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Wolf At The Door? No Hassle

Execupundit.com: When No Hassle Leads to No Hassle. The No Hassle principle applies to law practice as well as normal business. When a client appears at the door with an emergency, no one ever complains about what a hassle it will be to deal with the problem. Hassles only become a part of the vocabulary when demands are artificial or temporary or minor. "It's a hassle" is just an excuse for not doing something. We would have fewer emergencies if everyone tried not to avoid hassles in the first place. That applies to lawyers as well as clients. The good client always involves a competent lawyer before a hassle becomes an emergency. When the wolf is at the door, the only operative word is survival.

Pass-a-Grille Beach - Best Beach In The World

Visit Pass-a-Grille Beach | Find information to plan your visit at Pass-a-Grille Beach. If you are looking for the perfect Florida vacation, you needn't go further than the Pinellas beaches. My best friend, Joe Caruso, has beautiful waterfront accomodations on the Gulf of Mexico, and you can check out this website for some views of our heavenly locale. The only thing better is to be in the water on a Spring day. Come and visit us soon. By the way, Joe's lovely wife, Maggie, administers this website, and it is almost as beautiful as she is.

Microsoft Moved My Cheese

Windows 8 moved the cheese, Windows Blue doesn't put it back | ZDNet. This is a cogent article about the slow adoption of Windows 8 in the consumer space. While users hate the removal of the Windows Start Button, and companies like StarDock are making money putting it back (see my posts on Start8), only the users in the Enterprise who are forced to make the change will adapt quickly. If you are in a large law firm, and the powers that be tell you to use Windows 8, you will adapt and learn. I like the Corps motto: Adapt and Overcome, for that reason. Savvy computer users will always find a way. However, the typical consumer gets stuck, and they often won't want to learn new ways of doing things. They will resist change. I have faced this often when I recommend change to clients. The moral of this story is clear. If you move somebody's cheese, you need to find out if they have the motivation to go find it themselves, or if you have to purpose a rat to help them. Otherwise, you are going to be eating a lot of uneaten cheese.

Five Apps For Android

Some Useful Android Apps for Lawyers | The Droid Lawyer%u2122. DroidLawyer has a good post on his top five apps for Android. I have and use all of them except CallTrack, which was new to me, and which sounds very useful. Thanks, Jeffrey.

Renewal

The new book is coming along, and I am combing through unpublished stuff, and doing some rewrites. This one, about Easter and Spring and renewal, didn't require a rewrite. I dedicate it to my wife, the love of my life. If you are tired of reading my poems, stop here. For the rest of you, here goes:

RENEWAL

He had spent his forty days in the desert
He wanted a drink of water
and wine.

She warned him that spring brought new growth
and 
change
and counseled caution.
She spoke the words of winter
and moved with the body of spring.

He knew only that he wanted her
with the sizzle of a summer sun.

As their voices
quietly
danced the dance of lovers
he impatiently 
awaited the coming of the rosebud
expectantly 

Its bloom was as inevitable
as the passage of time.

 

Evernote 5.0 Raises The Bar

Evernote 5.0 brings slew of new features. Anyone who collects, organizes, and uses large amounts of data, recordings, photos and stuff, will appreciate EverNote. Now, in a major upgrade, photos get digital enhancements, and document searching is much improved. If you use it, you  are already a Premium user, which you must be to take advantage of the searching upgrade. Get going, and organize, organize, organize.

Google Glass And Distracted Driving - Can They Be Regulated?

Google Glass Could Face Driving Ban | Geeks are Sexy Technology News. It is no surprise that some legislators and others are seeking to ban Google Glass even before it hits the market. Many attempts have been made to pass laws banning activities that cause distracted driving, a leading cause of vehicular accidents. However, human beings will be distracted by many things while driving, and enforcement of such bans is usually next to impossible. Of course, drivers should concentrate only on the road. However, does that mean we should also ban fancy in dash navigation systems because the driver could be distracted by the display? It could be argued that Google Glass is much safer, because the heads up display is in front of the user, and the user's eyes remain on the road. How many accidents have been caused by drivers who are looking at something else in the car? Current texting and cell phone statutes only ban the activities while not in hands free mode. Google Glass is a hands free product. Stay tuned. Trial lawyers everywhere will be watching this debate.

Google Plus Upgrades iPhone And Android Apps

Google : New apps for iPhone and Android. I am already more addicted to Google + than I am to Facebook. More people there with whom I share personal and professional interests. I still love my family and friends from high school as such on Facebook; but, Google + is where I spend most of my quality time. I engage with my family person to person at home. Now, the mobile apps we use to keep up are experiencing a major upgrade; most notably improvements to photo handling, using Snapseed tools. Check it out.

ASUS U46E-RAL7 Refurbished Core I7 For $499!

ASUS U46E-RAL7 Refurbished Notebook PC - 2nd generation Intel Core i7-2640M 2.8GHz, 8GB DDR3, 750GB HDD, DVDRW, 14.1 Display, Windows 7 Home Premium at TigerDirect.com. Lawyers and other professionals tend to overbuy computers. Most modern computers have more power than a document creating, presentation making, web browsing, email creating, lawyer will ever need. We also tend to spend way too much money on notebook computers, banking on style points, or "my computer is thinner than yours" points. My trusty ASUS U46E has state of the art specs, with a best available Core I7 Intel processor, 8 gigs of RAM, and a 500 gig hard drive, all in a slim under 5 pound package. I got it on sale a year ago for $679. Now, you can get a refurb version of the same computer, with a 750 gig hard drive, for a net $499 after a $50 rebate. You don't need more computer than this, and this one is fast, dependable, and reliable. If you spend $2,000 on a notebook computer, you are only proving that you have more money than sense. 

Silencify - Tell Your Phone To Be Quiet Automatically

Silencify - Smart Silence Phone Automatically | AndroidTapp. We've all been there. You are in a movie theater, or a meeting with a client, or in Court for a hearing, and an annoying phone ring intrudes. You forgot to turn off the sound on your phone or device. Ouch. In addition to being embarrassing, some of us have pretty embarrassing ring tones. For instance, if I hear a duck quacking anywhere near me, I know that daughter's phone is ringing. You get the picture. I have a Silent On Off Widget on my home screen that I use a lot. Just tap it and the phone goes into vibrate mode. Tap again, and it is completely silent. This little app, Silencify, automates the process of managing speaker tones. For instance, it allows the user to program silent mode any time the word meeting or court or whatever appears in the calendar. Very cool, very easy to use, and very free.