We have many acronyms in the software business, but my favorite relates to a process, not a techno-flavor of the month. It’s the DRY principal, and it stands for Don’t Repeat Yourself. Legal form creation is one area that’s completely ripe for the DRY principal, and until now, there hasn’t been a good option for firms on a limited tech [...]
“Responsibly Connected” is a seminar I present which deals with how to use technology responsibly. The odd thing is, whenever I present on this topic, people come up to me afterwards and pour their hearts out about how Internet-connectedness has gotten to the point of interfering with the family. I feel like a therapist, not a CLE speaker. So I [...]
Though there are a lot of questions with Quora (bad pun intended), it’s something lawyers ought to check out and at least familiarize themselves with, particularly those who have an interest in technology or work with venture capital and entrepreneurial companies.
Watching Watson compete on Jeopardy this week was amazing, notwithstanding the odd Final Jeopardy foul-up on Tuesday night. (Watson oddly answered “What is Toronto????” to a Final Jeopardy question that was titled “U.S. Cities.”) A logical explanation for the cause of the mistake was given, though my inner paranoia prefers to fantasize a more Hal-ish rationale. As in, maybe Watson learned [...]
You’d think as a blogger and a web software developer serving the legal industry that I’d be spending all of my time trying to get lawyers to be as connected as possible. Fat chance. Those who heard me speak at MILOFest or read my Legal Management feature know I’m a fan of getting off the grid. Not just for your [...]
As of this writing, Apple Stock is down over 13 points after Steve Jobs announced he’s taking another leave of absence from the helm of the company. Part of me thinks this is an overreaction. But the other part of me suspects Wall Street may be right.
What is cloud computing? What are the implications for lawyers? What tools can I use in the cloud for my law practice? These are all questions we dive deep into during this hour-long webinar recorded recently for Avvo, the online lawyer directory par excellence. Avvo also has an online video of this presentation on their blog post, VIDEO: Cloud Computing [...]
Many thanks to Lee Rosen, uber-tech lawyer and blogger extraordinaire from DivorceDiscourse.com, on his recent Rocket Matter legal technology webinar, How to set up a modern law practice and the tech tools you’ll need. Feel free to download our slide deck, where you can take a look at the cutting edge law firm software we discuss in the webinar. Or [...]
When Rocket Matter first appeared on the legal technology scene (I prefer the term ‘dance floor’), we emerged as the first legal specific online practice management software on the market. Almost simultaneously, we were joined by other worthy competitors (and some not so worthy – Hi Kathy!). In the two and a half years since then, online legal practice management [...]
No wonder we seem powerless to disconnect. Is it really a mystery that people text and drive when it’s much more dangerous than smoking? When our biology and our economic system guide us strongly in a direction, who are we to resist the current?
