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Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Mac Lawyer Interviewed by GSA Business

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in This Blog

The Mac Lawyer – Family Attorney Turned Apple Guru A Spartanburg-based family attorney is making a name for himself nationally. Ben Stevens is the Mac lawyer, the No. 3 blogger in the American Bar Association Journal’s Blawg 100. On April 2-4, he headed two technology seminars at the annual ABA Techshow in Chicago. In addition… Continue Reading

TechnoEsq’s Video Interviews from ABA TechShow 2009

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Hardware, Online Resources, Product Reviews, Technology

If you were not able to attend this year’s ABA TechShow (or even if you were), you should check out the excellent video interviews conducted by attorney and legal technology expert Finis Price of the TechnoEsq blog. He interviewed some of the most popular vendors to discuss their products, including the following: Larry Port from… Continue Reading

Speculation About Upcoming WWDC

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Technology

There has been lots of speculation regarding what Apple has planned at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which will be held June 8–12 in San Francisco, CA. Most experts agree that there will be a focus on Snow Leopard, the next generation of Apple’s OS X operating system. The smart folks at Gizmodo predict… Continue Reading

Top 10 iPhone Apps for Attorneys

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in iPhone, Software

The following post is from Jeff Richardson‘s excellent blog, iPhone J.D.:Above the Law (ATL) is a website that accurately describes itself as a “legal tabloid.” A large number of the posts relate to law firm gossip, but the site tackles just about anything of interest to lawyers at large law firms. It was voted the… Continue Reading

The Legal Mac :: Using Windows on Your Mac

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in How Do I ... ?, Mac vs. PC, Other Operating Systems, Software

This month’s The Legal Mac column from Law Practice Today, the ABA Law Practice Management Section‘s webzine, features an excellent discussion of the options available to those Mac-using attorneys who want or need to use Windows programs. I am pleased to present “Using Windows on Your Mac” by David Sparks: One of the excuses that… Continue Reading

Reminder :: Free Webinar :: Using Macs in Your Law Firm

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Mac vs. PC, Office Management, Online Resources, Switching to Macs

FREE Webinar! Using Macs in Your Law FirmDate: Thursday, May 21, 2009 Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT Space is limited! Reserve your Webinar seat now at:https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/458254538 Description:Until recently, law firms needed PC’s to run their practices. No longer. Scanners, software, printers, are now available to practice law on the Mac, and the iPhone… Continue Reading

Guest Post :: How to Backup Commercial DVDs on Your Mac for Free

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Guest Posts, How Do I ... ?, Product Reviews, Software

The following Guest Post is from one of my readers, Marissa Clake, who is an International Business Management major at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in China: Watching movies is an essential part of my leisure life on weekends. Having tons of DVDs, I had been using DVD Hunter to organize them on my Mac.  Unfortunately, this program required… Continue Reading

Free Webinar :: Using Macs in Your Law Firm

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Mac vs. PC, Office Management, Online Resources, Switching to Macs, Technology

Larry Port from Rocket Matter and I will be conducting a free webinar next Thursday, May 21, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. entitled Using Macs in Your Law Firm.  The webinar description is listed below.  I hope that you can attend, and if you are interested, you can register by clicking HERE. Until recently, law firms needed PC’s to… Continue Reading

The Mac Lawyer in New Orleans, LA

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in This Blog

I will be in New Orleans this Thursday through Saturday attending the ABA Law Practice Management Section Spring Conference at the Hotel Monteleone.  As I have mentioned before, I am on the editorial board of Law Practice Today webzine and serve as an advisor on the Technology Core Group, both of which will hold meetings at this conference.   In addition, I am planning… Continue Reading

MILO Chat Podcast, Vol. 11

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Podcasts

The latest MILO Chat Podcast was released earlier this week. On this week’s episode, “Bringin’ the Funny Today.”  As usual, this podcast features your faithful hosts, Victor Medina, Finis Price, and Ben Stevens.  This week, we looked back at this year’s ABA TechShow, considered netbook options for Mac users, and discussed other exciting topics.  Our picks of the week were:  BoinxTV from… Continue Reading

The Mac Lawyer on What’s All The Hype? Podcast

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in Podcasts, Technology

I was recently a guest on the "What’s All The Hype?" podcast from GSA Business.  The description for this episode is listed below:  A Spartanburg-based family attorney is making a name for himself nationally. Ben Stevens is the Mac lawyer, the No. 3 blogger in the American Bar Association Journal’s Blawg 100. In this week’s podcast, Stevens of Stevens… Continue Reading