Got a Windows 8 Laptop and yes, the lack of a start menu is stupid
As suspected, my old laptop gave up the ghost on Saturday. So, the time came, and I bought a nice, inexpensive, touch screen laptop with Windows 8. I ended up going for a Sony Vaio, low end, cost me $699. Why did I pick it? Because it had what I needed, and didn’t cost a […]
Decided to go with the iPad – 4th Generation
If you read my blog, you know I have been struggling with whether to purchase a Surface or an iPad. I went so far as to buy the Surface RT, only to return it because it wasn’t quite what I wanted. I figured, if the price was reasonable, I would buy the Surface Pro when […]
Preliminary Thoughts on Windows 8
I don’t feel comfortable writing a full analysis of Windows 8. I have not had the opportunity to use it enough. But I was asked to write a review for the Montgomery Bar Association and in doing so, developed some thoughts I will share. I will give a full analysis some distant time in the […]
Just spoke with some folks about Pacer Pro – looks like an intriguing product
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by someone from a company called Pacer Pro. Anyone who uses Pacer knows that the information it contains is crucial, but that sometimes, using it can be a bit challenging. Enter the folks from Pacer Pro. Essentially they have created a shell that works over Pacer. This […]
Attorneys Taking Credit Cards – How Square
We attorneys tend to be late adopters to technology. This includes the technology involved with taking credit cards. A lot of attorneys are still just beginning to set up the process right now. In fact, the Pennsylvania Bar Association (of which I am a member) recently joined with LawPay to help attorneys with the ability […]
Installing Office 365 – Make sure you know what you are doing or you will make your website unreachable
A colleague called me for help with Office 365. Someone had installed it for her, but it wasn’t doing quite what she wanted. Fortunately for her, while I was looking at the issue, I happened to pull up her website. I should say I tried to pull up her website, because all I got was […]
Ah, Office 365 you solve one problem only to piss me off with another – sharing calendars
You Can’t Sync WHAT With Your Smartphone? So, I learned something interesting today. While one of the big, wonderful, amazing, extremely hyped features of Office 365 is your ability to share things, such as calendars, it turns out there is a teeny tiny problem with this. You cannot sync those shared calendars on your tablet […]
Update on Rondee – Free Conference Calling
You might recall that I had a disastrous experience with the free conference call service Rondee. Well, yesterday (October 28) I got an email from the CEO, which I will post in full here. You will note the CEO states that they updated their Twitter feed. That is interesting, because when I was looking for […]