Tag Archive: law

reQall and Evernote – a Virtual Assistant for Attorneys

Perhaps two of the best iPhone applications for attorneys, reQall and Evernote, are working in a partnership which should benefit all attorneys if not all mankind using an iPhone. If you’re not familiar with these apps, you should be and should stop reading this post and immediately download both from the iTunes store and then [...]

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Papershow – Finis Interviewed in Wall Street Journal

We had mentioned Canson’s Papershow in our post back in August 2009 and now Finis has been interviewed for an article in today’s Wall Street Journal on ways small businesses are using technology. This great little piece of technology is basically a digital whiteboard which allows you to draw on paper with a special pen, [...]

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David Sparks on the Future of MacWorld

MacSparky, or David Sparks as his family knows him, has a great post on his thoughts about the future of MacWorld now that Apple will not be attending. His thoughts are insightful, especially given his attendance at MacWorld as not only an attendee but a speaker. Our session is entitled Head on over to his [...]

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ABA Journal’s Top 100 Blawgs Posted

Once again, the ABA Journal has listed the “Top 100 Blawgs” of the year and once again TechnoEsq has not ‘made the cut’. TechnoEsq deserves to the in the Top 100 Blawgs, we covered the ABA TechShow in Chicago last year fending off ABA administration attempts to nix our video interviews of strange and [...]

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New MILO Chat Weekly – Episode 13 – “I Feel Like I’m Looking at a Skinnier Version of Me”

The latest episode of MILO Chat Weekly has been recorded and published. Of course, this is a special broadcast as only Victor and I were available. Enjoy the shenanigans.
MILO Chat Weekly – Episode 13 – “I Feel Like I’m Looking at a Skinnier Version of Me”
Two of the old regular crew: Finis Price and Victor [...]

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Google Free Caselaw Research

You may have heard already, but Google has decided to enter into the legal research field with it’s Google Scholar search (see official announcement here). The service features caselaw from:
State Appellate and Supreme Courts since 1950
US Federal District, Appellate, Tax and Bankruptcy since 1923
US Supreme Court since 1791
The search can be limited to legal [...]

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Social Media in the Judicial System

Unless hiding under a rock, every attorney has heard the speakers and read the articles on the necessity of using social media in their legal practice. Social media, be it Twitter, Facebook, etc… has been touted as the ‘next big thing’ in marketing and it is obvious why it is something the legal profession needs [...]

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PaperShow – An Affordable Interactive Whiteboard for Attorneys

Often in litigation, I find it necessary to have a deponent or a witness draw a particular scene or object in order to adequately show the listener or jury in understanding what is being described. Most often, this occurs in either motor vehicle collisions or premises liability cases where the location of witnesses, my client, [...]

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New Look Thanks to Headway – Easy Custom Blog Creation Tool

As I am sure many of you have noticed, we have switched TechnoEsq to a new WordPress theme, Headway. Headway is a theme for WordPress, but it is also much, much more. Headway picks up where Thesis left off, allowing users to create a blog exactly to their specifications using a graphical interface to resize [...]

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Multiple Monitors in the Law Office and Increased Productivity

Legal Practice Pro, a great blog by Jay S. Fleischman, has an important post on the use of multiple monitors by attorneys and law firms to increase productivity.  Any lawyer who has had me in their office to consult has had to hear my suggestions on getting not only the attorney two monitors, but every [...]

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