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Photoshop guru and TechnoLawyer member Jan Kabili, Esq. has published her seventh book through Peachpit Press, How to Wow: Photoshop for the Web. You can obtain an audio version of Jan's new book from Software Cinema.

A graduate of Stanford Law School, Jan practiced law for 15 years. Her legal background includes stints practicing at the Federal Trade Commission and Elscint, Inc. in Israel; she also worked on Superfund litigation for a law firm in Denver. She is a member of the California bar, Colorado bar, and Israel bar ("I passed the bar in Hebrew!").

Notwithstanding these accomplishments, practicing law eventually took the backseat to Jan's interest in graphic design. As a result, she returned to school to obtain a Master of Fine Arts degree in Electronic Media. In addition to her seven books, Jan keeps herself busy teaching Photoshop at conferences and universities, and beta testing software for Adobe. Also, she recently completed a series of online movies about Photoshop Elements available at Lynda.com.

About Member News
TechnoLawyer members are among the most gifted and prominent in the legal profession. In the Member News section of TechnoLawyer Blog, we report on their latest accomplishments and success stories — everything from court victories to articles and books to new partner announcements — and much more. If you're a newsmaker, but not yet a member, join TechnoLawyer now. .

Coming June 10, 2005 to Fat Friday: Todd Hill explains why Linux is not ready for use by law firms, Frank Tobolsky reviews Litera's Change-Pro document comparison software, Francis Mendez reviews FileCenter document management software, Kath Gilliam reviews an e-mail newsletter publishing tool with high deliverability rates, and Martin Dean explains how to transform a folder of documents into a PDF archive. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming June 13, 2005 to Answers to Questions: John Orr reviews a software tool that he uses to create Gantt charts to track his cases, Manuel Quilichini discusses the pros and cons of Stamps.com, David Parker reviews Roxio Easy Media Creator as used in his law practice and also mildly chastises TechnoLawyer (yikes!), Martha Matthews discusses her firm's switch from Pitney-Bowes to Stamps.com, and Ken Laska identifies the Consumer Reports for law firms. 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.

Coming June 9, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Ron Meharg, whose company scans millions of documents every week, provides three invaluable tips for scanning with an automatic document feeder. Also in this issue, Jason Havens reviews Stamps.com (the online postage service), Edwin Bideau compares Fujitsu and Konica scanners, David Silverman explains how to test a digital copier before buying one, and Jamie Szoke discusses his experience with Time Matters technical support. 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.

Coming June 7, 2005 to TechnoFeature: In this article, legal technologist Seth Rowland predicts that the Tablet PC will revolutionize the way lawyers work and interact with their clients. With the evolution of fully powered Tablet PCs and wireless networks, the Tablet PC has emerged as a productivity force that can now serve an important purpose in client meetings, not just as an expensive note-taking device. With the proper software, the Tablet PC can bring attorney and client closer together and foster greater productivity. Could a Tablet PC empower your law practice? Read this article to find out.

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Coming June 6, 2005 to IP Memes: You'll learn about the error rates at the USPTO's Patent Technology Centers, two toy tycoons fighting over a patent, how to avoid a patent filing surcharge fee, and an IP birthday. All that plus the IP Memes IP Blog of the Week.

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According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 3.1% of Americans have Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes (a.k.a. Adult Onset or Type 2). Some of our own TechnoLawyer members likely suffer from this horrible disease.

Diabetes often leads to a myriad of complications, including Diabetic Retinopathy, an eye disease that can cause visual impairment and even blindness.

Fortunately, with early diagnosis, diabetics can control and limit the damage caused by diabetic retinopathy. Early diagnosis requires a fluorescein angiogram — a photographic study of the retina. Basically, a special camera hooked up to a PC takes digital images of your retina. Unfortunately, general ophthalmologists do not typically perform fluorescein angiograms.

Therefore, diabetics should visit a retina specialist who can perform this important, painless, and potentially sight-saving exam.

For those of you who live in the New York metropolitan area, it just so happens that we have a retina specialist in our midst — my father, Dr. Niel Squillante (yes, his first name is spelled differently than mine). He may very well be the only member of TechnoLawyer with an MD.

His office is conveniently located in midtown Manhattan, and he accepts most major insurance plans. His practice — Retinacare — is the antithesis of managed care thanks to his One Doctor, One Patient, One at a Time philosophy (i.e., you won't feel like you're on an assembly line).

To schedule an appointment, call (212) 759-5559 anytime, or use this confidential and secure online form.

About Member News
TechnoLawyer members are among the most gifted and prominent in the legal profession. In the Member News section of TechnoLawyer Blog, we report on their latest accomplishments and success stories — everything from court victories to articles and books to new partner announcements — and much more. If you're a newsmaker, but not yet a member, join TechnoLawyer now. .

Below you'll find one of the five articles from today's edition of TechnoLawyer NewsWire:

Every Timeline Tells a Story
By Brett Burney
When discussed verbally, the events within even a simple case can overwhelm clients, judges, and especially juries. Instead, these people have a much easier time comprehending such events when displayed on a timeline. But lawyers are wordsmiths, not artists. Five years ago, CaseSoft solved this problem with the first version of TimeMap, its popular timeline creation software. This month, it has released version 4. Like its predecessors, TimeMap 4 enables lawyers, paralegals, and investigators to begin creating timelines in minutes, but the new version won't disappoint longtime power users. Among the new features, TimeMap 4 now offers vertical timelines -- the most requested feature among users. In addition, TimeMap now supports timelines up to 100 pages tall or wide (a 500% increase over the previous limit of 20). In addition to its increased flexibility, TimeMap 4 also creates better looking timelines thanks to professionally-designed templates with title and introduction pages, and gradient fills, which "add pizzazz to flags, timescales, and backgrounds." Once you create a timeline, you can use it in a variety of ways. For example, one click will convert your timeline to PDF format (no need for Acrobat), and three clicks will send your timeline to PowerPoint. TimeMap 4 also provides enhanced integration with Sanction. TimeMap 4 sells for $199; upgrades sell for $99. The software comes with CaseSoft's one year money-back guarantee. You can also download a free trial. Learn more about TimeMap.

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Technolawyer @ Awards Status Report — Raw Vote Count as of May 31, 2005
By Jennifer B. Katz
With 15 days of voting behind us and 11 days remaining, it's time for a status report. As you can see, many close races and ties exist.

1. Favorite TechnoLawyer Contributor
T. Jason Smith has taken an early lead, but he isn't too far ahead of Anthony Vlahos, Jeff Lisson, Ross Kodner, and Wells Anderson, all tied in second place. Third place is up for grabs, but anything can happen in this category with 11 days left to vote. If you learned something valuable from a TechnoLawyer Newsletter or Post in 2004, please express your thanks by voting in this category.

2. Favorite Legal Technology Consultant
Donna Payne currently holds the lead with John Heckman and David Moon close behind. Remember, this lifetime achievement award can only be won once. Previous winners — Ross L. Kodner, Wells H. Anderson, Thomas L. Rowe, Seth G. Rowland, Carol L. Schlein, and Larry Bodine — are not eligible (though we're sure they're flattered by your continued support).

3. Favorite Legal Web Site
A tight race with Law.com tied with Tabs3 for first, and LexisNexis only one vote behind in second. FindLaw, LexisONE, and Westlaw are duking it out in nearby third.

4. Favorite Practice Management Blog
DennisKennedy.Blog has an early lead, slightly ahead of Jim Calloway's Law Practice Tips Blog, LawTech Guru, and Legal Marketing by Andy Havens — all tied for second. Law.com's Blog Watch and The Virtual Chase are tied for third. Your vote can really make a difference in this debut category.

5. Favorite Practice Area Blog
Believe it or not, no one has voted in this new category. Could it be that no one reads practice area blogs? With 11 days left, we hope that at least a few votes will surface for this @ Award.

6. Favorite Accounting Solution
QuickBooks has edged out Billing Matters for first place. PCLaw/PCLawPro and Tabs3 are right behind them in third. Elite and ProLaw occupy fourth. This category is still way too close to call.

7. Favorite Case/Practice Management Solution
Time Matters is in first place, slightly ahead of PracticeMaster in second. Amicus Attorney and CaseManger Pro are not far behind in third. Vote now in this hotly contested category!

8. Favorite Document Assembly/Automation Solution
HotDocs/HotDocs Pro has taken its annual first place lead. PracticeMaster has settled into second, with GhostFill in third. Make a difference in this category and send in your vote!

9. Favorite Document Management Solution
A very exciting race — Time Matters and WORLDOX are tied for first! PracticeMaster holds a respectable second place. Your vote could break this tie!

10. Favorite Electronic Discovery Solution
Concordance holds the lead with Applied Discovery in second. Kroll Ontrack Electronic Data Viewer is tied with Summation Blaze/iBlaze for third place. This @ Award is still up for grabs.

11. Favorite Legal Forms Solution
LexisNexis Automated Forms is just one vote ahead of Westlaw. US Court Forms and Forms Assistant are close behind in a third place tie.

12. Favorite Legal Knowledge Management Solution
CaseMap has leapt into first place beating out Time Matters and West km, both tied for second. PracticeMaster isn't far behind in third. A lot can change in this category in 11 days.

13. Favorite Legal Research Tool
Westlaw has inched past LexisNexis for first place. Third place is anybody's for the taking.

14. Favorite Legal-Specific Tech Support
CaseSoft has jetted into a high altitude first place lead. Time Matters is one vote ahead of Software Technology for second place. Whose tech support impresses you the most? Let us know by casting your vote in this popular category.

15. Favorite Litigation Asp
CaseManagerPro resides in first, two votes ahead of CaseVault and Summation Blaze/iBlaze, tied for second.

16. Favorite Litigation Support Solution
CaseMap leads the field over Concordance in second place and TrialDirector in third. It's always a race to the finish for this hard-fought @ Award — your vote could make all the difference.

17. Favorite Online CLE Provider
LegalSpan sits comfortably in first place, with West LegalEdcenter taking second, and Law.com settling into third. Anything can happen with 11 days of voting left.

18. Favorite Practice Area Solution
CaseMap sits comfortably in first, with Display Soft Real Estate Closing Software in second, and CPA Direct in third.

19. Favorite Print Legal Technology Publication
A big surprise here — Law Technology News resides in first place with perennial winner Law Office Computing nearby in second. LJN's LegalTech newsletter is in third place. It's too close to call this @ Award yet.

20. Favorite Time-Billing Solution
Tabs3 has pounced into first with Billing Matters in second, Timeslips in third, and PCLaw/PCLawPro in fourth. You've got 11 days to get out the vote in this category!

21. Favorite Transcript Management Solution
TextMap is beating out newcomer DepositionDirector so far. Summation Blaze/iBlaze has slipped past RealLegal Binder/iBinder for third. This @ Award is still up for grabs.

22. Favorite Trial Presentation Solution
TimeMap leads TrialDirector by only three votes with Sanction in third place. As you can see, your vote really does count!

23. Favorite New Legal Product for 2004
A neck and neck race with TimelineXpress tied for first with CaseMap, while Dataflight's FYI Internet Server occupies third.

24. Favorite TechnoReleases
CaseSoft reigns in this final category. Will second place Software Technology or third place Time Matters be able to catch up? Vote today, and stay tuned for the next status report on June 6th.

Voting began May 16, 2005 and ends on Friday, June 10, 2005 at midnight eastern time.

If you're not yet a TechnoLawyer member, don't worry. You have until June 10th at midnight eastern time to join TechnoLawyer and cast your votes.

To join TechnoLawyer and obtain an official ballot, or to simply learn more about the TechnoLawyer @ Awards and review last year's winners and finalists, please visit our 2005 TechnoLawyer @ Awards Web page.

Coming June 3, 2005 to Fat Friday: John Ahern explains how to replace or salvage a hard drive, William Kearns explains how to bring your cell phone to court without getting into trouble, Gerard Stubbert discusses how e-discovery has changed disclosure rules in the United Kingdom, John Olah reviews his Treo 600, and Rick Crowsey examines the fine print at Amazon's A9 search engine. Don't miss this issue.

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