Ted Brooks On Cloud Storage

Want to learn more about Cloud storage? Legal technologist Ted Brooks reviews the most popular cloud storage services on his Court Technology and Trial Presentation Blog. Check out Ted's loves and hates regarding Dropbox, You SendIt, Box, Google Docs, and iCloud. This article will go a long way in helping you to understand what cloud storage is, and which product will best suit your needs. Click here for the read.

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Family Lawyer Magazine

A new magazine has hit the street, with us divorce lawyers as its target market. Family Lawyer Magazine is on online ezine published by Divorce Marketing Group. Lawyer interviews, case reviews, feature articles on litigation strategies, law practice management, experts, and much more. I have given it a read, and have enjoyed it very much. Please click here for a view.

In the spirit if full disclosure, yours truly has also contributed as a writer to FLM. My article Dumping the Banker's Boxes can be read here.

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Why I Use Dropbox

I have two different workstations that I work from within my Pleasanton office. I also work remotely from my home. I work from our satellite offices in Walnut Creek and San Francisco. I work on my laptop, and I work on my iPad. I work from hotel rooms when I am traveling. I don't tell you this to paint the picture of a workaholic (which I am not). I tell you this to emphasize that I work all over the place; and to emphasize that technology makes distance irrelevant.

Confidential files, records, and information are stored and accessed through a secure server at our office. I can remote in, but there are a few steps required to maintain a secure environment. It can be a bit cumbersome. However there are lots of other little things that I can be working on. I find a need to access them now and then, from here, there and everywhere. For those little things I really don't want to have to log into the office network, open a bunch of different programs, keep track of timestamps and versions, etc. For example, articles that I may be writing, or presentations that I am creating. Articles and papers that I want to read. Mind map templates that I am creating. These are materials that I am accessing from all of my different computers. I need to be able to open them on Windows machines, Apple machines, laptops, iPads, iPhones, etc. I need one place where I can keep these projects synchronized, and find them easily.

For these needs I turn to Dropbox. With my free Dropbox account on the internet I have one, central repository for all of those little projects and pieces. If I spent ten minutes writing an article at the office, and then want to do a bit more tweaking of it on my iPad at home later, I simply open my Dropbox account and there it is. This is so much easier than my old method which was to transfer files from machine to machine by connecting the two machines over the internet or via a cable. It also beats carrying around a memory stick that I could move from machine to machine (or not with the iPad and iPhone).

Another fantastic feature of Dropbox is that it runs in the background on my various devices, and keeps them all synchronized without any help from me. I never have to worry that the file on my desktop pc is exactly the same as the file on my laptop. Brilliant! Give it a try. Don't cost nothing!

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Mind Mapping Increases Productivity

Mind mapping is a process that I am big on. Because it is new, there are skeptics and doubters. As the science and statistics for mind mapping evolve though, the beliefs of proponents like myself are starting to be supported with measured evidence. At the Mind Mapping Software Blog Chuck Frey offers an article with evidence that mind mapping works. For example, a 10% increase for mind mapping newbies, up to a 30% increase inefficiency for experienced users. That is substantial. Please click here to read the entire article.

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Cloud Service Lets You Run Office On Your iPad

When it comes to running Microsoft Office creations (Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, etc.) on an iPad app there isn't really full compatibility. However, a new cloud based service is making progress.

CloudOn is a (for now at least) Free app providing about as much Office compatibility as you are going to find. The service is drawing rave reviews from the experts, and is proving wildly popular -- to the point of having server capacity issues, and drawing an attentive eye from the folks at Apple. CloudOn lets you use your iPad to create, view, and edit files directly in Microsoft Word®, Excel® & PowerPoint®. These applications will work the way you expect them to, and your files will look the way you want them to. To use CloudOn you must have a Dropbox account.

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Siri Like App For Android

Have an Android phone in your hand, but envying all those iPhone4 owners who are gleefully playing with their Siri feature. Not to worry, the developers are to the rescue.

Speaktoit Assistant is an Android app that is drawing rave reviews. It is free, works well, and goes a long way to reduce Siri lust. Please click here to check it out.

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Fighting The Winter Blues

So far we have had a very dry winter here in Northern California. The first rain of the season didn't roll in until last week. The skies have been blue, and the weather hasn't interfered with lifestyle activities. As all things must change, so too has the weather around here. We need the rain, so I am not complaining. However, the week of grey skies that we are having has had a physical effect on me.

From attorney@work.com comes a timely piece on the winter blues; and making sure it is just the weather, and not something more.

Blues vs. Depression: Be Alert for the Signs

Studies find that lawyers suffer depression significantly more often than the general population—about 3.6 times more often. Depression is a serious illness that can have a tremendous impact on your professional and personal life. And unlike the winter blues, depression stays with you, no matter the temperature and amount of sunlight outside. Please look over the following signs of depression. Are you experiencing any of these?

• Inability to concentrate
• Finding previously easy tasks difficult
• Sleep changes, which can mean too little or too much sleep
• Feeling hopeless and helpless
• Loss of interest in daily activities
• Inability to control negative thoughts despite great effort
• Appetite or weight changes
• Irritability or restlessness
• Unexplained aches or pains
• Loss of energy
• Thoughts that life is not worth living.

This is important stuff to keep in mind as we deal with all of the other challenges of practicing family laws. Please click here for the entire article.

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