Halloween is a time of fright! And there’s scary stuff out there in cyberspace. Let’s find out – are you a security-savvy lawyer?

Get your legal geek on with this free iPhone app, a joint effort of The Oyez Project and IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. It provides information and media related to the current U.S. Supreme Court docket. A great way to keep up with the current SCOTUS term, OyezToday provides an archive of recent supreme court cases which are available shortly [...]

Inspiration is gratitude’s easy-to-mock cousin in personal self-fulfillment. It’s a lot more fun to be cynical than earnest. Just the other day I was LMAO at a mock inspirational poster showing a deflated Stormtrooper with the title “Regret: Those Were The Droids You Were Looking For”. Cynicism aside, however, in 2011 a little inspiration can go along way with the [...]

Just last week, as Larry, co-founder of Rocket Matter, and I discussed his App of the Week post about nutrition, we went on a tangent about the work-life and wellness topics we’ve written about here and the need for more, as it speaks directly to productivity. And we’re all about productivity! We were especially burdened about addressing issues related to [...]

The inconvenient truth about blogging is that posting fewer than three times a week will consign you to the “hobbyist” category as far as search engines are concerned. And despite what legal blogging mavens might lead you to believe, regardless of how finely crafted and niche-specific your content is, without frequent posts your blog is far less likely to attract [...]

If you’ve seen me in person, you’re probably wondering why I would be a total devotee of a nutrition management app called LoseIt (I’m of the skinny persuasion). However, as a productivity junkie, I’m completely aware of how nutrition affects my ability to think clearly, make good decisions, and operate at peak mental performance. I like to wring productive output [...]

When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 12PM EST CLE: PENDING Speaker: Tim Baran of Rocket Matter Description: Solo attorneys and small firm lawyers need to market their practice. They also need to earn mandatory continuing legal education (CLE) credits. Find out how you can do both at the same time with speaking engagements. Topics we’ll cover include: How to get [...]

I’ve largely done away with Safari and Internet Explorer, and though I’m starting to use Chrome a lot more (at any given moment, I’ll have both Chrome and Firefox open), Mozilla’s rich selection of add-ons keeps me loyal to Firefox. Here are five of my favorite Firefox add-ons that make for a much enhanced and productive experience…daily. Evernote Web Clipper It’s [...]

I love a good psychology article, especially when it absolves me of accountability in some way. So last month when I read a fascinating piece in the New York Times about Decision Fatigue, I was thrilled to understand why I take shortcuts in the afternoon and eat ice cream on the couch at night. The article opens with a story [...]

We’re all about productivity, which makes us huge fans of Buffer, the app that helps us manage our Twitter activity. The only drawback is the lack of an iPhone app, which makes sense since it’s designed to beautifully integrate with the Twitter web interface and is not a third party stand alone application. Buffer does however, offer a mobile solution [...]