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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

I Must Be a Fricking Masochist for Writing About Mac Issues Again But?

Posted on May 07, 2009
. . . let me remind the legal Mac faithful that I am one of you. If need be, I’ll send you all the receipts for the 2008 vintage 13″ Aluminum Macbook and 2005 vintage PowerBook G4 I own and regularly use . . . and even pictures showing me using them...

Legal Technology CLEs Live from Philly in June (And Steaks Wit Wiz for me!)

Posted on May 07, 2009
Ah, nothing like the smell of proper cheesesteaks (wit Wiz!) wafting on the Spring breezes of a Philly evening (I’m a Pat’s man myself, although I’m partial to Jim’s too) Anyway, I’ll be in Philly June 2nd to present a live webcast CLE on behalf of ALI-ABA...

And now, I invent: the Twimerick

Posted on April 28, 2009
I guess twitterers like to twaiku, But I think it’s too easy to do. It takes much more time When your lines have to rhyme And fit a strict meter form too!

Vista Twaiku (net poetry in 140 characters or less)

Posted on April 27, 2009
Vista Twaiku: You want to UAC me to death. I reject your false assurances. You waste hours of my life. I defy you. I replace you with XP.

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Netbook Twaiku (net poetry in 140 characters)

Posted on April 24, 2009
Netbook Twaiku: My netbook, a friend it is. Small but strong. Light but useful. Cheap but valuable. Take my netbook and you I will fight.

Connie Crosby LiveBlogged Leg@lIT Paper LESS Office Session!

Posted on April 23, 2009
Thanks Connie! Here’s the link to her live-blogged rundown of my session with Sam Coppola at�http://www.legalit.ca 3.0 this week: http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com/2009/04/legalit-30-achieving-paper-less-tm.html �

Making PDFs Searchable - Everyone Needs to Know How!

Posted on April 23, 2009
OK, one of my favorite subjects . . . making PDFs searchable is a necessary skill, especially if your firm or business has a “PDF First” policy for electronic document exchange (which essentially might say: “If there is no legitimate reason for the recipient of an electronic document we send to edit the file, we [...

Thanks Milwaukee Journal for the Twittering Mention

Posted on April 23, 2009
I was pleasantly surprised this morning when a local colleague, Joe Skotarzak, President of River Run Computers, emailed and congratulated me for being on a list of the “20 most interesting Milwaukee Twitterers,” in an article by Kathy Flanigan, an online blogger for the venerable Milwaukee newspaper (who along with her colleague Stan Miller II [...

Blogged About While Twittering and Blogging

Posted on April 21, 2009
There is no doubt in my mind that if I’m being blogged about WHILE I’m blogging and TWITTERING, there is provable mathematical formula that will show we are in imminent danger of causing an irreparable tear in the very fabric that holds the universe together...

Leg@lIT 3.0 - C?est une conf�rence qui est riche et informatif!

Posted on April 21, 2009
Thoroughly enjoying my experience as a speaker and attendee of Leg@lIT 3.0 yesterday and today in Montr�al. With a strong collection of programs spanning subjects from Microsoft Office to e-Discovery to being virtual/mobile and the Paper LESS Office, the academic side of the conference is stellar...

How Getting IT Wrong Costs a Bundle

Posted on April 17, 2009
It’s worth a few minutes to review the online slideshow from this week’s eWeek Editor’s Pick. It’s called “Dirty Dozen: 12 IT Disasters.” As they describe it, it’s about what went wrong and what happened next...

More on the Cost of Using Outdated Technology

Posted on April 17, 2009
Reader and colleague Lewis Kinard, author of the “Practical Compliance” blawg, posted on this topic recently - just read it - incredibly valuable information about the cost of letting your technology outstay its welcome. A MUST read here.

Laptops for College Students - A Smart Guide for Parents

Posted on April 17, 2009
This question came up on the ABA’s Solosez list in the last couple of days. Given that I’m facing this question with Kodner1.html heading to Penn in the Fall, I thought I’d offer my ideas. I think the most important characteristics of a laptop to buy a college kid are: Campus Support - What do the campus [...

Send Positive Thoughts to Debbie Foster?s Mom

Posted on April 12, 2009
Got an email yesterday from colleague Debbie Foster - she said her Mom was in intensive care at a local hospital and very ill. Couldn’t hurt to send positive thoughts her way (aim towards Tampa).

Sunday Morning Musings?Macs and BMWs

Posted on April 12, 2009
I’m sitting in a cafe working on the slideshow for Kodner2.html’s Bat Mitzvah next weekend (and BTW, the four finalist songs for the father/daughter dance are, in no particular order: Frank’s “The Way You Look Tonight“ Paul Simon’s “Father and Daughter” Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” Israel Kamakawiwo?ole’ “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Anyway, I’m sitting here and having this [...

The Rites of Spring - Baseball, Buds on the Trees and a Positive Attitude

Posted on April 09, 2009
A large birch tree rubs its upper branches against my windows. This morning I looked outside and saw the first new buds. While Spring might have already sprung in regions farther south, here in Wisconsin it’s just starting. I love this time of year...

Methinks Thou Dost Tweetith Too Stupidly

Posted on March 29, 2009
A tip of the hat to techno.pal Sharon Nelson from Sensei and ABA books fame� (and of course for the terrific, must-subscribe, e-discover blawg, “Ride the Lightning“) for this one: “How to Lose a Job in One Tweet” - see it here...

Great Little Utility - Thanks Scott Barer!

Posted on March 29, 2009
Culled from the daily treasure trove of knowledge otherwise known as the ABA’s Solosez listserve comes this great utility tip from Atty. Scott Barer, a list regular from Woodland Hills, California. I’ve been looking for one of these for, literally, years...

There IS Another 30 Year Old Legal Tech Company

Posted on March 29, 2009
Thanks to Phil Homburger from Synaptec Software, 30 year publishers of the LawBase practice/matter management system, writing in response to yesterday’s post about STI (Tabs 3 / PracticeMaster) reaching their 30th year with consistent ownership...

Mac Practice Management: A Short/Quick Answer

Posted on March 27, 2009
The question of what to look for in Mac practice management systems came up on the ABA Solosez listserve the other day. Several have asked me for my short response, so here it it. Let me first say that while some will suggest general purpose PIMs like Daylite, I’m a strong believer that the best [...

Congratulations STI (Tabs 3 / PracticeMaster) on 30 Solid Years!

Posted on March 27, 2009
Can anyone name ANY other legal technology-focused company that has either: Been around for 30 years? Has had consistent ownership for 30 years? I’m reasonably certain that other than STI, better known as the publishers of long-time stalwart market leaders Tabs 3 Billing and the potent PracticeMaster practice management system, there are none who can make this claim...

Le Printemps et Tech en Montr�al: Leg@lIT 3.0 20/21 Avril 2009

Posted on March 25, 2009
Yes, it’s my seven years of French bursting forth! (French minor in college - I remember just enough to embarrass myself in Paris but be appreciated by the Quebecois!). Mark your legal tech calendars for a conference with the exotic twist (for Americans) of being in one of North America’s hippest cities, Montreal! It’s the third [...

Legal Technology Loses an Icon: R.I.P. John Lederer

Posted on March 25, 2009
In Wisconsin, John Lederer was a legend in the world of legal technology - and an unsung hero outside of the state. Among many accomplishments in his life, John was the driving force behind the Uniform Citation movement in the 80’s and early’s 90’s...

The Original, Often Imitated, Genuine Article: Ross? Paper LESS Office

Posted on March 25, 2009
“A Paper LESS Life: A Common Sense Guide to (Green) Home and Business Sanity”. That’s the working title of the book I’m furiously working on - the logical next step after 15 years of the Paper LESS Office(tm). If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then I’m feeling quite flattered over the last few [...

Twog: My TwitLog Experiment

Posted on March 24, 2009
The results of my experimenting with Life via Twitter as @rkodner.Here are all my posts since I started Twittering ?way? back in October 2008. This includes my reTweets and replies as well as my own Tweets. So should this kind of Twitter Log have it?s own name? It would be GREAT if there were software that [...

The Weekend Geek: Multiple Monitor Mania

Posted on March 21, 2009
Perhaps the single biggest productivity boost to any computer setup, whether a PC or Mac, is to move to a multiple monitor setup. What can you do with multiple displays? In a word, MORE! With a system desktop that spans two, three or even four of more displays, you can have your regularly-used apps always [...

The Weekend Geek: Get a USB eSATA Dock!

Posted on March 21, 2009
This is one of those products that is so patently obvious, that fact is the only likely explanation for the fact they just recently appeared. USB eSATA dock let you take a barebones SATA hard drive, plug it into the docking device and turn it into an external USB hard drive...

Internet Explorer 8 ? (yawn)

Posted on March 21, 2009
This seems to be my week for frustrating rants. With the latest Internet Explorer 8 being my next victim. Truly, am I missing something here? I downloaded the new IE8 earlier this week. My impressions so far are: (intentionally blank) (intentionally blank) (intentionally blank) Seriously, what was the point of this update...

Should Have Used a Different Word in my Dell Adamo Post Title

Posted on March 19, 2009
Folks, just a general apology for a poorly chosen word in the title of my Dell Adamo-related post. I should not have used the word “retards.” It was insensitive. Better, and more descriptive words or phrases might have been: Morons Brain-Dead Microencephalic Idiots Cretins Imbeciles Terminally Clueless Fricking Insane You get the idea...

Hosted Exchange Server Follow-up: It Needs to Be Well-Considered

Posted on March 19, 2009
Thanks to those who commented on my earlier post about Hosted Exchange services.� There were a couple of points made that I thought it might be useful to follow up on. First, there’s the question as to what advantage Exchange Server has over other email services like those provided by Google...

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