Archives for: January 2012
App of the Week: Support Your 2012 Fitness Goals with Active

Yesterday, we discussed how lawyers could improve their law firm productivity and personal well-being by training for a triathlon or 5k, and the positive reaction told us we were on to something. So today, we’re going to stick with the fitness theme for today’s mobile app:  Active.com. Last year in my quest to keep in shape and stay disciplined, the [...]

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Why Lawyers Should Run a Triathlon (or 5k) in 2012

Lawyers, like other professionals, work better and clear a higher profit when they make better decisions. And you make better decisions when you’re less stressed. And you’re less stressed when you exercise. You also have more energy for work when you kick off the morning with a run or a circuit at the gym. And aside from the productivity and [...]

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App Fatigue? Clean Up and Speed Up

We’re all about productivity, especially during Get Organized Month! Sure, it’s a good idea to have a Dumpster Day to Make your Law Office a Less Cluttered – And Happier – Place to Work! How about a Dumpster Day for Apps? Removed unused apps Too many apps slow down your mobile device, affect battery life and can even compromise security. [...]

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How to Increase Your Blogging Productivity With Evernote

We’re big believers in blogging and love Evernote, so it was just a matter of time before we combined the two for an optimized blogging experience. Evernote can be used to store blog post ideas, links, images, quotes, and drafts of posts. Compose and access information via Evernote’s desktop application, mobile app or the website. Information is saved as you [...]

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App of the Week: Personalize Your Content With Flipboard

The iPad App of the year is now available on the iPhone. Flipboard is an app that curates content from your social networks and the Web based on your interests and turns them into magazine-like digital pages. The application is designed specifically for the iPad’s and iPhone’s touch screen and allows users to “flip” through their social networking feeds and [...]

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Quiz: Are You an Über-Organized Lawyer?

January is Get Organized Month, declared by the National Association of Professional Organizers (it used to be only a week, but since it takes so long to get organized they made it a month). So we productivity junkies here at Legal Productivity are going to ride this month for all it’s worth.  And we’re kicking things off with a quiz. [...]

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5 Helpful Blogs about Blogging for Lawyers

I’ve come across a few posts recently recommending great blogs about blogging. Like 10 Amazing Blogs About Blogging to Start Reading NOW and 10 Terrific Creative Writing Blogs. Missing from these lists are the very helpful blogs about the art of blogging that are geared towards lawyers. Blogs come and go, including blogs about blogging. Here are five that have [...]

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