Sunday, July 13, 2003

Top Four Technology Tools for Lawyers (or anyone who has to travel around to work):   1. Intellifax. Send and receive faxes from your laptop or desktop. No more being chained to the fax machine. http://www.intellifax.com/   2. Verizon’s “express network” is an expensive wireless internet service, but it’s an incredibly useful way to access email and the web from your laptop or tablet pc ($79/mo for unlimited use). Requires purchase of their modem (even if you have a wireless modem in your laptop). Beware:  Customer service at Verizon does not understand this product, but once you get it going, it’s great. http://www.verizonwireless.com/express_network/exp_terms.html#EN1   3. Tablet PC- Can’t live without it! Great for drawing diagrams; taking client notes. Pen-based computer that recognizes handwriting and acts as a traditional laptop. Runs all of the Microsoft Office software. Add the docking station and it can double as a killer desktop pc.   General review of Table PC http://danbricklin.com/log/tabletpc.htm   Review of Compaq TC1000 Tablet PC that I use. http://www.tabletpclounge.com/Tablet_PC_reviews-compaq.htm   4. Pathagoras: Wonderful Microsoft Word utility that makes it easy to save frequently used paragraphs and to organize form documents. Easier to use than Hotdocs, imho.  I use it for wills, trusts, everything.   http://www.pathagoras.com/   9:58:43 AM