Criminal Defense Law With An Apple

Fellow blogger, mac lawyer’s notebook, has posted a survey from Marketcircle, for attorneys that use or are thinking of using Daylite. I strongly suggest everyone that reads this blog take a little time to respond to this survey (even if you only respond to some of the questions). Let’s show Marketcircle that we are interested in a solution and give them the tools that they need to help design a great program (for attorneys). Although Daylite does not meet my needs, as a criminal defense attorney, I wish that it did. Here’s hoping they implement some custom changes for attorneys.

Thanks for all the readers that made suggestions (both in comments and off-blog) for backing up data. I am experimenting with a couple different solutions. I will provide what solution is working best for me by the end of February.

Also saw a great post on Mac Sparky with his thoughts.

I have had a frustrating week with dotmac and was looking at some solutions for backing up and syncing my data. As any experienced computer user knows, if you lose your data, you lose hours and hours of time, energy and resources. I purchased dotmac for this reason. However, dotmac went from “it sorta works” to “it does some of what it is supposed to do.” Not really a slogan. Before giving up, I am going to see if I get get some help from Apple’s Customer Support.

I have looked into backing up our files with an Amazon S3 Account but would be interested to hear how quickly you can access data. I recently saw this address book solution on the listserve. There are also Web 2.0 solutions available. I am interested in hearing what other users have tried to use for case files, iCal and Address Book backup solutions. Leave your solution in the comments or you can contact me off-blog.

Update: This has been the topic of discussion on one of the list-serves. So far, this and this have been mentioned.

Update: Interesting article here that inspires.

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From Kern Lewis:

I am VERY excited to announce that Adobe is sending Rick Borstein to speakon Acrobat for Lawyers to our Using Mac’s in Trial 2 seminar.

Rick authors a great blog on the subject which Bill Holt referred me to.

Check it out at: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw

See January 14 post for full post on this upcoming event.

The folks from Bento just sent this email. I know some Criminal Defense lawyers are using Bento as a case management system. This may not be informative for those already versed in the product. If you are thinking of using Bento, this might be for you:

Join us for an informative web seminar to learn all about Bento, the new personal database by FileMaker that organizes all your information in one place. Designed specifically for Mac OS X Leopard, Bento helps manage your contacts, coordinate events, track projects, prioritize tasks, and more.

During this hour-long online event, you’ll get answers to questions such as:
What is Bento?
Who should use Bento?
How are people using Bento?
What are the differences between Bento and FileMaker Pro?
Space is limited, so be sure to register today to learn about the all new Bento!

Tuesday, January 29, 2008; 8:00-9:00 a.m. Pacific, 11:00-noon Eastern

Tuesday, January 29, 2008; 11:00-noon Pacific, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Where: On your computer over the Internet

HOW TO REGISTER
When you come to the registration page, click the “Enroll” button in the upper left portion of your screen and enter your contact information (Note: Do not click the “log-in” button). After your registration is accepted, you will be sent an email with the necessary event participation information, which will take place over your computer.

At least for some criminal defense law firms, Daylite has proven to be the answer they were looking for. Marketcircle’s Daylite Productivity Suite is one of the better (if not best) programs to function as a legal software suite housed under one icon. The one thing that I wish I had done before starting off with Daylite was visit MacTech. This blogger knows Daylite. In addition, there are some great training videos that can really take the edge off the learning curve of this program. These could also be helpful if you are bringing in new staff that need to be trained on Daylite. If you are thinking of downloading the Daylite trial, bookmark MacTech and learn from an expert.

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You can expect a review from us regarding MS Word but that is about the extent of my involvement with MS products. I will provide links to full reviews of the Office suite.

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The folks at MacTech are providing an in-depth analysis at the different virtualization alternatives. You can read the full article here. It looks as though the type of OS you use (Vista or XP) might determine which virtualization software is right for you.