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Another TechnoFeature

Posted on June 25, 2008
Yesterday I had the pleasure of having my review of the Canon ScanFront 220P scanner published as a TechnoFeature by TechnoLawyer. A reprint of my review can be found on my Files page or by clicking here. My summary of the review is that I loved this scanner and I would recommend it for anyone who [...

Eating While Traveling in Oregon

Posted on June 24, 2008
Recently I spent some time the Pacific Northwest. We spent time in Portland and Astoria Oregon as well as Ocean Shores, Washington. I love this area and always enjoy visiting. While in Portland, I found the best doughnuts that I have ever eaten at VooDoo Doughnut...

Using a Blog to Manage Information

Posted on June 23, 2008
My wife has asked me why I blog about the books that I read and the hotels that I stay at. After she asked the question, I realized that one of the main reasons that I do this, is so that I can find the information again when I need it. Sure, I could make notes [...

PicLens Makes Pictures Easy to Use

Posted on June 23, 2008
A couple of months ago, Matt Homan recommended PicLens for anyone who “EVER view photos or other images in the web.” At the time, I thought the suggestion was interesting, but I did nothing other than bookmark Matt’s post and the PicLens site...

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Going Paperless?

Posted on June 22, 2008
I am a huge advocate of moving to a paperless office. In my experience, it is simply a more efficient way of doing things. If you have not yet made the decision to move to a paperless office, Lawyer’s Weekly has a good article on how to get started...

The City of Books

Posted on June 21, 2008
While in Portland, I was able to visit Powell’s Books, which claims to be the world’s largest independent used and new bookstore. I can’t verify this, but I can verify that it is huge, and, without a doubt, the coolest bookstore I have ever been in...

Using TripIt

Posted on June 18, 2008
I have written before about TripIt. TripIt is a travel organization website that allows you to forward your reservation confirmations to the website and it automatically builds a travel itinerary for you. When I wrote about TripIt before, I had not yet tried it...

Time to Register for 2008 ISBA Solo and Small Firm Conference

Posted on June 11, 2008
I just received the registration brochure for the 2008 ISBA Solo and Small Firm Conference. This is shaping up to be another great conference and I am really looking forward to it. There are three programing tracks with lots of good programs and speakers scheduled...

Damn You Buzz Bruggeman!

Posted on June 10, 2008
Recently I had a self imposed (or maybe a wife imposed) moratorium on purchasing new software. Some days I think I like to collect software as much as I do other gadgets. To that end, I download a lot of free trial software, play with it for a while, and then discard it when the [...

Acrobat & Mobiliti Problem

Posted on June 05, 2008
I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 and Mobiliti Basic 7.1. I presume that most people are familiar with Acrobat. Mobiliti is a program that creates a virtual network on your laptop that allows you to access designated folders when you are disconnected from your network...

Fake Fax Signatures

Posted on June 03, 2008
Bruce Schneier has a great post on the apparent insecurity of fax signatures. Bruce is right of course in his assertion that fax signatures can be easily forged, especially if you have a copy of your signature on your computer. However, as Bruce points out, fax signatures are accepted because they are typically only one small [...

Another Word Tip: Squeezing Text on a Page

Posted on June 03, 2008
I love tips that help us use MS Word more effectively. Nerino Petro at Compujurist has a great little post detailing how to take the last bit of text that appears by itself on the last page and squeeze it into the previous page. Not only does Nerino share this tip, but he also tells [...

Favorite: Shrinkify

Posted on June 02, 2008
I have written before that TinyURL Creator is one of my favorite Firefox extensions. That is no more. I have a new favorite: Shrinkify. Both of these extensions do the same thing. Namely, they take a really long web address and convert it into something that is short and easily used...

A Great Hard Drive Solution

Posted on May 28, 2008
If you have ever complained about having to swap a hard drive out of an external hard drive enclosure, I have found the perfect solution for you: The SATA HDD Multi-Function Dock. According to the website, This SATA HDD Dock allows you to plug any 2...

Backups, An Interesting Contrast

Posted on May 28, 2008
As I was perusing my RSS reader this morning, I came across two blog posts that provided an interesting contrast. First was from the Illinois Trial Practice Weblog. There, Evan Schaeffer points us toward an article from PC World about why you should back up online...

A Step in the Right Direction

Posted on May 23, 2008
The Illinois Supreme Court released a press release today announcing a plan for a unified efiling system throughout the state. Chief Justice Robert R. Thomas and the Illinois Supreme Court announced Friday a wide-ranging plan to build a technological infrastructure that would link electronically all the courts in the state?s 23 judicial circuits and 102 counties...

SaaS and Support Options

Posted on May 22, 2008
Web-Tones recently posted an entry titled Darkside of SaaS. In the post, the author explains: As we move more and more of our computing to the cloud one thing will become painfully obvious. It is not the service provider with the coolest interface or lowest cost that will win...

My Social Media Presence

Posted on May 21, 2008
I am not sure why, but it feels strange to say that. However, I do have one a presence and I might as well make it easy to find. My LinkedIn page can be found here. I have also recently started using Twitter. My Twitter page is here. Cleverly, my Twitter name is Bryan_Sims...

Is This Normal?

Posted on May 21, 2008
I have a case in which opposing counsel is sending me approximately 1,000 pages of nonconfidential pages of discovery. He asked if he could send them to me electronically (note, these are from a third party and, for a variety of reasons, edicsovery is not a concern)...

Crossing Borders with your Laptop

Posted on May 20, 2008
The fact that agents can search your computer when you cross international borders presents special problems for attorneys, given that our computers likely contain information we are ethically bound to keep confidential. If you are considering international travel with your laptop, I recommend that you check out Bruce Schneier’s column on crossing boarders with your [...

Fuzzy Navel by J.A. Konrath

Posted on May 19, 2008
I managed to get my hands on an ARC of Fuzzy Navel, J.A. Konrath’s new novel coming out in July 2008. I read it in fewer than 24 hours, coincidentally about the same amount of time that the book covers. In this latest installment of the Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels series, the action is packed into [...

This is Not a Metadata Problem

Posted on May 16, 2008
I have spoken on multiple occasions to attorneys about the dangers of metadata. I have found that many attorneys are not aware of the problem and do not know how to follow simple steps to manage metadata. I was completely stunned, however, by this post which describes a business plan that was submitted to a venture [...

Some People I Just Don?t Get

Posted on May 16, 2008
The Legal Profession Blog has an interesting post about Stephen Harris, a Kansas attorney who was disciplined because he refused to file bankruptcy pleadings electronically. The opinion from the Supreme Court of Kansas explains: In January 2005, Respondent attempted to file a bankruptcy case, in behalf of another client, using paper pleadings rather than electronic pleadings...

Little Brother

Posted on May 13, 2008
Are you concerned about the new surveillance methods being implemented in New York City? Do you believe that it is stupid that we have to take our shoes off while going through airport security? Do you think it is stupid even after hearing the head of TSA explain the reason for it? Does security theater, [...

2008 ISBA Solo and Small Firm Conference

Posted on May 12, 2008
Early Bird Registration is now open for the 2008 ISBA Solo and Small Firm Conference. I was on the planning committee for this event and I believe that this will be another great conference. As with previous years, the conference will have three tracks to choose from: Substantive Law, Effective & Ethical Practice, and Legal [...

Even More Filing Problems

Posted on May 09, 2008
I know that I have been bagging on the Cook County Clerk’s office lately. See this, for example. It’s not that I want to pick on them. However, the reality is that they are the ones that I have problems with. For example, after I was unable to find a complaint or answer in the file [...

Travel: St. Louis Westin

Posted on May 09, 2008
I recently traveled to St. Louis and stayed in the Westin that is across the street from Busch Stadium. Apart from Seattle’s Hotel 1000, which I loved, this has to be one of my favorite hotels. It is conveniently located across from the stadium and has easy access to the highway...

Defending Gary by Mark Prothero & Carlton Smith

Posted on May 07, 2008
I am a true crime junkie. Thus, I jumped on the chance to read Defending Gary, a book about the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgeway, written by one of his attorneys, Mark Prothero. This is not your typical true crime book. If you want the details of the investigation or how forensic evidence finally solved the [...

Why is Illinois Stuck in the 19th Century?

Posted on May 06, 2008
I am still fuming from an experience that I had in a local court clerk’s office yesterday. I had a meeting outside of the office. While I was out, one of my partners contacted me and asked me if I was near the courthouse. It seemed that one of his divorce clients had another case [...

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