Criminal Defense Law With An Apple

Being covered, tweeted and blogged everywhere is the Kindle application for the iPhone. I look forward to checking out the Kindle excitement that is buzzing around my iPhone-toting colleagues. I downloaded it a few days back.  Just need to find some time to sign up for an Amazon account.  We are also drafting up our popular multi-part series: “What software do you use?” Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

The iPhone 3G is a foregone conclusion.

But what other surprises are in store?

Some people can keep secrets.

Say hello to the new boss.

Taking you back to the days of  Mix Tapes. May have other, more practical uses? 

88 tiny screws.

There was plenty of coverage of the big hits at Macworld. Obviously, everyone is excited (or frustrated) with the next generation in laptops. A number of my favorite attorney blogs mentioned the exciting potential of a real dictation software product. For my money, nothing was cooler than the Axiotron notebook.

I did a previous post on customizing your Macbook. Today, I came across this article on Cult of Mac that reviews some of the companies that are making a splash with etching all different Mac products. Some of this stuff looks great.

There is a tendency, in the legal community, to abide by the saying, “The nail that stands up, gets pounded down.” However, in criminal defense, attorneys seem less concerned with the fear of standing apart (and sometimes strive for it). Using a Mac already sets you apart from the crowd. Still, for Mac using attorneys there are a number of inexpensive choices for giving your classic aluminium Macbook a new, stand-apart look. Speck has some customization if you want a solid color. And for interesting textures (including wood grain!) go to iamhuman. Finally for the truly daring there are Gelaskins.

Nothing was more illustrative to the amount of paper that law firms go through than working on a civil case. I was involved in a high profile case in Washington where two huge law firms were exchanging telephone book size motions on a daily basis. In an article on Law.com blog they refer to an article by the ABA saying, “a typical lawyer uses 20,000 to 100,000 sheets of copy paper a year.” Just one more reason to embrace electronic documents.