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Sunday, May 4th, 2008Simplicity Is Elegance
I have to admit: I am in a “simplify and eliminate” mood today. I got rid of one time-suck earlier today; have “renegotiated” several commitments (in David Allen’s GTD parlance) in the past week; and am getting quite fond of that sense of liberation that follows. It feels like my lungs gained an [...]
Kindle A Fire For Reading:
Do Busy Lawyers Need a New Way to Read?
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
I have to admit. I’m conflicted about Kindle, Amazon’s new(ish) digital book-reading gadget. It looks cool enough. But, two things are stopping me:
I remember the not-so-pleasant experience of reading digital books on Palm products. No, thanks.
I really love the feel of a book. An honest-to-goodness book, with paper and everything. Do I really want [...]
The “Surviving Scary Times” Manual: Tips to Get You Through the Jungle
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Last post we looked at how to deal with the not-so-fun times of being a vaunted solo practitioner; this brief post is for the sole purpose of directing you to another resource along these lines that you really should bookmark and come back to, again and again. I intend to.
The resource is from Dan Sullivan [...]
It Can’t Be All Good, All the Time: Why You’ll Hate Your Job,
& Why That’s OK
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Hold on to your yoga mats, friends; I’m about to shock you all:
You can hate your job. Even when you’ve achieved your dream . . . the Holy Grail . . . your inspired solo practice . . . You can, and you will . . . at some point.
And here’s more shocking [...]
Note to Kevin O’Keefe:
Why I’m THRILLED To
Work Cheaply From Home
Monday, April 28th, 2008
Thank you very much.
(Yes, I have a bit more to say about Kevin’s post linked above, but it’ll have to wait, and will appear on BIAB, not here.)
Hat tip to the fabulous Ernie the Attorney.
RSS 101: “What Is RSS and Why Should I Care?”
Sunday, April 27th, 2008The RSS 101 Series
In the first post of RSS 101, I wrote about RSS Day, which is scheduled for May 1st, and promised three things:
An explanation — in plain English — of what RSS is and why it matters to the busy solo lawyer;
An overview of aggregators that you can use to collect and [...]
RSS Day is May 1st:
Can You Read the Signs?
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
You’ll notice a new badge in the recently pared-down sidebar over there. It’s about RSS Day — May 1st — a web-wide occasion designed to encourage the vast majority of us who aren’t using RSS to get with the program.
It’s easy for the rest of us, who are decidedly in the minority even now, [...]
At the County Legal Services Blog: “Nine Steps to Conquering Your Email Inbox for Busy Attorneys”
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Check out my new blog and venture, County Legal Services, at www.sccountylaw.com. Today’s post isn’t just for county/municipal lawyers, though; it’s for any attorney, or anyone who spends a lot of time at the computer, who wants to regain control of an out-of-control inbox.
“Nine Steps to Conquering Your Email Inbox for Busy Attorneys” — [...]
Randy Pausch on Time Management and Some Lessons For Solos
Monday, April 14th, 2008Judging from the amount of email I received, TIS readers were greatly impacted by the last post I wrote about Professor Randy Pausch, the virtual reality/comp-sci prof from Carnegie Mellon whose “last lecture” was uploaded to the interwebs and became an overnight mega-monster hit. I got more email about that post than any other item [...]
Are Your Kids the Barrier to Productivity?
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008At Salon.com, the question was recently asked and answered. And the full ramifications might surprise you. Then again, if you’re a working mom as I am, they might not.
But as a friend on Solosez pointed out, and I paraphrase, “They might be brain-sucking zombies, but they’re MY brain-sucking zombies, and I wouldn’t trade them [...]
