Jeff Richardson, my friend and co-presenter at this year’s ABA TechShow, wrote the following excellent and insightful article addressing this very question: Apple released a software update for all iPhones, version 2.1. With this latest update, a strong case can be made that the iPhone is the best smartphone for lawyers. When the original iPhone… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Inactivity / Lack of Posts
Posted in MiscellaneousI wanted to let my readers know that the lack of posts last week and this week are due to my being involved in a very complex child custody case that is being tried this week in Greenville County, South Carolina. Please bear with me, and I will resume my regular posting schedule once this… Continue Reading
Immigration Attorney Switches from PCs to Macs
Posted in Switching to MacsEric Rhodes of Triangle Immigration recently switched from PCs to Macs for his practice. He wrote the following about his "conversion experience" on his Visa Tech Law Blog: As a working attorney from 1999 onward, I gradually became more and more frustrated with Windows constantly crashing. Other shortcomings of the operating system (security issues, frequent… Continue Reading
800 and 10,000
Posted in Online ResourcesWhat exactly do those numbers mean? As of last week, the Macs In Law Offices (MILO) forum has now surpassed 800 members, and it had its 10,000th post around the same time. These numbers are pretty impressive, considering that it has been a little less than 18 months since Grant Griffiths and I founded MILO. … Continue Reading
DriveSavers to the Rescue!
Posted in Offline Resources, Product Reviews, TechnologyOnce upon a time back in the late summer of 2007, there was a Mac-using attorney was preparing to make a big presentation to a statewide legal association. Everything was going well, until his hard drive spontaneously committed suicide only days before his presentation. To make matters worse, this lawyer didn’t have a recent backup… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: A Primer for Viewing Medical Images on a Mac
Posted in Guest Posts, How Do I ... ?, SoftwareThe following Guest Post is from William A. Jackson, M.D., a Radiologist with Beaufort Medical Imaging at Beaufort Memorial Hospital: Why is a physician writing on an attorney’s blog? First, I have been a Mac user for fourteen years, and this blog is about Mac use. The inspiration for this particular post came from a… Continue Reading
Now … 3G for Me
Posted in iPhoneLate last week, I finally got the 3G iPhone — 16 GB black version. I have wanted one since they were released, but I had simply been too busy to go pick one up. I had several opportunities to get one, as out local AT&T Store has gotten a good supply of them, but between… Continue Reading