Lastest version of what was known as the 10k Law Firm or How to build a Law Firm from scratch. Inspired by the events of Hurricane Katrina and updated by Tom O'Connor and Craig Bayer regularly. Everything you need to start a Law Firm.
Databases let you store lots of information for easy access on a site. Web development courses will often teach how to save content to databases using web forms.
Lastest version of what was known as the 10k Law Firm or How to build a Law Firm from scratch. Inspired by the events of Hurricane Katrina and updated by Tom O'Connor and Craig Bayer regularly. Everything you need to start a Law Firm.
Databases let you store lots of information for easy access on a site. Web development courses will often teach how to save content to databases using web forms.
Presentation I did for Ernie Svenson and Dane S. Ciolino's Digital Work Flow CLE: http://www.digitalworkflowcle.com/. On how to use legal software with Digital Workflow.
Rodney Dowell, Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, and I did a 60 minute presentation on basic issues in starting and running a law firm for the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Technology Update: The More Things Change, the More Fun It GetsMichael Carnell
This presentation was delivered to the Institute of Management Accountants in Charleston, South Carolina. It includes information on making sure your current IT position is sable as well as making plans for the future.
Public sector customers can now leverage Amazon WorkSpaces; a fully managed desktop computing service in the cloud. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, customers can provision a high-quality cloud desktop experience for any number of users at a cost that is highly competitive with traditional desktops and half the cost of most virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions.
This brief presentation made at NewBCamp @ Providence College in Providence on April 19, 2009 describes developments in computing that are effecting consumers' options for selecting and purchasing computers.
Presentation I did for Ernie Svenson and Dane S. Ciolino's Digital Work Flow CLE: http://www.digitalworkflowcle.com/. On how to use legal software with Digital Workflow.
Rodney Dowell, Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, and I did a 60 minute presentation on basic issues in starting and running a law firm for the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Technology Update: The More Things Change, the More Fun It GetsMichael Carnell
This presentation was delivered to the Institute of Management Accountants in Charleston, South Carolina. It includes information on making sure your current IT position is sable as well as making plans for the future.
Public sector customers can now leverage Amazon WorkSpaces; a fully managed desktop computing service in the cloud. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, customers can provision a high-quality cloud desktop experience for any number of users at a cost that is highly competitive with traditional desktops and half the cost of most virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions.
This brief presentation made at NewBCamp @ Providence College in Providence on April 19, 2009 describes developments in computing that are effecting consumers' options for selecting and purchasing computers.
Louisiana Solo and Small Firm Conference - Taking Your Office With You Ethically and Professionally
Craig Bayer, Garret Laborde, Tony LaVerde
LSBA Solo and Small Firm 2009
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4
Law Firm Essentials
1. Low Cost Office Technology Essentials Craig Bayer: cbayer@lawot.com TYPE WHO YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR HERE
2. ESSENTIAL BOOKS ●● “ How to Start and Build a Law Practice” by Jay Foonberg ● “ Flying Solo” – Bill Gibson ● “ 2008 Solo & Small Firm Legal Technology Guide” –Nelson, Simek & Maschke ● “ The Business of Law” by Edward Poll ● Visit www.lawpractice.org for ordering information
3. HARDWARE ▸ Desktops, Laptops, Tablets ▸ Windows Small Business Server ▸ Scanners ▸ Network P rinter ▸ Gigabit Switch
6. WIFI NETWORKING ● Configurations ▸ The most common type is now the faster 802.11g - many laptops come with it already ▸ 802.11n (now called “Pre-N”) is the system to buy when it becomes formally available ▸ Causes problems running client server applications ● Cost ▸ WAP - $10 to $750 ▸ WiFi PC Access - $5 to $100 ▸ Wireless Print Servers - $50 to 300
9. Small Business Server ● Microsoft Exchange ● Automatic Patching (WSUS ● Fax Server ● SQL 2005 (Premium Edition) ● Backup Solution ● Outlook 2007 to all Users ● Monitoring Reports ● Access to Workstation And Data Remotely ● Cheaper then Server 2008 ● Included in the Price of Server
10. Server ● Choose over Workstation ● 4GB Ram (At Least) ● Redundant Systems ● Raid 5 Configuration (3 Drives) ● Affordable ● Harder to Setup ● Must have Warranty PowerEdge 2900: $2500
11. DESKTOP PC ● Intel Core 2 Duo ● Windows 7 Professional ● 4GB RAM ● Sound ● 20 Inch Wide Monitor ● DVD-ROM ● 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA 3 ● 3 Year Warranty Dell OptiPlex 360: $945
12. NOTEBOOK ● Intel Core 2 Duo ● 4GB RAM ● DVD-ROM ● Encrypted Drive ● Bluetooth ● Weight/Size ● 9 Cell Battery ● Docking Station Dell Latitude E5500: $1300
14. TABLET PC ● Intel Core 2 Duo ● 4GB of Ram ● 8 Cell Battery ● 160gb Hard Drive ● No XP, Vista or 7 Thinkpad X200: $1800
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23. Adobe ● Pro allows Bates Stamping Upgrade to Pro: $159 Best Adobe Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw
24. BILLING & ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ● Most packages are becoming integrated. ● Timeslips requires you to also have an accounting package like Quickbooks or Peachtree ● PCLaw, Tabs 3, Juris, and Billing Matters have billing and accounting functions. ● Legal specific accounting software makes it hard to commit malpractice PCLaw: $2270 (4 Users)
25. CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ● Combines ▸ calendaring/docketing ▸ tickler functions ▸ case information tracking, ▸ address book functionality ▸ conflict of interest searching, ▸ document assembly capabilities ▸ Palm and laptop portability ● Turn wasted time looking for case info and documents into billable time ● Avoid malpractice ● Look at Amicus Attorney, TimeMatters, PracticeMaster, PCLaw and ProLaw ● Don’t Practice Law Without One! PCLaw: $2270
26. DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ● Opened Ended vs. Close Ended ● SharePoint is a DMS ● Most Practice Management Software include an Open Ended DMS PCLaw: $2270
27. Dictation ● Dragon Natural Speaking ▸ Has a legal edition ($1200) ▸ Get Preferred ($199) or Pro ($899) ● Vista has Dictation Software Built into it. ● Tips ▸ Must Train Software ▸ Use a Quality USB Headset ▸ Learning Curve
28. WINDOWS XP / VISTA / 7 = = Buy a new computer with Windows 7 Upgrade to Windows 7
29. LEGAL RESEARCH ● Get it online! ▸ Dump the CD-ROMs ▸ Discontinue books ● Th ere is no single “best” legal research service ▸ Combine Lexis, Westlaw, LOIS and the Internet ▸ Look at the best small firm packages negotiated by your State or County Bar ● Resources ▸ LLRX.com ▸ “ Fact Finding On The Internet”
30. ANTI-VIRUS ● Trend Micro Client Server Messaging ▸ www.trendmicro.com ▸ Includes anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware ▸ Available in small office and “Corporate” editions ● ZoneAlarm: www.zonealaram.com ● Norton Anti-Virus www.symantec.com Buy corporate not Internet Security ● McAfee VirusScan: www.mcafee.com ● CA eTrust and Trend PC-Cillin: www.ca.com www.trendmicro.com TrendMicro: $330
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WiFi Security Tips Activate “WEP”! (Wired Equivalency Privacy) WEP is not 100% secure but is far better than doing nothing Choose 128 bit WEP if available (v. 40 bit WEP) Turn OFF “SSID Broadcasting” Your WAP is less visible MAC Address limiting - only authorized users allowed Use firewalls - networked hardware firewalls and software firewalls on laptops and home PCs Software firewall tips: ZoneAlarm Pro Norton Internet Security Don’t be discouraged - it is worth the effort
SharePoint has been stripped out of 2008
● Speed : Dual or Quad Core Xeon Processor ● RAM : 4 GB if 32GB ● CD-ROM : Get a DVD Drive for faster installs ● Hard Drive : Raid 5 Configuration. A Hard Drive can fail and you will not lose all data, Higher RPM is Better ● Operating System: Small Business Server 2008, Standard or Professional ● Network Card : 2 Network Cards ● Price : $2000 to $3000 ● Brand : HP and Dell ● Service Contract : 3 Years Next Day Parts
Speed : Pentium Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2 Series ● RAM : 2 Gb (Needed for Vista readiness) ● Sound: for VR use a USB headset ● Monitors : 19-22” LCD flat panel (wide-mode preferred) ● CD-ROM : Must have a DVD Drive. CD-Writer/DVD reader (but at least one PC with a DVD-writer, if not all of them) ● Hard Drive : 80 Gb SATA II if LAN station, 120-500 GB if standalone system (10,000 rpm is best) ● Operating System: Windows 7 Proffesional ● Network Card : 10/100/1000 wired ● Price : $900-$1500 ● Brand : Whatever works for you! HP and Dell or the industry leaders. Buy the business line, instead of the home line. ● Service Contract : 3 Years Next Day Parts ● Software : Microsoft Office Basic 2007 (Excel, Word, and Outlook and Adobe 9.0 Standard)
Speed : T2300 t0 T7400 Intel Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2 ● RAM : 1-2 GB (more RAM extends battery life!) ● Sound: You have little choice in this (use a USB headset for best voice recognition results! Look at Telex and Plantronics) ● Monitors : 14-15“ widemode (careful with UXGA - tiny characters! – also wide is good!) ● CD-ROM : DVD/Writer / CD-Writer ● Hard Drive : Make sure you can encrypt the drive ● Network Card : Built-in 10/100/1000 and 802.11g wireless ● Weight/Size : A personal decision ● Price : $900-$2400 ● Brand : No Generics! First tier vendors like Toshiba, Lenovo (IBM), Dell, Compaq, HP
Slate v. Convertible Docking Solutions Mobile Office
● Brand : No Generics! First tier vendors like Toshiba, Lenovo (IBM), Dell, Compaq, HP
Type : Laser printer (black & white) is better than color inkjet for office use and much less costly to operate RAM : 64 Mb preferred (more is better) Speed : At least 15 pages per minute (faster is better!) Networking : It should be a networked printer Paper Handling : Less flexibility than standard laser printers – a second tray is a must Model Suggestions : Dell 1720DN, HP Laserjet 3390 or Color 2840, Brother MFC-9800 Price : $300-$900 Putting a Printer at ever desk encourages people to print. If you want a paperless office put a scanner at every desk and have a couple of networked printers.
Putting a Printer at ever desk encourages people to print. If you want a paperless office put a scanner at every desk and have a couple of networked printers. http://www.newegg.com
Putting a Printer at ever desk encourages people to print. If you want a paperless office put a scanner at every desk and have a couple of networked printers. http://www.newegg.com
Offsite : Make sure you keep a copy of your data offsite. Test Restore: You should always Test Restore your Data at least once a month. Good firms do this!
Types : Blackberry, Smartphones (Palm), Smartphones (Pocket PC) Differences : Blackberry syncs with Outlook and to check more than e-mail, you need the Blackberry Enterprise Server software and Exchange Server Real-time always on email Palm Smartphones - 100% Palm devices - maximum syncability with legal apps - real-time email with software like SnapperMail Pocket PC Smartphones sync with Outlook and Microsoft apps primarily -more limited when it comes to legal apps like case managers Popular Models : Palm Smartphones : 650/680/700/755 Blackberry : Depends on the wireless provider - look for color, larger screen models with built-in cell phone Capabilities – BEWARE BLUETOOTH SECURITY Pricing : Anywhere from $200 to $600 depending on the cell service provider and available rebates
Software is the fuel that drives your law office system. You should have the following applications to run your practice: ● Software: ▸ One or both office suites and Adobe Acrobat or other PDF Writer ▸ Billing/accounting software ▸ A Case management system ▸ A document management system ▸ E-mail software and a web browser(s) ▸ Internet access for research ▸ Data backup, security and anti- virus software
Software to Bundle : Microsoft Office - Ver. 2007 Small Business Edition best for most firms since it comes with PowerPoint Least costly way to acquire Microsoft Office is “bundled” “ Professional” adds Access and FrontPage 2003 “ Basic” is Word, Excel, Outlook and Adobe Standard. Look for bundling of Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard Edition - it’s a necessity today and runs $220 - $275 if bought separately – then upgrade to Pro which adds Bates stamping Actual Acrobat is the best bet for creating PDFs because of its standardized security Dell effectively includes it free when you get a Microsoft Office version on Latitude and Optiplex systems Second Best – NitroPDF (www.nitropdf) - about $99 per PC Corel WordPerfect X4 Suite Can be less costly to buy it separately in an OEM version on a 1:1 basis with any new PC systems
What is the difference: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/A9_legal_feature_matrix_BW.pdf
Plantronics DSP 400 is $79.95
Do not buy single user copies of Antivirus Software or bundled with workstation because the virus definition expirations will overlap and someone will forget and then you will get a virus. TrendMicro is the better then symantec and the 5 user edition costs $330 and is good for 2 years of virus definitions, which comes down $33
Your firm may be eligible for a number of “hidden” discounts on hardware and software systems Examples include membership benefits offered to members of various legal associations: If your firm is also an ABA, ATLA , ALA or other legal association member, you may be entitled to very significant software discounts ABA members get “additional” discounts from companies like Dell, among others These discounts can often save money even after you’ve secured the “best price” on hardware and software Also, are there any rebates?
No. 1 Training mistake = not training No. 2 Training mistake = training poorly Don’t make either mistake – implementing new technology without training your people properly usually creates more chaos than you had with the “obsolete” stuff before! Top Training Tips: Go “ TASK-ORIENTED ” not “ FEATURE-ORIENTED ” NO GENERIC TRAINING! Use legal-focused trainers/training content PROFESSIONAL TRAINERS Knowing software doesn’t = training ability TRAIN OFTEN, TRAIN GENTLY Make sessions as short as they can possibly be MAKE TRAINING MANDATORY Attendance should be a pre-requisite for new tools access LIVE IS ALWAYS BETTER, BUT IF NOT TRAIN ONLINE Via the web and your intranet (see below) THE TRAINER’S PHYSICAL LOCATION IS IRRELEVANT Use tools like GoToMeeting and WebEx