“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.
An elephant’s faithful one hundred percent.
That’s my code, my motto…”

Horton Hears a Who!  by Dr. Seuss.

All of us have forgotten something at one time or another.  It seems the *ahem* older we get the more ah, shall we say, frequent, these episodes become.  It is important then to have a tool that helps us remember things.

Fortunately there is Evernote.  This handy (and completely free) app for  mobile devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, hpWeb OS) and desktops (Mac OS X, Windows …

I get by with a little help from my friends – so say the Beatles, and I agree.

I was happy to see that help from my friends on New CanLII has been facilitated with CanLII Forums. Check out Feedback on the new CanLII  and Évaluations du nouveau CanLII.

The folks at CanLII know:

I want somebody to love…

Lance Ulanoff did an op-ed post titled “iPad Obliterate: A Tech Tale of Disaster” on Mashable last week. In the post he relates his personal story of how he lost all the data on his iPad.
His post should be required reading for anyone with a mobile device as there are some very important lessons in it. First and foremost – you must backup the data on all your devices. Second, the point that on an iPad or other iOS device, a “Restore” is really a “factory reset” which deletes all data (as it does on most electronic …

Toronto Call to the Bar Ceremony, September 18, 2013
Photo Credit: Lorne Sossin via @DeanSossin

So, you’re a lawyer now.

After a memorable day of Call to the Bar ceremonies and celebrations, you’ve finally crossed the finish line.  Goal achieved, marathon endured. Mission accomplished

The future is as bright as it is now undefined.  Perhaps you have a position secured. Perhaps you are still looking, or are considering hanging your own shingle.  Or maybe you will opt for a travel break, a bit of R and R, or a non-traditional career, outside the mainstream of legal practice.  These are all …

Like the best programmed websites, the newly launched CanLII works well on mobile devices and in a wide variety of browsers, Chrome, FireFox, Safari, and Internet Explorer.

One thing to note for Internet Explorer (version 9) users is the IE Compatibilitiy View.  If you are having difficulties with a research website, try turning off Compatibility View (in IE under Tools on the menu).

Some sites require Compatibility View to be “on”. It is worthwhile knowing that this function is available and to select or de-select it as needed.…

Some of us have older iPhones, iPods and iPads which will not run newer versions of iOS. Needless to say, newer version of many apps also won’t run on these older devices. That changed today. Apple now lets you access earlier versions of apps for your older hardware.
This is how it works: Select the app you want. If it is incompatible with the iOS version on your device, a prompt will offer you a earlier compatible version of the app.
Interesting move for Apple as they prepare to release iOS 7, which presumably would leave many devices and apps …

♫ It was the night things changed, can you see it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back fell down
It’s a revolution, throw your hands up, ’cause we never gave in..♫

Lyrics, music and recorded by Taylor Swift.

“Change the firm but don’t change anything about how I work”

Those were the instructions that I received from one managing partner after being called into a firm to help them with coming up to speed on a number of fronts.  They knew they needed to change…in many fronts..such as in technology and other areas.  The …

Building on last week’s tip about managing current awareness, today’s tip is about watching for source changes.  A whine at my research blog shared a recent experience with the change of an RSS feed address.  If you are monitoring information using automation to help, make sure you pay attention to when information should appear.

If you are considering watching Government of Canada news releases with RSS feeds, here is a handy list.…

Any program on your computer can be “pinned” to the Taskbar. This makes it visible as an icon on the Taskbar and allows easy access without having to use the Start Menu. To pin a program to the Taskbar, right-click on the program or shortcut to the program and in the menu choose the Pin to Taskbar option. Alternatively you can also drag the icon to the Taskbar.
If you want to remove a pinned program, right-click on the Taskbar icon and click Unpin this program from the Taskbar. Alternatively you can also drag the icon off of the task …

Summer wanes, the harvest abounds, and we ready ourselves for a return to our higher-octane existences.  New beginnings, new chapters, and for those of us observing Rosh Hashanah, a new year begins with contemplation and taking stock of the year gone by.

It is also a time to reflect on and appreciate the people in our lives, personal and professional, whose contributions and presence have made a difference.

In that spirit, I will firstly say thank you to my Tips partner, David Bilinsky, for inviting me to join him here in collaboration, discussions and debates on “all things law practice.”   …