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Facebook: Toss the Rule Book and Be Yourself

January 29, 2010

It might be hard to believe, but there are people in this world who don’t like me. If you’re sitting there nodding at the screen thinking, “Don’t I know it,” let me stop you right there by pointing out that there are people who don’t like you, either.
Thankfully, we also manage to find people who [...]

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Tuesday Tip: MILO for Mac User Group

December 22, 2009

If you are using Mac computers in your law firm and haven’t found MILO keep reading. MILO is the Mac In Law Offices group on Google Groups, an online “place for attorneys and other professionals to learn and share information to more effectively use Macs in law offices. We encourage open discussions, [...]

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Tuesday Tip: Customizing How Headers and Footers Print on Webpages

December 8, 2009

You may have noticed that the printout of your Web pages is missing the date it was printed, or maybe the URL has been truncated so you can’t read it.
Internet Explorer lets you decide what you want to print in the header and footer on Web pages, or you can tell it to print nothing [...]

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Tuesday Tip: Return to Where You Left off in Microsoft Word with No Scrolling

November 24, 2009

Here’s a quick tip that can come in handy when you’re working on a large Word document over the course of several days or sessions.
If you want to reopen the document and return to working where you last left off, there’s no need to scroll down through the document to find the section you last [...]

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Google Yourself Early and Often… But Make Google Alerts Do All the Work

October 23, 2009

I’m sure you’ve heard the advice: Google yourself. It wasn’t so long ago that people thought only those with inflated egos would dare to do so, but today the practice is common. And why not? You probably Google everything else, from books to vacation spots to restaurants. The next logical conclusion is that potential clients [...]

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May It Please the Court: SCOTUS Is Back in Session

October 5, 2009

Court is in today and we’ll see no shortage of marquee issues with cases on campaign financing, gun rights, and Sarbanes-Oxley.
If you’re keen on tracking cases, you have a few great options:
1. SCOTUSblog
This has been my long-time resource for all things SCOTUS. For several years, this group of attorneys has been churning out commentary, analysis [...]

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Anonymous, Negative Reviews Raise Ire Among Lawyers

September 24, 2009

Have you ever reviewed a product on Amazon or another online site? Perhaps it was a book you loved or a kitchen gadget that broke the first time you tried it.
Have you ever based a purchase decision on the online reviews made by others?
Well, now clients can both review you and decide whether to hire [...]

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Getting Started with Google Reader

September 9, 2009

If you are brand new to RSS and news readers for reading news, blogs, and more, I’ve recorded (in response to popular demand) a couple of tutorials to help you get started.
The first is for those who have never used a reader. It’s a basic introduction that will show you how to get started.
The second [...]

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Online Content: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?

August 11, 2009

Our Hanging Your Shingle program this week is completely sold out. This isn’t just marketing hyperbole–we actually closed registrations because we have no more seats available. I wanted to make sure lawyers knew they could still register for the webcast, so I composed a quick tweet and tried to send it out. The third-party application [...]

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Yesterday’s News: What Is Facebook Planning?

August 11, 2009

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Yesterday, online networks everywhere were buzzing with the latest change in the social media world. As the Bits blog over at the New York Times put it, “FriendFeed Updates Status: Married to Facebook.”
In other words, Facebook, the world’s favorite social network, acquired FriendFeed, a social network primarily populated by early adopters.
Facebook has been [...]

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