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Last Entry: July 20, 2010 at 10:58:37

What Does Google Know About You?

Posted on November 19, 2009
If you have ever taken a look at the vast number of products that Google offers (and this doesn’t count the stuff that is secretly in development) it is no wonder that some people believe that Google is on a quest to take over the world. I just hope that if that is the case, [...

Simple Certified Mail

Posted on November 18, 2009
I do almost all of my simple administrative tasks myself. Mostly because I try to automate them to make the tasks simple and fast to perform. There is one thing, however, that I hate doing: certified mail. It is a pain to deal with and I always delegate that task to my assistant...

Fabricating Evidence

Posted on November 17, 2009
I read a recent story at Wired’s Threat Level Blog in which the artist who produced the Obama Hope image admitted that he had lied and destroyed and fabricated evidence to support his claim. I am no expert in copyright or fair use law, however, I am pretty sure that the artists actions in lying, [...

Comcast Continues to Confuse Me

Posted on September 18, 2009
I recently wrote about how we had switched our home phone to Comcast Digital Voice, we didn’t like the service and we were switching back to Vonage. Switching back is a fairly simple process, we simply contact Vonage and have them start the process to port the number back to Vonage...

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An Acrobat Learning Experience

Posted on September 17, 2009
On Tuesday, I attended the Acrobat demonstration that I recently posted about. As usual Rick Borstein and Mark Middleton did a great job. Despite the fact that I had already seen each portion of the presentation as part of a webcast, there were still things that I learned that I would never had known had [...

Unpaid Internships

Posted on September 11, 2009
Mark Cuban recently posted a screed about how he was unable to provide unpaid internships through the Mavericks.� Mark explains: One silver lining of a ?great recession? that we are now in is that there are a lot of incredibly talented people without jobs, or who have lost their jobs...

First Thing: Reboot

Posted on September 01, 2009
I was going to go into a long involved story about what happened to me this morning. However, I decided that this is much more simple. If you are having a problem with your computer. Do not contact your IT person about the problem until you have at least rebooted the computer once...

The Federal Courts Are OK With RECAP

Posted on August 28, 2009
As most of you know, recently a Firefox plugin was released called RECAP. The idea behind RECAP is that is captures documents retrieved from PACER and uploads them to a free database. In response, at least some federal courts sent out a sky is falling, beware of evil hackers email in which they stated, in [...

Ted Kennedy & FedEx

Posted on August 27, 2009
I noticed that yesterday, while I was complaining about the Comcast installer stealing my cable modem, Adrian at The Nutmeg Lawyer was fondly remembering his encounters with Ted Kennedy. I laughed out loud when I read about Adrian calling Ted Kennedy “Baby...

The Coolest Record on Appeal Ever

Posted on August 27, 2009
I spent the first two and one half years of my professional life working as a staff attorney for our state appellate court. Thereafter, I had the opportunity to spend a little more than a year clerking for a justice on the Illinois Supreme Court. The upshot of this is that I love working on [...

Vonage v. Comcast Voice: There is No Contest

Posted on August 26, 2009
We have had Vonage for our home telephone service since November 29, 2003. From then until now, I have loved it.The service has been consistently good, I have never had any problems, and the features are great. Our two favorite features were the silmuring feature, which allows any call to the house to also ring [...

A Great Opportunity to Improve Your Acrobat Skills

Posted on August 26, 2009
Rick Borstein just announced that he is presenting 3-hour Acrobat demonstrations in Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Seattle. If you work in or near one of these cities and want to improve your Acrobat skills, you should take advantage of this opportunity...

Yes! A New Convert

Posted on August 25, 2009
When I find someone else who has converted to a multiple monitor set up, I feel a completely irrational rush of happiness. No, there is no rational explanation for this. However, multiple monitors provide such an efficiency boost that I think everyone should use them...

Protecting Your Bates Numbers

Posted on August 24, 2009
One of my favorite features in Adobe Acrobat is its ability to add Bates numbers to hundreds of pages in less than a minute. Another great feature built into the Bates numbering feature is that, because Acrobat stores the Bates numbering information as metadata, it allows you to remove the Bates number from the documents...

Where to Get Free Photos

Posted on August 21, 2009
When I prepare a PowerPoint presentation, one of the most difficult things for me is typically finding good pictures that I can use as visuals in my presentation. Just to make things difficult, when doing this, I prefer to use photos that I have the right to use...

More Word Tips

Posted on August 20, 2009
John Heckman has recently gathered together some links to site with tips on how to use Microsoft Word more effectively. These include a link to 221 MS Word Keyboard Shortcuts. I cannot stress how advantageous using keyboard shortcuts can be for you. Not only does it allow you to increase your typing speed (because your [...

Grammatical Graffiti

Posted on August 19, 2009
I am not quite sure why, but I find this comic absolutely hilarious. Hat tip to the (new) legal writer for pointing this out. Tweet This Post

The Future: Brought to You by Microsoft

Posted on August 19, 2009
I am neither a Microsoft hater or a Microsoft apologist. However, I found this way to funny not to share. Tweet This Post

The 5 Stages of Techno Grief

Posted on August 18, 2009
Nicole Black has posted a great article analogizing lawyers adopting technology to the five stages of grief. As Nicole explains: In many ways, the legal profession?s response to technology, and online technologies in particular, can be likened to K�bler- Ross?s five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally, acceptance...

Tech Must Haves

Posted on August 18, 2009
I was recently interviewed for an article in the ISBA Bar Journal about must-have tech tools for solo practicioners. The article comes out in the September issue. In the meantime, you can find see a preview at Illinois Lawyer Now, the ISBA’s blog...

An Interesting New Extension for Firefox

Posted on August 17, 2009
Nerino Petro points us toward a new Firefox extension that is designed to help make public records freely accessible. The extension works by saving a copy of each document you download from PACER into a free database. This is an interesting concept and I am wondering how well it will succeed...

A Primer on Netbooks

Posted on August 14, 2009
One piece of computer equipment that people have been talking about a lot lately are netbooks. These are ultra-portable laptop computers that combine the power of a laptop with ultra convenient portability. Many people have questions regarding what netbooks are and how they differ from laptops...

Closing a Client?s File

Posted on August 13, 2009
One of the things I have noticed is that most attorneys don’t bother to think about file storage and retention until they start running out of room to store their files. The key, of course, is to address file retention, storage, and destruction at the beginning of your client relationship, not years after it has [...

A FAQ for Microsoft Word

Posted on August 13, 2009
Often people do not use Word correctly because they do not understand how the program works. If people knew how the program worked, I believe that more people would use the myriad of features found in Word. For those who are interested in learning some of those tricks, I have found a great resource posted by [...

What?s in My Travel Bag?

Posted on August 10, 2009
I recently received an email from someone asking what they should include in their travel bag. Without knowing their specific situation, that is difficult for me to answer. However, I can tell you what I travel with and explain why I have what I have...

Blogging?Survivor Style

Posted on August 07, 2009
Sean Carter has proposed a Surivor-style blogging challenge in an attempt to build a habit of posting a blog entry each day. As Sean explains: If you’re like me, then every Sunday afternoon, you say to yourself, “This week is the week that I start blogging regularly! I mean it this time!” However, before you know [...

What to do if you Have Been Defamed Online

Posted on August 05, 2009
The big news story, at least in social media circles, has been the lawsuit filed by Horizon Group Management LLC against Amanda Bonnen for her tweet about her apartment. Several comments that I have read relating to this matter have taken Horizon to task for filing suit over a tweet by a person who had [...

Making Google Docs More Useful

Posted on August 03, 2009
Notwithstanding the confidentiality concerns found with Google Docs, I know that there are plenty of people who use and love Google Docs. Don’t get me wrong. I think it is a very neat application and I have used it before for personal, nonconfidential stuff...

Make Sure Your Communication is a Two Way Street

Posted on July 30, 2009
Many of us get into a habit of doing things in a certain manner. Once we develop these habits, it’s often very difficult for us to change them. However, we must remember that, just because we do things a certain way, that does not mean that everyone else does it the same way...

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