Discussing RSS With Clients – Read Short Stories
Do your clients read blogs? Do they understand what RSS can do for them? Heck, do you use an RSS reader?
Here’s my attempt to help you explain RSS to clients. I even made a nifty graphic!
Read short stories
No, that’s not what RSS officially stands for. However, it will work for this simple explanation. When you want to read the web, don’t scour websites one at a time. Use RSS. You can Read Short Stories in no time by using this cool technology.
Save time
That is the huge benefit of RSS. In the days …
Enhance Your Online Presence With a Video Greeting
Are you trying to have a strong and positive online presence? If you’re in a job search, you definitely should focus on your “Google juice.”
In other words, what do people find when they search for you online? Fortunately, this is in your control.
One important thing you can do is to have a personal website or blog. A great option is to register the domain that consists of your name “johndoe.com.” This provides a great way to showcase yourself for anyone who may be looking for you (especially potential legal employers).
Another method is to create an audio …
Basecamp for Lawyers and Law Students
Grant Griffiths has a great post about using Basecamp in the legal profession. This is a great time to look at the software more in depth.
Online project management
Basecamp is an online software set created by 37 signals. It’s a fully featured task and project management system. You can have many users, lots of projects, and easily refine permissions to protect confidential information.
They have several different plans ranging in price from $12 to $149 per month. …
Mobilize Your Virtual Legal Workforce
Does your law firm have fluctuating staff requirements? Do you find yourself swamped sometimes, while at other times giving busy work to associates and paralegals? Virtual employees might be the solution for you.
There is a great news article at Law.com’s Legal Technology page about using virtual workers for a law firm. The article explains how you can use technology to allow collaboration between your core employees at your firm’s office and virtual workers anywhere in the country.
Among just a couple of the benefits of virtual employees are setting lower billing rates for …
I Need to Organize My RSS Feeds Inside Google Reader
What?
If you don’t have a clue what the headline for this post means, you’re in luck. I’ll explain it here. If you’re an old hand at RSS, feel free to skip ahead.
RSS stands for “really simple syndication.” Basically, it is a way to publish website content. All you need to know is that it allows you to easily keep up on websites, news, and blogs. For a good explanation, check out RSS the Oprah way.
Google Reader is a free …
Search for Real Estate and Apartments with Google Base
Have you ever tried searching for houses or apartments online? It can be darn frustrating with all the different sites available. Personally, Realtor.com doesn’t do quite what I would like. Have they even heard of RSS?
Enter Google Base. It’s hyped as a online database into which anyone can add data. You might’ve seen it before and wondered “what’s that good for?” Real estate and apartment searching, that’s what.
Enter your search terms
To search for housing, Google even has a handy little …
Post-Thanksgiving Goal – Beta Test Law Contracting Classified System
This post is my contribution in the Instigator Blog’s group writing project, Post-Thanksgiving Goals. (image courtesy of Instigator Blog)
My goal between now and Christmas is quite simple. I plan to beta test a new website I am developing (with the design help of my wife). If all goes well (and people like it), the end goal is to be live and kicking by January 1.
Simply put, the website will be an online classified ad system for lawyers who work on …
Learn About Technology Online, For Free
Are there technologies you wish you knew more about? Do you find the law sucking up all your time to keep abreast of i-gizmos, pod-thingies, and the like? You need some free, online courses.
Thanks to the cool productivity blog, Lifehacker, I found the awesome courses offered by CNET. They provide an interactive learning environment for you to catch up on technology and learn from your peers.
From what I understand, the courses actually have begin & end dates. However, I believe you can …
Custom Computer Setup for Remote Trials
Don’t you love the way big law firms spend money on useless things? Ok, maybe they’re not useless. But there are ways they could have the same functionality with a lot less cost.
For instance, Beirne Maynard & Parson has a write-up on Law.com about their “trial-in-a-box” setup. Basically, they have some computers and wireless phones in a nifty custom-made case. When they need to travel for a trial, they haul the cases along and setup a mobile office.
I’m tempted to …
Get Your Online Mock Jury at TrialJuries
Are you a litigator in need of a mock jury? Don’t have the cash and time to bring people into your office for a day? You should check out TrialJuries.
As Robert Ambrogi explains, the site was created by two lawyers. Basically, attorneys submit statements of the case (in text, audio, or video). TrialJuries then assigns mock jurors from the appropriate venue. The jurors login, review the case, and then answer the verdict and feedback forms (that the submitting attorney defines).
The cost varies from $1500 …
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