T’is the season for my annual look at what’s hot on the gift list for techno-lawyers. After a completely unscientific poll of my legal colleagues and a healthy dose of my own bias, here are my 2011 recommendations.
Most software designed for law offices helps make attorneys and staff more efficient in tasks like scheduling, storing, finding, organizing, billing and communicating.
Microsoft recently announced the public release of Office 365, the cloud-based subscription version of its Office productivity suite.
Time for me to ‘fess up: When it comes to social media, I’m a bit of a skeptic. It’s not that I don’t understand the value of using social media channels for marketing and promotion.
It’s the holiday gift-giving season again, and time for my annual run-down on favorite goodies for the tech-savvy lawyer on your list. It’s also perfectly acceptable to leave this column in a prominent place if someone needs a little help picking out something for you.
I’ve been using Dropbox for so long I assumed that everyone else on the planet was too – or at least knew about it.
Microsoft recently launched the suite of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 tools and services to business customers, and, at the same time, announced its Office Web Apps strategy. Office applications are a huge part of Microsoft’s revenue, and the software giant currently owns about eighty-five percent of the business productivity solutions market. That’s a huge [...]
Needles case management software by Needles Inc. (formerly Chesapeake Interlink) is one of the longest-enduring applications of its type. Originally introduced as the DOS-based Personal Injury Negligence System in 1985, Needles 4.8 is a stable and flexible case management application that supports a broad range of matter types. As the senior statesman amongst case management [...]
A few months ago I wrote about cloud computing and the emerging field of software-as-a-service (SaaS). Highrise from 37 Signals is a SaaS offering that can help a busy law office coordinate efforts and communication for ongoing matters. It’s a multi-tenant, multi-user tool that allows you and your colleagues to share case information, assign work [...]
It’s gift-giving season again, so I’ve been reviewing potential gifts for tech-loving lawyers. Here are three of my favorites that are priced right, will be used often and will make someone’s life in the office a bit better. eOffice 4.7 Software eOffice 4.7 is a software package that lets you view and edit documents and [...]
While most technologies advance the state of best practices incrementally, there are some advances that are genuine game changers. These changes create a paradigm shift that rattles the accepted norms of how computing systems are created and deployed. Smart phones, 3G and cheap laptops have all changed the way we work each day. Now cloud [...]
Ron Phillips is a self-described attorney-computer nerd with over fifteen years of experience as a software architect and technology entrepreneur. He has helped to design and build enterprise systems for large and mid-size corporations, developed commercial software products and authored several books and articles concerning software development, applications and technology. He enjoys helping fellow attorneys [...]
Amicus Attorney Small Firm Edition 2009 is a legal practice management application targeted at small firms. Gavel and Gown Inc., its publisher, is a well-established player in the legal software market and has been around since the early 1990’s. The software supports the essential work of a legal office: client and matter management, calendaring, conflict [...]
The countdown to the public release of Windows 7 has started — the official release is scheduled for October 22. I have been working with betas and release candidates of Windows 7 for the past several months, and it looks like a win for everyone. Microsoft Vista has certainly taken some black eyes in the [...]
