To Tile or Not To Tile?
Windows 8 is now upon us, and the “RT-level” tablets from Microsoft are marching in right behind this new operating system. January will bring the full-blown Windows-ready Surface tablet from Microsoft. So, is it time to chuck those clunky desktop PC’s, monitors,...
Who’s In–Who’s Out? Using the In/Out List in Time Matters
The young lady on the other end of the phone was trying to be helpful when I returned my client’s call. He was in… no, wait… perhaps he’d gone to a meeting? Oh, wait… perhaps he was around here somewhere… The tenor of the call quickly went downhill from there. With...
Sage Timeslips 2013: Wish-List Fulfillment and a Calendar
The recently-released Sage Timeslips 2013 sports a collection of innovative new features, including a few that users have long been asking for. In particular, firms using electronic billing will find improvements to make their lives easier. Slip Enhancements Delete...
Pet Peeves of a Legal Technology Consultant
Here is a scenario that never fails to amaze me: A firm invested in practice management and billing software over 9 years ago, then never upgraded it. They run a mix of Windows 7 and Windows XP operating systems, and Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2010....
Focus On Productivity: Using Emails Wisely
You walk into your office in the morning, open your Inbox, and there they are: several new email messages. But how many of them are really “new”? And how many of them begin with the letters “FW”? The latest figures from the U.S. Department of Labor state that U.S....
Time Matters and Hosted Exchange
Microsoft Exchange in the legal industry is growing very rapidly. Many firms, from the solo attorney to the multi-office firm, have or are turning to Exchange to streamline their organizational collaboration. Exchange is a Microsoft product that handles...
Lexis Releases Law Firm Billing Survey
LexisNexis, the developer of the award-winning software applications Time Matters, Billing Matters, PCLaw and Juris, released the results of their recent survey of billing practices in a sample of law firms in all 50 states. This survey was picked up by several news...
Windows the 8th: Legitimate Heir or Pretender to the Throne?
The next version of Windows should be upon us by the fall of 2012. According to Windows president Steven Sinofsky, Windows 8 will represent a “generational change” for Windows, not unlike the transition from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 (who thinks up these names,...
Only three billable hours for the day? (Oh, wait– I replied to 53 e-mails)
As our professional and personal communication becomes ever more digital, sometimes there are days when we feel as though we're working hard, but don't have many billable hours to show for it by day's end. Where did that time go? At the end of today, take a look at...
Review: PCLaw Version 12 – The Time Entry Advisor
LexisNexis is proud to announce the release of PCLaw Version 12. So why upgrade, or consider this version? Because after participating in beta testing in Ontario, Canada this past April, I came away convinced this version has “real beef” packed into it! I’ll comment...