In the old days, lawyers had a Dictaphone or some such device, complete with a little hand-held microphone, for dictation. They’d sit at their mahogany desks and ramble into a recorder, then pass the tape to their “girl” (yes, that’s what they were called back then – haven’t you ever watched “Man Men”?). [...]
Drown Your Cell Phone? Here’s How To Fix It.
You’re out in the rain with your phone and you drop it in a puddle. Or you’re talking while you’re in the bathroom (yes, I know you do it from time to time – stop with that, “Who, me?” look). Or you’re in the kitchen and the darn thing slips from your hands [...]
Phone Tag And The Virtual Lawyer
As we become more location-independent in our lives and practices, lawyers need to remember that they’re still going to have to keep dealing with phone calls. Judges don’t use email as much as one would hope (they’d need to cc: opposing counsel every time they sent a message, which would be a pain), and clients [...]
Creating Screencasts With CaptureFox
How often do you need to show someone how to do something on your computer, and find yourself going through a painstaking process of trying to explain exactly which button to press … and where each button appears on their screen?
For years, the solution was a screencast. I personally use Screenflow for my Mac to [...]
Google Chrome For Mac Makes The Untethered Lawyer Happier
For the past few weeks I’ve been suffering from PC envy. As a Mac user I’ve been very happy with my choice, and dutifully snicker when my PC-using friends experience problems with their computers. There’s a certain glee in it, and it’s my right as someone who has paid about double what a typical PC [...]
Virtual Lawyer And The Kindle – Paperless Goes Mobile
I got my Amazon Kindle eReader when I landed home from my recent trip out to Oklahoma City, where I had the privilege and honor to speak at the Oklahoma Bar Association. I enjoyed the trip and meeting awesome people including Jim Calloway, but I was itching to open the box when I got home.
My [...]
