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Regulation is the answer?

Ya know, maybe more regulation is not going to prevent future financial mayhem. Regulation only works if the regulators actually look for trouble, or in the case of Bernie Madoff, don't look avoid looking for it.Ya know, maybe more regulation is not going to prevent future financial mayhem....

Switching to MyFax (from eFax)

One day faxes will become obsolete, but for now it's hard not to have a fax number because some people insist on sending you faxes. And some people insist on being sent documents by fax. Even though faxes haven't become...One day faxes will become obsolete, but for now it's hard not to have a fax...

Failure to communicate

This past week has given me the opportunity (not enjoyable, but then things that spur us toward growth often are not enjoyable) to revisit something I've come upon before. How people miscommunicate is not something that we seem to understand...This past week has given me the opportunity (not...

The best tree ever

My dad always made a big deal about Christmas trees. The scene in A Christmas Story where the dad picks out the tree was clearly modeled on my dad. Every year we wound up with "the best tree ever." My...My dad always made a big deal about Christmas trees. The scene in A Christmas Story where the...

My seminar on Powerpoint (tomorrow in New Orleans)

I'll be speaking tomorrow at the New Orleans Bar Association's Procrastinator's Program. My talk is about how to use Powerpoint as a lawyer (actually what I'll say will also apply to Apple's Keynote software). The registration fee is $55 for...I'll be speaking tomorrow at the New Orleans Bar...

We can't admit we don't know if we don't know we don't know

We live in an era of awesome measurability. We can measure almost anything with great precision, so we do. What never occurs to us is whether in some cases there is any correlation to measuring and predicting. Top college quarterbacks,...We live in an era of awesome measurability.  We can...

16 Gb thumbdrive for $20

Yep, it's true. Click here to get the details (which includes free shipping). Just so you get a sense of how much storage this is you could put a couple of tons of paper documents (after scanning) on a 16...Yep, it's true.  Click here to get the details (which includes free shipping)....

Feedback on Digital Workflow seminar

We had great attendance at our seminar last Friday, with some great questions from the audience. Obviously, people are eager to learn more about how to make the shift to a paperless practice. This is one of the anonymous comments...We had great attendance at our seminar last Friday, with some great...

Snow day in New Orleans