw attorneys hanging out shingles [...

R.I.P. Les Paul

Posted on August 13, 2009
Could Les Paul be the most influential Wisconsinite of all time? Rock and roll owes Les mightly. One of the few “legends” who deserved the title. Once again, we’re experiencing “The Day the Music Died.” And as a fellow native Wisconsinite, we’re all terribly proud of our musical native son...

Best Tech for ?Kids? Could be the Ultimate Stress Antidote for Lawyers

Posted on August 13, 2009
I’m really not sure what BusinessWeek knows about toys – the publication does seem like the very antithesis to the concept of “fun.” However, a new article professes to list the “Best Tech for Kids” and it’s actually not a bad list...

Outlook for Mac Coming with Office 2010 ? Legal Software Development Floodgates to Open?

Posted on August 13, 2009
Microsoft’s Business Unit has confirmed that the next Mac version of Office, due later in 2010, will include Outlook, replacing the much maligned (and deservedly so) Entourage that has been part of Mac Microsoft Office for some time. Word is that this version of Outlook will match the Windows Outlook’s functionality, especially in terms of [...

The NYT on Home Wireless Tech

Posted on August 13, 2009
A tip of the hat to Dave Rakowski for the link to a great NYT Personal Tech section article today on the state of wireless networking for our homes. Yardena Arar’s article covers the latest in WiFi tech and the rationale for upgrading older 802...

Debunking Netbook Myths and Misconceptions ? The Straight NetScoop

Posted on August 12, 2009
We’ve discussed netbooks on the ABA Solosez listserve recently and I thought some of that discussion would be helpful for Ross Ipsa Loquitur readers. Here’s the most recent netbook-chat: Netbooks grew out of the One Laptop Per Child movement (OLPC), started by Nicholas Negroponte from MIT...

CLE Update: Chicago and on the Web Next Week!

Posted on August 12, 2009
Just thought some of you might be interested in two upcoming CLE programs – one live in the Chicago area on Wednesday, August 19th and the other online and available everywhere. on Thursday, August 20th.� Here’s the scoop on the two programs: “Social Media for Lawyer (and Other Tech Tools to Help Good Lawyers Survive Bad [...

Microsoft ?Permanently? Barred from Selling Word in the U.S.?

Posted on August 12, 2009
OK, I’ll admit that I just about drowned as a mouthful of Starbucks Pike Place Roast went down the wrong hatch as I read this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081201409.html and also: http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/176223...

Hijacked! Ross Ipsa Now Fixed and Back in Business

Posted on August 05, 2009
First, I want to thank so many of you for writing and expressing concern because I haven’t posted since late June. We’ve just been completely swamped here at MicroLaw for the last six weeks – an atypically busy summer helping a number of new small firms – all BigSolos – get started out and various [...

Sending Kids to College: What Tech to Take?

Posted on June 23, 2009
Many fellow parents are all debating the same question this summer – what tech to buy for their college-bound kids. I faced this question with Kodner1.html who will matriculate at the University of Pennsylvania this September as a freshperson.� It’s a difficult question with a dizzying array of choices (including the question of whether to [...

Boston Musings

Posted on June 23, 2009
Just heading home from a quick trip with Kodner1.html and Kodner2.html. I had the pleasure of speaking at the Rhode Island Bar’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Providence last Friday so I brought them along. We had a whirlwind four state tour of Rhode Island (Providence and Newport), Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine (ok not ALL [...

Green Home Sweet Home Office

Posted on June 15, 2009
(Original version published by “Law Technology News“, June 2009 here) My Milwaukee-based business, MicroLaw Inc., has a traditional office suite in a building my partner and I co-own with another technology company. The upside of going to the office is the collegiality experienced with my co-workers and the lack of a 42″ plasma HDTV and Tivo to [...

June LTN Issue: Green Home Office, Kindle 2, Ticked Off Judges & Digital Dictation

Posted on June 05, 2009
Several particularly useful articles just showed up in the Law Technology News June issue - about how to have a really green home office - hope you find it useful! Here’s my own article link to the online version - it will also be in the June print issue: In the same issue, Nerino Petro has [...

Bruce Olson - ONLAW Trial Technologies Debuts

Posted on June 02, 2009
A message from my techno.pal, Bruce Olson. Bruce has spent many years as a litigator with various firms including Hinshaw, his own firm for awhile (when I worked with him - he was my client in the mid-90’s) and most recently at Davis & Kuelthau in their Green Bay, Wisconsin office...

GM

Posted on June 02, 2009
GM = God (what a) Mess GM = Government Motors GM = Grand Mal (automaker seizure) GM = Gimme Money! The question is what we will do to ensure it doesn’t happen AGAIN post-bankruptcy, post-bailout?

The Big Underscore - Why Mac Lawyers Need to Learn About Security Issues

Posted on May 27, 2009
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about how important it was for Mac Lawyers, current or prospective, to become open-minded and responsible about security issues that affect them/us (”us” as in I’m a Mac user as well - I seem to have to keep reminding some of my audience members of this)...

Tightwad Tech: Found Another Netbook Deal!

Posted on May 22, 2009
Again from Compusa/Tigerdirect, Acer Aspire One factory refurbished netbooks - these are the earlier 9″ screen models with XP Home, 1 Gb RAM, 120 Gb hard drive. So previous generation. But they’re $199 which is PERFECT to having sitting around in your kitchen, as a second machine for Facebooking/Twittering/Skyping, etc...

Minimum Daily Tech Requirements - Part Three Now Available

Posted on May 22, 2009
The third and final segment of my Technolawyer SmallLaw series called “Minimum Daily Technology Requirements for Small Firms” is now online at the Technolawyer SmallLaw blog site. If you’re a Technolawyer SmallLaw subscriber, you already received it on May 11th...

Check out Harold Goldner’s HumanRaceHorses Employment Law Blog

Posted on May 10, 2009
Techno.pal Harold Goldner who has a long-time employment law practice in the Greater Philly area has been blogging since the beginning of the year at Human Racehorses - here’s the link to his blog. I’ve known Harold for many years - we originally met virtually on the ABA’s Lawtech listserve and have been friends ever [...

Help! Ideas to Fix Sticky IBM Trackpoint II Keys

Posted on May 10, 2009
Folks, Just received a 1998 vintage IBM Trackpoint II keyboard from an eBay purchase. A bunch of the keys are sticking. Before I complain to the seller (whose ad said it was in perfect working order), I’d like to see if I can fix these keys...

Favorite Things?

Posted on May 10, 2009
Did you ever thing about some of your favorite things, in a mental checklist kind of way? Not sure why, but I was thinking about this tonight. Here are some of my favorite things . . . how about yours? Movie: Tie - Casablanca, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Adventures of [...

Here?s to Our Moms!

Posted on May 10, 2009
Tomorrow’s the big day for Moms everywhere. A tip of the hat and a toast to all Mom’s everywhere. All the best for your big day tomorrow. Breakfast in bed for the Mom in my house (shhhh! it’s a surprise . . . and I know she doesn’t read my blog so I’m safe)! To my [...

Favorite Things?Knew I?d Forget Something!

Posted on May 10, 2009
Favorite Frozen Indulgence: Kopp’s Custard (Milwaukee) preferably with lots of chunky bits (like cookie dough, german streusel, butterfingery pieces, etc.) Favorite State Fair Food: Grilled sweet corn from the Wisconsin State Fair Favorite Friends Inadvertently Left Off the First List: Ellen, Susan, Nancy, Dale(s), JoAnna, Sabrina, Shell, Monica, Rick and Judy, Bill, Jim, David Favorite Bands: Tie and [...

From Renee: Mavis Beacon - Where are you when we need you??

Posted on May 08, 2009
Mavis Beacon - please, please come back! It’s true: I am firmly entrenched in middle age, but I can still out-cycle my 13 year old daughter and I can still type 80 words a minute with just one error ? that?s about 40 wpm faster than some high school seniors I recently tested...

Told ?Ya So . . . Sadly, the Expected Mac Response

Posted on May 08, 2009
Did I not call this one in my post yesterday about my concerns about Ben Steven’s recent Mac-related Technofeature? Told ‘ya this is what would happen. Kudos to my long-ago mentor David Hirsch for a high-road, interesting as ever (even if I completely disagree with it) response, but it was Randy Singer, Chief Self-Appointed Mac [...

BigSolos - The Document Management Transition

Posted on May 07, 2009
Thanks to Monica Bay and Law Technology News for running my article on how BigSolo lawyers are making the document management transition when they move from larger firms to new small practices. Here’s the link to the article (and if you’re not an LTN subscriber, it’s free for goodness sakes - SUBSCRIBE, it’s the bible! [...

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