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A New Computer Bag

Posted on February 28, 2008
My current computer bag (a Targus) is getting a little beat up. Thus, I have been shopping for a new bag. Bags that I am looking at include the Bum Back Pack Hamptons Messenger Bag, the MVision S500, the Skooba Satchel, the Waterfield Cargo, the Tom Bihn ID, or the Timbuk2 Messenger Bag...

Illinois?s Court System Failure: No Electronic Access to Files

Posted on February 27, 2008
One of the areas that Illinois is seriously lagging behind on in eFiling of documents and electronic access to court files. I am constantly frustrated when I look at the baby steps that are being taken in Illinois as compared to what has already been completed in other states...

Freedom 2000 GPS and TomTom Navigator 6: A Great Combination

Posted on February 22, 2008
For quite a while I have wanted a GPS. This desire comes not from the fact that I tend to get lost, but instead from the fact that I think they are really cool. One drawback was that I really didn’t want to have to keep track of another device and have to decide whether [...

An Interesting Grammar Story

Posted on February 20, 2008
I admit that I am a grammar geek. Thus, I was quite interested to see this story in the New York Times about the use of a semicolon on a public service placard. The story was ok, but the best part comes at the end of the story. This article has been revised to reflect the [...

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Friday Fun Part 2: The Global Peace Center

Posted on February 08, 2008
Normally I don’t just link to other things. However, you need to check out the latest post from Lowering the Bar. The post discusses a recent ballot proposal in San Francisco to turn Alcatraz into a Global Peace Center. This post is too good to be missed.

Friday Fun: Snarky Comments on the TSA?s New Blog

Posted on February 08, 2008
Recently TSA has started a blog. On balance I think this is a good thing. Anything that allows TSA to communicate more directly can only benefit all of us. Plus, it looks like the blog and its comments have lead directly to TSA taking action to limit inconsistent application of its rules...

Have You Ever Forgotten to Send Someone a Gift on a Special Occasion?

Posted on February 08, 2008
I have a terrible time coming up with gifts to send to people. The main reason for this is that I might think of a gift for someone for Christmas or their birthday, but I will think of it months before the occasion. By the time the date rolls around I have forgotten what I [...

Practicing Law Efficiently Means Using the Right Tools

Posted on February 04, 2008
I was in court today and I witnessed another attorney call his office to speak to his assistant. He instructed his assistant to contact another attorney in the office who had authored an initial draft of a brief. The assistant was to get two things from the other attorney that were referenced in the draft: [...

Friday Fun: A Doubleheader

Posted on February 01, 2008
I have two fun things I want to point out today. One is “scary-fun” and the other is “cute-fun,” but it’s probably only that if you have small children. First, the scary-fun. From Wellington Grey comes a� great little slide show demonstrating some of the more inane aspects of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act...

Could Someone Please Tell the Daley Center that it is the 21st Century?

Posted on January 30, 2008
Yesterday I had a court appearance at the Daley Center at 9:30 and then a noon meeting in the Loop. A perfect chance for me to go to court and then run upstairs to the law library on the 29th Floor of the Daley Center. I love going up there. The views are absolutely wonderful...

Thanks Rick!

Posted on January 28, 2008
I was working with some documents in Adobe Acrobat and I realized that I needed to reduce the page sizes on some document and I was not sure how to best do it. Fortunately, Rick Borstein had the answer I needed. I hopped over to Rick’s Blog Acrobat for Legal Professionals and after a quick [...

Another Story Emphasizing the Need for Off Site Backups

Posted on January 25, 2008
I saw this interesting story about a Florida woman (Marie Lupe Cooley) who thought that she was about to lose her job. She had concluded this because she “saw a help-wanted ad in the newspaper for a position that looked suspiciously like her current job ? and with her boss’s phone number listed” So, police say, [...

Has Mark Cuban Been Converted?

Posted on January 23, 2008
I have always believed that Apple does not have customers. They have converts. In fact, I often refer to Apple fans as Macvangelists. It looks like Mark Cuban has now started drinking the Kool Aid. I can see why, of course. both the new MacBook Air and the iPod Touch are beautiful devices...

Stop the Music

Posted on January 22, 2008
One thing that I absolutely hate is a webpage that starts playing music when I navigate to it. This is one (of several) reasons that I avoid My Space pages like the plague. Haineault.com has a great post on this very issue. He gives a few reasons that you should not have autostarting music on your [...

Finally: A Dell Convertible

Posted on January 18, 2008
I received great news this week. Dell is finally releasing a convertible tablet notebook. The Latitude XT. The problem, of course, is that it is pricey $2499 for the least expensive option with a 1.06 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, and a 40 GB hard drive. One cool thing about it is that it comes standard [...

Favorites: Fictionwise

Posted on January 16, 2008
I love ebooks. I love the fact that, on my Treo, I can carry a several books with me as well as a multitude of short stories. If you enjoy reading, I cannot recommend highly enough that you check out ebooks. Also, if you have a PDA (or at least if you have a Palm [...

It?s Been One Year

Posted on January 14, 2008
It has been one year since I officially launched The Connected Lawyer. I thought I would take a second to detail some statistical information. In that time, I have made 182 posts. Of those posts, my most popular posts have been my series on formatting in Word...

Friday Fun: Zorn?s 50 Things

Posted on January 11, 2008
A few days ago, Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune published his list of 50 Things he has learned in his 50 years. Some of my favorites: 2. Promptness shows respect. 3. You can?t avoid offending people from time to time. When you don?t mean it, apologize...

Is Your Keyboard Dirty?

Posted on January 10, 2008
Everyone once in while I notice that my keyboard gets a little dirty and key may start sticking. When that happens, I get out my can of compressed air and blow the dust and stuff out of my keyboard. For those of you who really like a clean keyboard, however, Scott Moschella of Plastic Bugs tells [...

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