This document summarizes a presentation on essential office hardware and software for lawyers. It discusses selecting appropriate computers and monitors, using scanners and naming conventions, electronic fax services, converting documents to PDF format for sharing and editing, discount websites for purchasing technology, and records management and privacy requirements. The presentation included demonstrations of scanning, forms creation, OCR, encryption, and other PDF features. It concludes by providing contact information for the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program.
Crushin' it -10 Social Media Misconceptions Revisedjaredcorreia
There are certain common objections advanced when arguing that social media marketing is not a worthwhile endeavor for small business. I address, and attempt to rebut, 10 in turn.
Crushin' it -10 Social Media Misconceptions Revisedjaredcorreia
There are certain common objections advanced when arguing that social media marketing is not a worthwhile endeavor for small business. I address, and attempt to rebut, 10 in turn.
Online Legal Research: Tools, Tips and Tricksjaredcorreia
Major online research options are reviewed, including tips for leveraging various databases, like FastCase. 6/14/14 presentation for the Missouri Bar Solo & Small Firm Conference.
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.
A collection of FIVE presentations given at the recent ATLUG Day of Champions event. The Impact of Mobile on Human Perception explore the changes that mobile is driving on user expectations of software. Lotus Notes: Live Long and Prosper look at trends in technology to predict the future for Notes applications. Three short (4-minute) presentations then give ideas and best practices on a range of techniques that can be used to prepare Notes applications for that future.
PDF files are essentially “digital paper,” because they can perfectly replicate paper documents. PDFs are more useful than paper documents, but most lawyers don’t know about the most powerful features of PDFs, ones that can help them streamline their law practice and manage information faster, better, and cheaper.
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.
Even internet computers want to be free: Using Linux and open source software...North Bend Public Library
Use of open source software (OSS) is common in the server rooms of many libraries. Many have even taken the step of switching their public workstations to the open source web browser Firefox. However, making the jump to an open source operating system for public computers has not caught on quite as well. In this presentation, we will detail how several libraries in Coos County, Oregon, have switched their public internet terminals predominantly to open source software, specifically Ubuntu Linux, Firefox, and OpenOffice. We show how Coos County libraries are able to provide the excellent range of services - and indeed improved over the services - available on Windows- or Mac-based public computers. We detail the software we use, the costs and benefits of the change, and how the switch has been received by the public and library staff. The presentation includes screenshots of what patrons experience when they sit down at a computer. It also provides tips for supporting the wide variety of media, file types, and devices that patrons may bring to the library.
This presentation was delivered on February 5, 2010, at the Online Northwest conference (http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/).
Online Legal Research: Tools, Tips and Tricksjaredcorreia
Major online research options are reviewed, including tips for leveraging various databases, like FastCase. 6/14/14 presentation for the Missouri Bar Solo & Small Firm Conference.
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.
A collection of FIVE presentations given at the recent ATLUG Day of Champions event. The Impact of Mobile on Human Perception explore the changes that mobile is driving on user expectations of software. Lotus Notes: Live Long and Prosper look at trends in technology to predict the future for Notes applications. Three short (4-minute) presentations then give ideas and best practices on a range of techniques that can be used to prepare Notes applications for that future.
PDF files are essentially “digital paper,” because they can perfectly replicate paper documents. PDFs are more useful than paper documents, but most lawyers don’t know about the most powerful features of PDFs, ones that can help them streamline their law practice and manage information faster, better, and cheaper.
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.
Even internet computers want to be free: Using Linux and open source software...North Bend Public Library
Use of open source software (OSS) is common in the server rooms of many libraries. Many have even taken the step of switching their public workstations to the open source web browser Firefox. However, making the jump to an open source operating system for public computers has not caught on quite as well. In this presentation, we will detail how several libraries in Coos County, Oregon, have switched their public internet terminals predominantly to open source software, specifically Ubuntu Linux, Firefox, and OpenOffice. We show how Coos County libraries are able to provide the excellent range of services - and indeed improved over the services - available on Windows- or Mac-based public computers. We detail the software we use, the costs and benefits of the change, and how the switch has been received by the public and library staff. The presentation includes screenshots of what patrons experience when they sit down at a computer. It also provides tips for supporting the wide variety of media, file types, and devices that patrons may bring to the library.
This presentation was delivered on February 5, 2010, at the Online Northwest conference (http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/).
Back again by popular demand! This session featured quick tips that can change how you work. This session featured tips that are free or low-cost and help programs work more efficiently.
Presenters
* Glenn Rawdon, LSC
* Leah Peabbles, NTAP
* Joyce Raby, Joyce Raby Consulting
* Matthew Burnett, Pro Bono Net
Data Wranglers DC December meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Data-Wranglers-DC/events/151563622/
There's a lot of data sitting on websites just waiting to be combined with data you have sitting on your servers. During this talk, Robert Dempsey will show you how to create a dataset using Python by scraping websites for the data you want.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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.
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.
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
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
From Siloed Products to Connected Ecosystem: Building a Sustainable and Scala...
The Paperless Law Offfice
1. Paul P. Nicolai, Esq.
Nicolai Law Group
Website: www.niclawgrp.com
Jared D. Correia, Esq.
Law Practice Advisor
Website: www.masslomap.org
Presented by:
Presented at:
Catuogno Court Reporting Services
Springfield, Massachusetts
Presented on:
December 20, 2011
5-7 pm
Presented for:
Massachusetts Bar Association
2. Mission Control
Most Essential Office Hardware, Often Overlooked
o Your Computer
Desktop versus Laptop versus Netbook
Don’t Buy Out-of-the Box!
Keys Considerations:
Processor speed – multiple core
SDRAM 3GB+
Hard Drive – GB + speed
Operating System
Windows 7
Professional
Ultimate
Mac OS X
Does it work with what you have?
Second, or Multiple Monitors
Remote Access
3. Scanners
Multifunction versus Multiple Machines
Does It OCR?
Desktop versus Portable
Bundle Packages: Scan plus PDF Converter
o Fujitsu ScanSnap with Adobe Acrobat
o Kodak ScanMate with Nuance PDF PaperPort & OmniPage
Scanning Process plus Naming Convention
o Create Workflow for Scanning Process
o Create Coherent and Consistent Naming Convention
5. eFacts
Issues of Traditional Fax
o Jamming
o Out of Paper
o Out of Ink
o Overwriting
The Answer: eFax
Compare Services at: www.faxcompare.com
6. PDF = Pretty Damn Fine
PDF = “Portable Document Format”
o Image Scan (Non-OCR) versus Text Scan (OCR)
o *Only OCR Documents May Be Manipulated*
Converter Program Options
o Adobe Acrobat 10 (the “Gold” Standard)
o Nuance PDF Converter 7 (the “Silver” Standard)
o Cheap or Free Options (the “Bronze” Standards)
o PDFForge/CutePDF, e.g.
Advantages of PDF:
o Looks the Same on Every Computer
o Bates Stamping
o Forms Creation
o Metadata Removal
o Encryption and Password Protection
o And, More . . .
7. Your Good Stuff Cheap
Buy Your Tech Tools and Toys from Discount Websites:
o Shopzilla
o NewEgg
o CTIStore
o Ben’s Bargains
o Buy.com
o Geeks.com
o MeritLine.com
Coupon Sites:
o Groupon.com
o RetailMeNot.com
o DealCoupon.com
15. Records Protection
Federal Requirements
o Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)
o Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act
State Requirements
o Massachusetts Data Privacy Regulations
Compliance Options
o Document Encryption
o Email Encryption
o Device Encryption
o Secured Web
16. Questions?
Contact LOMAP for Practice
Management Consulting
Massachusetts Law Office
Management Assistance Program
(LOMAP)
31 Milk Street
Suite 810
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: (857) 383-3250
Toll-Free: (888) 54-LOMAP
Email: info@masslomap.org
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Editor's Notes
Synchronous dynamic random access memory ( SDRAM )
