TechnoLawyer: Coming Attractions

Coming January 27, 2006 to Fat Friday:  Ross Kodner reacts to a recent TechnoFeature about online backup services, Darrell Stewart chimes in on the "prying eyes" debate concerning attorney-client privilege and e-mail, Jerry Pepper shares his personal experience as a lawyer in post-Katrina Louisiana, James Degnan reviews his 15 years of experience with Tabs3/PracticeMaster tech support, and Sam Buckland reviews a new application that makes any PC behave like a Tablet PC. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming January 20, 2006 to Fat Friday: Gregory Deatz reviews OpenOffice in a law firm setting, Mark Sullivan reviews his experience with OnlyMyEmail, spam filtering service, Todd Hill takes a stab at explaining why legal vendors don't provide executive bios on their Web sites, Don Springmeyer provides links to a plethora of calendaring programs for the law office, and Ruth Curcuru shares her list of five essential Web sites. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming January 19, 2006 to Answers to Questions: Glenn Curran explains how to easily archive and search all Outlook e-mail related to a matter, David Hudgens reviews the Panasonic KXTG4000B phone system, Raymond Fivecoat reviews his past six years using Time & Chaos, Rhys Kidd provides step by step instructions for customizing Outlook's AutoArchive feature, and Jeanne Wilson explains how to convert WordPerfect 9 macros to version 12. In addition, this issue features links to 16 additional Posts in the TechnoLawyer Archive. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming January 17, 2006 to TechnoFeature: Noted physicist Freeman Dyson once said: "The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple." While he was most likely not referring to index cards in particular, he was referring to the fact that sometimes the simplest solutions work best. In this article, litigation expert and CaseSoft CEO Greg Krehel discusses a simple and unique case analysis method that will help you with your current cases and potentially attract new ones. It's cheap and easy — yet it will differentiate your firm.

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Coming January 13, 2005 to Fat Friday: John Webb reviews a little-known Web-based case management system, David Caracappa revisits a previous post with some plug-in suggestions for Firefox and Opera and sounds off on vendor pricing disclosure practices, and John Harris explains how his firm's document naming system works while Daniel Eichorn offers a tip on how to simplify such file naming conventions. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming January 12, 2006 to Answers to Questions: Steven Finell explains how to construct a set of case documents with one click, Brad Jensen reviews Authentidate's Electronic Postmarks and discusses its importance for law firms, Aaron Morris reviews MyWebExPC, a remote access alternative to LogMeIn and GoToMyPC, and Stephen Bickle compares WiFi security to Powerline security while Don Springmeyer discusses his experience with Powerline networking. In addition, this issue features links to 10 additional Posts in the TechnoLawyer Archive. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming January 10, 2005 to TechnoFeature: Most people do not use drive imaging technology, or they do so incorrectly — both a grave mistake according to attorney and technology consultant Eric Van Buskirk. In this article, Eric walks you step by step through partitioning your hard drive and discusses how to setup a drive imaging routine that eliminates many of the mysteries of Windows troubleshooting. Read on if you've never understood drive imaging — or even if you think you did.

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Coming December 16, 2005 to Fat Friday: Remington Smith suggests a more effective file-naming system, Ross Kodner lets you know how he really feels about Travan tape drives, Diane Hopkins reviews PracticeMaster for e-mail management, William Tait discusses the risks involved for lawyers jumping from PC to Mac, and Jesse Farr writes in with a simple file-naming formula for easy document management. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming December 15, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Kristy Binmore reviews pros and cons of the Ricoh Aficio 2045e multi-function copier, Christopher Dellit reviews ProjectLounge, a little-known (among lawyers at least) online collaboration service, Robert Jay Dinerstein reviews the Fujitsu ScanSnap fi-5110EOX2 (and discusses the TWAIN compatibility issue), Daniel Roberts explains why he still considers partitioning your hard drive a good practice, and Stephen Nipper serves up a free solution for Mac-to-PC remote access. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming December 14, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Jerry Thompson explains how to assess your individual needs when choosing from the many versions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Stephen Seldin reviews his experience with Dell's tech support (and shares an interesting tidbit about founder Michael Dell), Scott Bassett explains how to integrate your digital camera with your office network, Ed Walters reviews a legal research service as well as some free resources, and Mark Payne suggests a simple solution for removing ready-made folders in Windows XP. Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a thrice weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.