TechnoLawyer: Coming Attractions

Coming today to SmallLaw: If you regularly use a calculator, put it down now and read this issue of SmallLaw. It doesn't matter if it's a solar-powered calculator you bought 15 years ago or an app on your new smartphone. Either way, you're wasting time and probably making some errors. Join law firm technology consultant Ben Schorr for a beginner's guide to Microsoft Excel. By the time you finish reading this article, you'll know how to create formulas that work across multiple worksheets — and then kick yourself for not using Excel sooner. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for no fewer than 30 ways a rival can attack your law firm.

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Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 113 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week.

Tips on Implementing QuickBooks in a Law Firm

How to Sell Your Old Gadgets With Minimum Hassle

How to Free Yourself From the Billable Hour

The Power of an Instantaneous Response

Congratulations to Aoife M. McEvoy of TechHive on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Buyer's Guide to Bluetooth Headsets and Speakerphones

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Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of legal technology, practice management, and law firm marketing, but not the only coverage. BlawgWorld enables you to stay on top of all the noteworthy articles (and podcasts) published online without having to hire a research assistant. Even when you're busy, you won't want to miss each issue's Pick of the Week. The BlawgWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to LitigationWorld: Is ediscovery out of control or is the Judicial Conference overreacting with its proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure? It depends who you ask. Ediscovery expert Tom O'Connor has read all the ink spilled on this topic and watched the recent Senate hearings. In this issue of LitigationWorld, you'll learn what civil procedure luminaries such as Judge Scheindlin, Arthur Miller, and Craig Ball think among others. Tom's analysis is annotated so that you can dig deeper (if you dare). Also, don't miss the LitigationWorld Pick of the Week for Gary Kinder's recent presentation on editing tips for litigators.

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All practice areas evolve, but none faster than litigation. Written by successful litigators and other litigation experts, LitigationWorld provides you with practical tips related to electronic discovery, depositions, litigation strategy, litigation technology, and trial presentations. LitigationWorld also features in-depth litigation product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings, as well as links to the most noteworthy litigation articles in other publications so that you'll never miss anything. The LitigationWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 118 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week.

Why I Use an IBM Model M Keyboard From the 1990s

iOS 7 Keyboard Shortcuts for Bluetooth Keyboards

Follow These 23 Steps When Your Staff Screws Up

The Seventh Annual Blawg 100

Congratulations to Lauren Goode of AllThingsD on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: Comparative Review of Three New Bluetooth iPad Styluses

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Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of legal technology, practice management, and law firm marketing, but not the only coverage. BlawgWorld enables you to stay on top of all the noteworthy articles (and podcasts) published online without having to hire a research assistant. Even when you're busy, you won't want to miss each issue's Pick of the Week. The BlawgWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to LitigationWorld: iPad presentation apps get all the glory. Today, former litigator and trial technology consultant Morgan Smith discusses less glamorous but equally important iPad apps that display your trial presentations to a judge, jury, or some other audience. If you're thinking a cord, projector, and screen, think again. Presentation technology has entered a new era. This issue of LitigationWorld may require you to forklift your jaw off the floor. Also, don't miss the LitigationWorld Pick of the Week for step-by-step instructions on how to convert a Gmail account to PST format for discovery.

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All practice areas evolve, but none faster than litigation. Written by successful litigators and other litigation experts, LitigationWorld provides you with practical tips related to electronic discovery, depositions, litigation strategy, litigation technology, and trial presentations. LitigationWorld also features in-depth litigation product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings, as well as links to the most noteworthy litigation articles in other publications so that you'll never miss anything. The LitigationWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

Neil Squillante, A Happy Medium for Security on Your iPad and iPhone

David Hudgens, Review of PCLaw Plus a Comparison With Needles

Mary Kay Cassidy, How to Fall in Love With Microsoft Word

Jon Lydell, Review: JayBird Freedom Bluetooth Headphones

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Our most serendipitous offering, Fat Friday consists of unsolicited contributions by TechnoLawyer members. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The Fat Friday newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Answers contains these articles:

Frank Macharoni, Review: PerfectLaw

Rick Borstein, Clearing Up the Confusion About ClearScan

Melody Howard, Review: Constant Contact v. Vertical Response for Email Newsletters

Tom Trottier, Tips for the Perfect Multiple Monitor Setup

Barron Henley, Document Consistency Revisited

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Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In TL Answers, TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers. This newsletter's popularity stems from the relevance of the questions and answers to virtually everyone in the legal profession. The TL Answers newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Today's issue of TL Answers contains these articles:

Frank Macharoni, Review: PerfectLaw

Fred Kruck, Review: PCLaw

Rick Borstein, Clearing Up the Confusion About ClearScan

Tom Trottier, Tips for the Perfect Multiple Monitor Setup

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

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Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In TL Answers, TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers. This newsletter's popularity stems from the relevance of the questions and answers to virtually everyone in the legal profession. The TL Answers newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Computers and the Internet enabled solos and small firm lawyers to reduce travel costs by conducting online meetings. iPad apps for these services take online meetings to the next level according to iPad trainer and litigation technology consultant Brett Burney. Brett has taken a look at nearly every online meeting app in existence to find the best three. In this issue of SmallLaw, he evaluates the features of the three contenders, and then declares the winner via his hallmark iVerdict. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for seven content marketing tips.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 134 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week.

2013 Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers (Lots of Gadgets)

Smartphone Buyer's Guide (November 2013)

Average Law Firm Partner Rate Increases to $381 Per Hour

Frequently Asked Questions About Small Law Firm Marketing

Congratulations to Bill Wilson of Third Apple on winning our BlawgWorld Pick of the Week award: A Lawyer Reviews the New Adonit Jot Script Stylus

Today's issue also contains links to every article in the November 2013 issue of Law Practice Today. Don't miss today's issue or any future issues of BlawgWorld.

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Our newsletters provide the most comprehensive coverage of legal technology, practice management, and law firm marketing, but not the only coverage. BlawgWorld enables you to stay on top of all the noteworthy articles (and podcasts) published online without having to hire a research assistant. Even when you're busy, you won't want to miss each issue's Pick of the Week. The BlawgWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.