TechnoLawyer: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture

Coming January 27, 2006 to Fat Friday:  Ross Kodner reacts to a recent TechnoFeature about online backup services, Darrell Stewart chimes in on the "prying eyes" debate concerning attorney-client privilege and e-mail, Jerry Pepper shares his personal experience as a lawyer in post-Katrina Louisiana, James Degnan reviews his 15 years of experience with Tabs3/PracticeMaster tech support, and Sam Buckland reviews a new application that makes any PC behave like a Tablet PC. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming January 19, 2006 to Answers to Questions: Glenn Curran explains how to easily archive and search all Outlook e-mail related to a matter, David Hudgens reviews the Panasonic KXTG4000B phone system, Raymond Fivecoat reviews his past six years using Time & Chaos, Rhys Kidd provides step by step instructions for customizing Outlook's AutoArchive feature, and Jeanne Wilson explains how to convert WordPerfect 9 macros to version 12. In addition, this issue features links to 16 additional Posts in the TechnoLawyer Archive. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming December 12, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Nancy Cassaro reviews her firm's recent switch from Elite to a new accounting/time-billing solution, Ivan Frockt reviews his Avaratec 1000 Series laptop plus suggests some helpful tips to prevent buyer's remorse, Bobby Abrams reviews two utilities for tweaking your Windows preferences, Arthur Smith reviews Hubbard One, his firm's extranet provider, and Grace Lidia Suarez explains why she still partitions her hard drive (and our publisher explains how partitioning can protect against spyware). Don't miss this issue.

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Coming December 7, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Bruce Vermeychuk reviews the Lanier eCabinet document management system, Cliff Pike reviews dtSearch document search engine for CD/DVD archives, Merwyn Miller reviews the Brother MFC 9700 multi-function printer, Edward Poll discusses whether switching from WordPerfect to Microsoft Word is worth the time and money, and Helga Brown reviews PerfectLaw for case management and time-billing. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming November 9, 2005 to Answers to Questions: David Outtrim reviews AbacusLaw, including the recently released Silver version for solos and small firms, Ernest Marquez reviews the lightweight Averatec 3300 laptop, Joseph Booth reviews Dragon NaturallySpeaking and how to enhance its performance, Clint Pullin explains how to print comments in PDF files, and Jenny Jolinski offers her two cents on instant messaging at work. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming November 4, 2005 to Fat Friday: John Hall pens a little pep rally for Amicus Attorney users, Charles Awalt vents about the three most prominent problems with technology today, Lester Proctor discusses how he used a three-monitor setup as a solo practitioner (Lester passed away shortly after contributing this Post), Rick Crowsey follows-up on a previous Post to explain the method behind his madness of freezing his laptop hard drive, and David Caracappa reviews the Time Matters AIC Listserver. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming November 2, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Clayton Straughan reviews his experience using PCLaw for trust accounting and P&L reports (he has used PCLaw for 18 years), Jon Kurtz reviews Dragon NaturallySpeaking plus add-ons to make it work effectively, Martin Dean serves up some thoughts regarding online legal data storage, Josh Stockwell reviews a free alternative to Google Desktop Search, and Steven Kaplan also reviews Dragon NaturallySpeaking and how it helped put the "tech" back in TechnoLawyer for him. Don't miss this issue.

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TechnoLawyer member Jason Havens is everywhere these days. Hot on the heels of his TechnoFeature article in which he reviewed PracticeMaster and Tabs3 comes news that Governor Jeb Bush has appointed Jason to the Florida Endowment Foundation for Vocational Rehabilitation (The ABLE Trust).

Jason, 31, succeeds James Smith PhD. His term will run for one year. The ABLE Trust is a government-created organization that helps "Floridians with disabilities fair employment opportunities through fundraising, grant programs, public awareness and education."

When he's not reviewing software and engaged in charitable work, Jason practices estate planning law at Havens & Miller, which has offices in Bluewater Bay, Destin, and New Orleans.

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Coming October 31, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Marilyn King offers advice on how to use PCLaw for trust accounting and generate accurate P&L reports, Catriona Prictor explains how to enhance Outlook with Access, Manuel Quilichini reviews Dell laptops, Martin Dean suggests a scan quality experiment, and Douglas Thomas deems a fellow TechnoLawyer member's trust accounting practice "unacceptable." Don't miss this issue.

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Coming October 27, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Harvey Cox reviews Studiometry, time-billing solution for Macs and PCs, Manuel Quilichini reviews the pros and cons of a 64-bit processor in your next laptop, Jonathan Warshay reviews Firefox and Spy Sweeper (plus a tip that can save you from the "nuclear option"), Martin Pagel discusses using Windows XP & Server for remote access, and Karl Walker offers his two cents on the best scanning method. Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a thrice weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.