Category: Technology
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Countdown to Backing Up Your Data
This article originally appeared on the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Resource Center Blog on March 11, 2013. My favorite maxim regarding computer backups is Peter Krogh’s oft-quoted “3-2-1 Rule”. A proper backup of important information consists of three copies of you data, on two different types of media, one of which is off-site. Let’s…
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How to Minimize the Effects of “Apple-Picking”
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting March 2013 newsletter on legal technology. Over the last few months, big city thieves have developed a new business: “Apple picking”. The victim is sitting in a public place using his MacBook or iDevice, someone runs up, snatches the device from the user’s hands, and escapes in…
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The “Mac-Ware” Way to Handle Malware
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting February 2013 newsletter on legal technology. In this cold and flu season, we should remember that our computers can become “ill” as well. As Mac users, we’re accustomed to ignoring or chortling at the howls frustration of our Windows-using friends. According to a recent New York Times…
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Using Multiple Monitors on a Mac
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting December 2012 newsletter on legal technology. Mac-based attorneys are less familiar with using multiple monitors to increase productivity because Apple provides no native solution to make multi-monitor workspaces a reality. There are two reasons for this situation. First, Apple’s preferred solution is its 27” Thunderbolt display. The…
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Mac New Year’s Resolutions
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting January 2013 newsletter on legal technology. Your Mind and Body Shouldn’t be the Only Focus of Improvement in 2013 The December 13th edition of the Journal of Clinical Psychology contains statistics on the types of New Year’s resolutions that Americans make. The research indicates that 45% of…
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HotDocs Writeup
The new year brings exciting news for HotDocs’ users. HotDocs released version 11 of its development and end-user tools for document automation. Version 11 includes enhancements to usability, development, and document assembly. HotDocs 11 is the first version to support Microsoft Word’s DOCX format. DOCX has been Word’s native document format since 2007. Now HotDocs…
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The Mac Way to Rescue Stranded WordPerfect Documents
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting blog on legal technology. Tools for the Mac-Using Lawyer If you’re a Mac-based lawyer practicing with attorneys who continue to rely on WordPerfect, you’re faced with the fact that no one has made a version of WordPerfect for the Mac since version 3.5, which worked only on…
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The iPad mini Will Be One of the Hottest Gifts this Christmas Season
This article originally appeared on the Affinity Consulting blog on legal technology. Does it have a place in a lawyer’s stocking? The iPad mini is both an incredibly new product and a modest revision of what we already know. It’s incredibly new in that it brings to the 7″ tablet space features unknown in that…
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New Lawyers Need Training
Here’s an interesting article from the ABA website regarding the fact the law schools do a terrible job of training lawyers to practice the business end of law. Now, to be fair, med schools don’t train doctors how to manage their books, judge profit or, God forbid, bill insurance companies. But saying that you’re as…
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HoudahSpot Helps You Find Your Way Through Search, Paperless Strategies, and Document Management
This article originally appeared on the Macs in Law blog. While attending the Mac Power Users session at TechShow in March, renowned Mac-using attorney Randy Juip discussed Spotlight.1 For those of you unfamiliar with Spotlight, it is one of the great reasons to own a Mac. Released with OS X 10.4 Tiger in 2005, it…