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iPhone Users - Ditch The Apple Watch

It%u2019s here at last: Samsung Gear S2 gains iOS support, at least on Verizon | Pocketnow. Samsung has made the Gear S2 line of SmartWatches compatible with iPhones, and iPhone users now have some choice in wearable companions to their phones. The Gear S2 line is superior to Apple Watch in many ways, and is generally a lot cheaper. Check them out Apple fans. There is a phone chip in the Verizon Gear S2 that will allow you to leave the iPhone at home.

Twenty Years...Time Flies When You're Having Fun

I was updating the Copyright Notice on the FutureLawyer site this morning, and I realized that I started the site in 1996. That means I have been doing this for 20 years. It has been a daily passion since 2005; but, I haven't missed many days. So Happy Birthday to the FutureLawyer site. I have no idea which day in 2016 will be the actual anniversary. But, let's celebrate every day, okay?

MyCase Announces Update To Payments

Announcing: MyCase Payments Update - MyCase Blog. Cloud case management keeps getting better; and, one of my favorites, MyCase, announced that its Payments app will soon get a Credit Card payment option. Many of our clients need to finance the fees they pay; and, a Credit Card option will get MyCase users paid faster. The feature will be included later in 2016. The payments feature is already one of the most popular reasons attorneys have adopted MyCase. There is no question that online case management is the future, and MyCase is leading the way.

Why I Am A Solo - I Don't Have To Leave The Law Behind

Why We are Still Unhappy. While the author of this article postulates that unhappy lawyers should consider alternative careers, I think he misses an option when he suggests leaving it behind. The problems he cites: working for partners who work for clients and not liking the inability to choose; working for clients the lawyer doesn't like; not making enough money; wanting to choose the clients we work for; most of them are solved by a solo practice. And, the one that isn't, making more money, becomes insignificant when you are happy doing what you do. So, grinding, unhappy lawyers working for big law; consider solo practice as an option. You won't get rich; but, you will get to apply your skills to clients you like and appreciate. When they don't, you get to fire them. And, if you want to go home at 2 in the afternoon, there will be no one to stop you. Happiness is an acquired skill. It involves making peace with what you have, and with whom you share life, and knowing that we are all one illness or heart attack away from the end. So, don't spend one more day in a job you hate just for money. Get out there and have fun.

 

The Chromecast Is Dead...Long Live Google Cast

Google is renaming its Chromecast app to something that makes more sense. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet. But, in marketing, the name is important, and Google pays people a lot of money to get it right. So, whether the name change from Chromecast to Google Cast makes a difference remains to be seen. The device will still do the same stuff; primarily broadcasting video from phones and tablet to bigger screens.Of course, Microsoft is the king of bad naming policy. I mean, it named its search engine, Bing, for God's sake. 

Effective PowerPoint Presentations

While I am thinking about Don McMillan, here is a reprise of his famous PowerPoint presentation about effective presenting. Watch and learn.

 

The New IPhone...Everything Old Is New Again

My favorite business comedian, Don McMillan, came up with this to describe the Apple event yesterday. As usual, his engineer humor nails it.

Move Along Sir; Nothing To See Here

Five theories why the FBI postponed a major hearing in case against Apple - LA Times. Well, the long anticipated showdown in Court between Apple and the Government has been postponed. Reports are that the Government is going to try another way to get in the terrorist's phone without Apple's help. It seems like modern security measures are better than we thought. It isn't the simple four digit codes that are the problem. It is that brute force attacks don't work when the software is programmed to delete the phone's contents after 10 unsuccessful attempts. The case is highlighting the thin line between modern privacy rights and the Internet's use by terrorists. Where to draw the line between protection and privacy? Of course, Ben Franklin had it right. If you are willing to give up privacy for security, you will have neither. Apple isn't having a great year so far. The new product and software announcements look to be more of the same, in smaller packages. The reduction in price for the Apple Watch just makes the device more price competitive with the dozens of Android options. Welcome to post Steve Jobs Apple world.

Michael Kors Builds An Android Wear SmartWatch

Michael Kors enters Android Wear game with Access smartwatch | Android and Me. All you designer obsessed watch fans, take a look at the future. You didn't think watch designers were going to ignore the SmartWach revolution did you? Many of you own Michael Kors designed watches. Imagine the same designer style with an Android Wear movement. You can have the best of both worlds; and, there will come a time when all designer watches are wearable computers. Get over it. If you need historical analogies, let me know the last time you saw a Cathode Ray TV?

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE - AT&T

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE - AT&T. It's baaaaack! The LTE version of the Android Wear LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition is in the AT&T store. Since I just got an AT&T account for my 9.7 inch Samsung S2 Tablet, it will be the perfect companion. You can use the same number as a phone with number sync; although, I don't know if it will work with a data only tablet. Now, I will have another phone number to follow with my devices. Too many smartwatches. Too little money and time.