In the earlier days of computing, there were computer bulletin boards where hundreds of pieces of free software and other free utilities could be downloaded. But now security concerns make many suspicious of free software and most commercial packages have more features than most users take full advantage of in any event. But we still...

Many Gmail users have not taken the time to check out the G Suite Marketplace’s collection of Gmail add-ons. These are not Chrome browser extensions. They install directly into Gmail. You may find that adding the add-ons for a service you already use like DocuSign, Zoom, Dropbox, Trello or Evernote is a handy and powerful...

For our 150th Edition of the Digital Edge Podcast, we decided to have as our guests three lawyers who have decades of combined podcasting experience— Bob Ambrogi, Tom Mighell and Joe Patrice for A Legal Podcast about Legal Podcasting. We covered a wide range of topics from advice to lawyers considering creating their own podcast,...

For most lawyers, LinkedIn is the social media that they pay the least attention to maintaining. Last week I shared a tip: Spend an Hour Updating Your LinkedIn Profile (And Here’s How). So, this week, let’s take a look at How to Manage Your LinkedIn Privacy Settings. Because of its history as a employment advancement...

Yesterday Apple kicked off WWDC, its annual developer conference. Were there announcements made impacting the legal profession? iPhoneJD’s Jeff Richardson reviews the next version of operating systems for the iPhone and iPad called iOS 14 and iPad OS 14 in his post Why lawyers will love iOS 14 and iPad OS 14 There are several...

We’ve all come to certain conclusions the lessons of the last few months and the challenges ahead. But we’ve also had more limited interactions with others. There’s been no running into someone in the hall or at court and getting a quick question answered. Our tip today is about making better decisions by obtaining better...

LinkedIn is sometimes omitted from lists of social networks, but that is wrong. It is a social network that traditionally covers business and potential employment content. LinkedIn is a very nice networking tool and, unlike many online tools, you have access to much of the value LinkedIn provides for free. My colleagues with the State...

Automating creation of many legal documents with automated document assembly can be a powerful tool, but it is time consuming to “program” your documents. Today I want to highlight a simple automation tool, ActiveWords. The company’s website says it is Auto Correct on steroids and more. But Auto Correct only works within Microsoft Word where...

Today many of us have valuable assets stored with various services in the cloud. Everyone should have password protected their computers and all mobile devices. But we are all mortal and while we want bulletproof security of digital assets while alive, we would also not want it to be very difficult or impossible for heirs...

Don’t worry. The powerful encrypted texting apps you may have been using have been working as they were supposed to work. Apps like WhatsApp and Signal have been great for sending secure encrypted text messages. The only requirement is that everyone must download and use the same app. But even good tools can get better,...