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#WhyIAmASolo - Leadership Team Plans Don't Survive The First Contact With The Enemy.

Shelf Lives And Sparring Sessions. Like battle plans, BigLaw and big organization leadership plans don't survive first contact. Execupundit points out that such plans need to be flexible, always changing, and adapt to circumstances. As a solo, I change my plans every minute of every day. When I experience contact, I often pivot, dodge, and sometimes meet the problem head on. But, I don't have to consult with a written plan to decide which. What's in your Employee manual?

Old Electronics? Don't Recycle. Repurpose.

#Techtips - Out With The Old. In With The New. I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to read this month's Florida Bar Tech Tips column. Recycling old tech and electronics? Blasphemy. I never saw tech I didn't like. And, I never throw it away. That is saying something from someone who has spent most of his disposable income on tech and gadgets for the last 40 years. I have cell phones in drawers that are older than most of the lawyers in Florida. My recent experience in stocking an RV for tech travel is instructive. I have collected a bunch of old, no longer used, tech and repurposed it for travel use. There is an old Samsung 18 inch tablet that was sitting around that now serves as an entertainment and web browsing station. There is an old TV that was unused in the RV bedroom. There are cables, and USB hubs and the Lord knows what else interspersed throughout connecting things. An old Smartphone serves as a WiFi hotspot for the coach. My current notebook and its peripherals still come with me for real work, accompanied by a portable printer that was used for travel that became less and less over the years. I could go on; but, I hope you get the picture. So, before you waste time and money recycling old tech, ask yourself this question: how can I use this marvelous technology for a new purpose?

Divine Touch Detail LLC Is The Hand Of The Angels

Good friend and client and best detailer in Florida, Drew Lekens, of Divine Touch Detail, LLC, and his crew spent the whole day making the Coach and VW sparkle like new. It is amazing what a competent detailer can do. Thanks, Drew. Your work is divine.

Shakespeare's Character Didn't Really Hate Lawyers.

Should The Legal Profession Be Deregulated? As I have been reading more cases in the news about Twitter and other social media companies making judgments about the speech of others, and banning them from their platforms, it occurred to me to wonder what the consequences will be. When will these draconian attacks on free speech turn around and bite the censors? I don't care whether you love or hate Donald Trump. Do you really believe that hateful rhetoric will stop if you ban him and his like from social media? When Dick the Butcher utters the famous line: "The first thing we do, we kill all the lawyers", he didn't mean that he hated lawyers. The discussion was how to create a society in which the mob rules. Admittedly, some anarchists would like that to happen. But, the vast majority of us want an orderly, peaceful society, in which we can live each day making our own choices, and not seeking harm to others. So, if you kill all the lawyers, who are the guardians of freedom, and silence all speech from anyone who disagrees with you, or says something you find offensive, you will not find peace. You will find chaos. Don't be the character who yells "let loose the dogs of war".

#WhyILiveInFlorida - Even Underwater, It Is Beautiful.

Live Underwater Reef In Miami, Florida. Execupundit lives in Arizona, which is beautiful everywhere above ground. Today, he links to a reason I love and live in Florida, which is beautiful both above and underwater. In both places, a temperate climate is more human friendly than the frozen tundra of the North. Why else would Tom Brady come to Florida? 

I Think I Am Turning Into My Parents.

Selfie Stick And Gimbal And Tripod. I used to laugh at people using selfie sticks in public. Talk about dorky. Talk about self involved. But, I suppose my gadget fascination outweighs my desire to look cool outdoors. Because, when I saw this combination selfie stick, gimbal, and tripod at Amazon, I had to have it. It is a marvel of tech that I will be carrying whenever I am out and about doing photography. No more sore muscles from extending my arms to take a photo of us in exotic locations. Of course, our exotic location days are over for now; but, someday, in a galaxy far, far away...

 

Project Gutenberg Has Over 60,000 Free EBooks. Therefore, I Have Over 60,000 Books On My Kindle.

Download Free Kindle Ebooks. You could spend a human lifetime, and never read 60,000 books. You certainly could never collect print versions of them, unless you were a major library. So, the ability to call up any book in seconds and read them, with illustrations, on a tiny device I can hold in my hand, is magical. I never get tired of spending a few minutes browsing the Project Gutenberg book list, knowing that someone isn't going to grab me by the shoulder and charge me something. I am reading the Collected Works Of Shakespeare this weekend. I won't finish, but I can keep at it, if fate gives me more time. "To Be or Not to Be." I think I will be and read today.

I Am Shocked That Politicians And Media People Lie.

Are we really surprised that governments, politicians, and powerful people lie to us? Human beings are pretty predictable when they are given power over others. They want to keep the power. It is easy to be tempted by the excesses permitted by power. So, why do we wring our hands and act surprised? Accept your fate, and live your life the best you can. That is the only response necessary.

 

If The FutureLawyer Got A Job In Tech Support.

A lot of people call on me for help with their computers. After a while, I too feel like Dogbert. I think I had better not quit my day job.

The Real Right Stuff - Chuck Yeager (1923-2020)

Chuck Yeager My first hero was Chuck Yeager. One month before I was born, he was the first human to officially break the sound barrier, on October 14, 1947, when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 feet (13,700 m), for which he won both the Collier and Mackay trophies in 1948. As a boy, I had a model of the X-1, which was my favorite. Notice that he, and the other early test pilots in the jet age, "flew" their craft. While nothing should be taken away from the astronauts, who came after, the "right stuff" was what Yeager and his fellow pilots had. At every point in my life that I had crippling fear, I remembered that courage is to proceed despite fear. I remembered Chuck Yeager. Now, more than ever, we need real heroes. General Yeager was one.