Backup strategies for solo or small firm lawyers
It's a new year and it is time to make good on that resolution to strengthen your law firm's backup strategy (or to get one started)! How to get your back-up plan in order, in case of a hard drive failure, theft or fire, is one of the most important things a solo attorney and small law firm can do -- especially once you go paperless. Then it is all just bits. And you do not want them to go away. Fortunately, it is much easier to copy bits than it is paper … [Continue Reading]
Kill the puppies!!!
I recently came across this post titled "The best editing advice anyone accidentally gave me." It is pretty darned good advice whether you are writing a book, a blog post, or anything else: Sometimes a story has pieces to it that are interesting or well-written or the result of hours of thought and work, but simply — if an editor is being completely honest — don’t belong in that story. Like puppies, those pieces are good things, and you’d never want to part … [Continue Reading]
Power of a good logo!
I love Rick Campbell's work. The logos he designs are clean, vibrant and capture a vitality. I have written about Rick Campbell's work before, and he has done the logos for my endeavors. … [Continue Reading]
Backup strategies for solo or small firm lawyers
It's a new year and it is time to make good on that resolution to strengthen your law firm's backup strategy (or to get one started)! How to get your back-up plan in order, in case of a hard drive failure, theft or fire, is one of the most important things a solo attorney and small law firm can do -- especially once you go paperless. Then it is all just bits. And you do not want them to go away. Fortunately, it is much easier to copy bits than it is paper … [Continue Reading]
$299 iPad on the way?
With the iPad 3 expected to arrive in 2012 (fingers crossed), Apple will have three iPads in the market. So, the question becomes, what will Apple do with the original iPad 1? Apple could, of course, simply drop the iPad 1. As a single core machine, it will be lag even further behind the iPad 2 and the iPad 3. However, Apple has historically liked to have three price points in the marketplace: a high, middle, and low. I would not be surprised to see Apple … [Continue Reading]
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How to flatten a signature in Adobe Acrobat
You probably already know how to create and use an electronic signature in Adobe Acrobat (if not, don't worry it's the first tip in Ernie Svenson's video … [Continue Reading]
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Transitioning to cradle-to-cradle
Fascinating presentations at the RSA about the bubble we all live in and the unsustainability of simply throwing away garbage. This was the first I have heard about designing manufacturing not only to … [Listen In]
Inside Washington’s Money Machine
Sure, we all know that members of Congress need to raise between $5,000 and $14,000 each and every week for their reelection bid. The Planet Money podcast has an interesting episode … [Listen In]
Theft, Graft, and Hit Albums
Two great episodes from NPR's Planet Money podcast take a behind the scenes look at how two industries work: First up: Inside the Mind of Master Criminal how popular electronics store Crazy Eddie … [Listen In]
And if you want to hear some pornography
This is not what you expect to hear in the middle of an economics podcast. However, Episode 308 of Planet Money: Keynes vs. Hayek, has an interesting look at John Maynard Keynes going … [Listen In]
