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And The World Keeps Turning….

Mike McBride
March 06, 2012 02:28

Apparently, while 2011 was a year of huge changes for me, the changes just keep coming in 2012. I won’t be relocating again, but I will be switching jobs, and that is going to also impact what I’m doing on this site. I’ve accepted a Litigation Support Trainer position with AccessData. I’ll be based...

Careers in Ediscovery

Mike McBride
February 28, 2012 02:37

I know, I know, I’ve been pretty quiet around here of late. I promise that will change shortly, after some craziness settles down into a new normal. In the mean time, my friend Jared Coseglia shared a link on Twitter to the new podcast he is doing in combination with ILTA: In these podcasts,...

Follow The Leader

Mike McBride
February 08, 2012 01:32

Last year it was AccessData acquiring Summation, and now that they are releasing their new version of Summation Pro, fully integrated with the FTK backend that takes you from forensic acquisition straight through to attorney review,  I guess this should come as no shock. Guidance Software to...

LegalTech Coverage

Mike McBride
February 02, 2012 21:45

I have to admit, I haven’t seen much coverage from blogs or Twitter about LegalTech. Part of that is my schedule being off from a typical East Coast work day, thus missing a lot of morning twitter traffic. Part of that may also be the lack of usable wifi at the hotel, at least from more »You...

Force Multipliers

Mike McBride
January 12, 2012 04:45

V. Mary Abraham wrote about making KM a force multiplier in your law firm on 2012 today. While I wouldn’t say that you could take this exact framework and turn Litigation Support into a force multiplier, I think there’s quite a lot in this article that does apply to making better use of...

Inefficient Management – Poor Job Descriptions

Mike McBride
January 09, 2012 14:45

My wife has written an interesting perspective on the huge waste of time that is created when a job description is vague and doesn’t really identify the job you might be applying for. It struck a chord with me not only from previous job searches, but also from things I’ve seen and heard...

If That’s Not Right, What Else Isn’t?

Mike McBride
January 02, 2012 17:05

I’ve talked before about the things that show up on procedural TV shows (I’m looking at you CSI) that simply aren’t possible in the real world. Think about the number of times you’ve seen a crime drama take a crappy cell phone picture, for example, and using...

Lack of Inspiration; Need New Sources

Mike McBride
December 29, 2011 01:56

This being the end of the year, I’ve been doing a long overdue cleanup of some of my various information sources, the first being Google Reader. After taking a look at the over 300 subscriptions I had there, and removing all of the ones who haven’t posted in 2011, and a number of ones I...

Happy Holidays!

Mike McBride
December 24, 2011 01:15

I hope everyone out there has a wonderful holiday weekend! You just finished reading Happy Holidays!! Consider leaving a comment! Follow This Site!| RSS Feed| Subscribe by Email| Add this page to your Google+ Circles | Become a Fan on Facebook| Follow Me on Twitter Related...

IT Elves

Mike McBride
December 04, 2011 03:59

IT Elf: “Santa, you have 3 billion unread emails” Santa: “Can you print them out for me?” Who knew Santa was an attorney? You just finished reading IT Elves! Consider leaving a comment! Follow This Site!| RSS Feed| Subscribe by Email| Add this page to your...