Futurelawyer

Better Be On Facebook, Lawyer, Whether You Like It Or Not

Has Facebook become the face of the Internet for Americans?. I was skeptical about Facebook in the beginning. tt felt like a place where friends went to brag about their lives. It is, however, addictive, and I am hooked. I even made several attempts to disengage, and I discovered that my contacts with friends and family left me out of the loop. Now, Facebook is becoming an essential place to connect with clients, and to get new ones. I get as much, or more, engagement on FutureLawyer topics on Facebook as I do on Google+, which is more oriented toward shared interests. Blogs are still necessary, ofcourse, if only to serve as a permanent publishing platform that puts all of your work in one place. However, if you are not socially engaged, the clients will pass you by. 

The Nineties Called - They Want Their FutureLawyer Logo Back

Florida's Future Lawyer Hpmepage! Information on Technology for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals.. For this #TBT, I give you the 1997 edition of FutureLawyer. I loved that logo. However, the introduction of blogs made static webpages (even those, like mine, with interactive features), obsolete. Blogs are updated everyday, and, with some good writing, are never boring. However, I really loved that logo.

RoboLawyer - The Future Of Law Practice?

Oculus Rift-Based System Brings True Immersion to Telepresence Robots - IEEE Spectrum. The combination of remote presence robots and consumer grade Oculus Rift immersion virtual reality systems is making possible remote presence that actually "feels" like being there. The user puts on the Oculus headset, and his movements control the remote presence bot in another location. Will the future lawyers of this world navigate the court system via remote robots while wearing virtual reality headsets? There are already versions of this system being used by NASA, but they cost millions. DORA (Dexterous Observational Roving Automaton) promises to bring the technology to the rest of us. Imagine a remote presence robot at DayCare. Parents at work don a headset, and watch over their young ones. Imagine a remote presence robot in a prison. Guards wearing headsets can monitor all activity without placing themselves in danger. Imagine a bomb technician sending a remote presence robot into a danger zone; but, instead of looking at a 2D screen, the technician is actually walking through the scene. Want to know the future of humankind? It won't be as slaves to robots. It will be using robots as surrogates.

Welcome To The Continuum

Windows Catches Up To The Vision. Microsoft was dragged, kicking and screaming, into the cloud. Now, with the introduction of a scalable Windows 10, and the promise of apps that run on any device, and phones that plug into any monitor and bluetooth keyboard and act like computers, it looks like Microsoft may have created an operating system that is truly universal. What if a pair of virtual reality glasses called Hololens could run any Windows app, and follow the user around as he goes through the day; apps that the user manipulates with a wave of the hand? Welcome to the Continuum.

Some Wearable Devices Should Never Be Made

A Plea To Humanity: Do Not Back This Fart-Tracking Wearable. I bow to no person in my love of wearable computing devices and their promise for the future. However, I draw the line at devices that measure human functions other than heart or pulse readings. This device, if made, would clip to a back pocket, and send a signal to a smartphone if you fart. The user allegedly then makes a note of the food most recently eaten, in order to make a list of foods to be avoided. First, why do we want to restrict normal human bodily functions in the first place? Second, if you are so self involved that you need to measure farts, this planet is too far gone to save. Third, if you need a device to tell you when you have farted, you need more help than I can give you. OMG.

Do You Need A Full Time Office Space For A Solo Practice?

Do You Really Need Full Time Office Space for Your Solo Practice? | Solo Practice University�. In an Internet world, the answer to this question begins with another question. How insecure are you? Clients hire people, not office space. If a fancy office in a fancy office tower says anything about a law firm, it says, "Who is paying for this?" I have always had a permanent office space; primarily, because I was young and didn't know any better. Then, I bought a little house, and converted it to office space, because I had employees who needed a place to work. Now, it is my "sanctum sanctorum" (holy of holies), where I go every day, and keep my parrots. Yes, it is a good thing to have a conference room, and a waiting room, and all that stuff. But, necessary? No. Clients don't hire your office, they hire you. 

The Drones Are Coming - Stay In Your Homes!

Execupundit.com: The Future isn't Just Super-SmartWatches and Sexy Robots. Execupundit and I have found something about tech on which to agree. We both think that the future is scarier with drones in it. While the march to a drone filled future is probably inevitable; it would behoove us to create enforceable regulations about their use before they fill the skies. We certainly can't protect ourselves unless we act proactively. Of course, drones that are too small to see in the air are a possibility. Can we protect ourselves against that?

The Eighties Called...They Want Their Fax Machine Back

eFax: Internet Fax to Email Services | Send Faxes Online. Once upon a time, we transmitted anything that needed to be transferred immediately on a cool looking machine called a "facsimile machine". We paid $50 and up a month for a dedicated phone line so that the machine would be available when someone wanted to send a document to us. If you still have one of these around the office, and you are still paying $50-65 a month for a dedicated line for it, you need to have a chat with your Eighties self. For $19.95 a month, you can have a dedicated local phone number and you can get faxes anywhere you get email. Translation, everywhere. I used to think it was cool to have a fax machine. But, then, I cut off the mullet, got rid of the leisure suits, and shaved the mustache. Welcome to the Internet century.

LG Watch Urbane LTE - Will It Replace The Gear S?

LG Watch Urbane LTE Preview - CNET. Well, this looks like a watch that I can use as an alternate to my Gear S. I love that the Gear has its own phone number and SIM card. However, the coming LG Watch Urbane has an LTE chip that will connect anywhere in the U.S. that my phone does. It will use shared LTE data, so you won't need a separate $20 a month phone plan, as with the Gear S. I will now have the same choice in the morning for my phone watches as i do with my Android Wear watches. This, dear Apple friends, is what choice looks like.

I Delete You! Oops. Not You!

How to restore deleted Gmail contacts | ITProPortal.com. We've all been there. Once in a while we decide that the detritus of our lives is too much, and we go on a Spring Cleaning binge. We live in a blur of slovenliness for a time, and then we want a clean, unemcumbered life for a while. With me, that involves deleting unnecessary data on my computers. Luckily, with GMail, I only have to do it once, since everything is synced in Google's ubiquitous cloud. Sometimes, however, I go too far, and I realize that Aunt Helen's email address, and contact information, has been wiped from my computer's memory, seemingly forever. But, wait, Google's everywhereness can help. Google keeps all that deleted contact information for 30 days, and you can get it back! Aunt Helen isn't lost for all time. She is just hiding in the cloud, waiting for Google to bring her back to life. Happy, Happy.