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| Living with the Dragon; Talking back to your computer Day 3 |
This might be just one of the vaunted productivity gains touted by Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Non-standard windows, such as Time Matters, seem to work best with a combination of spoken commands and mouse positioning. I noticed that Dragon NaturallySpeaking tends to favor commands that are actual word commands. By this, I… |
Seth |
07/23/10 |
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| Ease of Use—Not a Good Thing? |
John was likely thinking of practice management systems that strive to use wizards to paper over the complexity of their systems. As a person who routinely turns off the wizard, I can see his point. If you don’t ever confront the data entry form, you will not know enough about… |
Seth |
07/23/10 |
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| Life with the Dragon: Day Two - Talking Back To Your Computer |
The dictating executive had to be clear and concise and the secretary had to be able to understand him (face it, it usually was a him), even when he was not. Without a doubt, the program that Dragon NaturallySpeaking seems to work with most easily is Microsoft Word. This makes… |
Seth |
07/20/10 |
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| Life with the Dragon: Day one-talking to your computer |
I have been typing for a VERY long time. Just to give you a sense of how long, when I first took typing in high school, we all worked on manual typewriters and only the very best were allowed a shot at the fancy new electric IBM Selectrics. Now you… |
Seth |
07/20/10 |
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| Future Automation and The Virtual Lawyer |
Future Automation represents an attempt to bring together the thinkers and developers who are shaping the future of document assembly and legal practice management. It’s goal is to be forward thinking and positive; to celebrate what is good; and to occasionally point out what is not yet good enough. Future… |
Seth |
06/27/10 |
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| Upon Returning from Banff |
Workflow Possibilities I took several days to prepare for my session, evaluating just how far and how easily Amicus could be modified to support complex workflow. The answer was that “within constraints” there was no limit to how far it could be customized. Customization is permitted on Contacts and Files… |
Seth |
04/26/10 |
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| Time Matters Installer Error - On Loading Internet Explorer After Upgrade to Time Matters 10 SR2 |
It happen on a client. Every time they opened Internet Explorer or Outlook, they would get a Time Matters error and it would attempt to run a setup file. It was looking for a file called infoent.msi. No matter what you did, click Cancel, OK, the problem would keep recycling. … |
Seth |
04/16/10 |
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| Document Assembly - The Contenders |
The text below is drawn directly from the website of these vendors. ActiveDocs ActiveDocs Opus facilitates the simple and effective creation of your essential business documents and the automation of a wide range of mission critical communications. A scalable, affordable, high-performance document production solution, ActiveDocs Opus enables you to quickly… |
Seth |
04/02/10 |
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| Legal Technology Portal is Live |
Our new Legal Technology portal is live. To try it out, please bookmark http://legaltechnology.bashasys.net/. If you have a “RSS feed” or a “twitter” that relates to “Case Management Software”, “Document Assembly Software” that you want included, please go to the website and suggest a link. There is a wealth of… |
Seth |
03/19/10 |
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| Merge Templates and Clause Libraries |
Early Days of Document Assembly In many ways, the early days of automobiles resembled most law firm’s view of document automation. The more “efficient” firms have recognized that Word or WordPerfect templates can make them more productive. These “templates” are partially constructed documents that contain the bare bones of the… |
Seth |
03/17/10 |
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| Custom Imports and Updates |
Time Matters has a very advanced and sophisticated import system. There are many reasons one would wish to import data into Time Matters. The most common is for new users of Time Matters who are converting from other systems. If they are using Outlook, you can use “synchronization”. For other… |
Seth |
03/17/10 |
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| Flat World … Big Cloud |
Here was a lawyer in London, contacting a consultant in New York, to assemble a practice management suite with “case data” hosted in the U.S. on Salesforce.com and “accounting data” hosting in New Zealand, to service clients in Florida and England. |
Seth |
03/15/10 |
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| Wordle Revisited |
So ... back to Wordle for the test. |
Seth |
03/12/10 |
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| Wordle and Cloud Maps |
My apologies for the redundancy, but I am checking an experiment. This is also an advise to those using social media to pay special attention to Summary/Abstracts if they are targeting key words. |
Seth |
03/12/10 |
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| The Open Source Manual |
We are going to try an experiment. We are going to use Wiki technology - MediaWiki (the same used by Wikipedia) to create an open-source manual for Time Matters. We will start out the core of it with our current knowledge of Time Matters. We will require contributors to “register”… |
Seth |
03/12/10 |
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| Database Connection - Vista64 and Windows7 |
Have you ever tried to add an Access database as a new “datasource” in Vista64 and Windows7? In most cases, you will go WINDOWS START -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Data Sources (ODBC). When you click ADD, you will get SQL Native Client and SQL Server. There will… |
Seth |
03/10/10 |
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| Running HotDocs Player and HotDocs Developer (in different versions) |
Face it: we don’t always upgrade to the latest version of a program. There is the cost of the upgrade, and the cost of “conversion”. The cost of conversion on HotDocs upgrades has been over-rated. With HotDocs 2009, you can keep the CMP in the HotDocs 2006-2008 format, ensuring painless… |
Seth |
03/09/10 |
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| The Place to Go for News on Document Assembly and Case Management |
I am very excited about the site. It saves me from having to hunt around for news. At the moment, it is limited to “public feeds”. There are actually several vendors that have feeds that require a LOGIN to get access to their blog. I can configure the website to… |
Seth |
03/09/10 |
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| Website Redesign |
We plan to be dividing our website along product lines, with offerings describing in detail each product we support and our twist as to which of you they will best serve. We will also be providing some feature comparisons between competing products to help you decide which features are important… |
Seth |
03/03/10 |
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| Credenza, Houdini, AdvologixPM, RocketMatter, Clio, TimeMatters 10 & Amicus 2010 |
So what is going on? For several years nothing happened in Practice Management. Many vendors “treaded water”. Some vendors exited. Few new players entered the market. And existing products pretty much stayed the same. There was no excitement, no ferment. Something is clearly happening. And it may not be good… |
Seth |
02/12/10 |
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| Dcoument Assembly on the Move - Contract Express |
Disclosure: I am an independent document assembly specialist. That said. I am in the business of building document assembly systems. In the process, I resell software and do collect (depending on vendor arrangements) commissions on those sales. I currently am a partner with Business Integrity, and thus, if I am… |
Seth |
02/06/10 |
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| Demise of D3 - Custom Tags vs. Markup Language |
Microsoft Removes Custom XML Code from Office: D3 and Legal TemplatesPlus Discontinued Downers Grove, IL – January 27, 2010 Microsystems announced it will discontinue development of D3 and Legal TemplatesPlus as a result of Microsoft’s decision to remove Custom XML code from Office. Microsoft made this decision following the ruling… |
Seth |
02/03/10 |
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| Sales vs Consulting - The Cost of Independence |
Independent consultants are into sales; but they are selling expertise, implementation and training, as well as product. There are some consultants who are paid to just make recommendations and then leave. In the document assembly space, consultants build solutions for their clients. In doing so they often choose the most… |
Seth |
02/03/10 |
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| Sixth Sense Device - Out of the Box Computing |
The vision of Pranav is mind blowing. Imagine projecting a number pad on your hand and dialing your phone with your fingers. Imagine converting a blank piece of paper into a gaming device. What he has done is expand the vision and role of computers beyond the “devices” into something… |
Seth |
12/23/09 |
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| Inbox backwards - XOBONI - The Ultimate Exchange Addon |
So what is the cost ... well FREE. The free version should be adequate for most people. For $35 you get a little more. If you are looking for a needle in a haystack, XOBNI is your metal detector. It sorts the chaff and out comes the needle. Want to… |
Seth |
12/03/09 |
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| Google Scholar - Finding the Laws That Govern Us - A Challenge for Lexis and Westlaw |
As many of us recall from our civics lessons in school, the United States is a common law country. That means when judges issue opinions in legal cases, they often establish precedents that will guide the rulings of other judges in similar cases and jurisdictions. Over time, these legal opinions… |
Seth |
11/29/09 |
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| A Fresh Start for HotDocs |
The official Press Release is quoted in full below: Official Releae EDINBURGH, Scotland & NEW YORK, Nov 17, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----Capsoft, a leading international provider of document automation software and services, and LexisNexis, a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the sale of the HotDocs(R) software… |
Seth |
11/19/09 |
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| By The Lake - Dog Training |
She Escapes, Again and Again Here, by the Lake, we are on a level wooded lot with a large front lawn, and a larger back lawn. There is a barrier, some might call it a fence on north and south sides of the yard. Such barrier, however, to Chloe is… |
Seth |
10/27/09 |
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| A Room With A View |
The room sits on the “premier etage” - the first floor above the ground level. In front of me is a small lake covered with lilly pads. Surrounding the lake are several 100+ year old trees. There is a graceful oak tree with branches that span out over 100 feet. … |
Seth |
10/15/09 |
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| TechnoFeature: Review: Exari 5.3: Browser-Based Document Assembly |
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS ONLINE DOCUMENT ASSEMBLY? Every document created by a law firm or legal department is “assembled” as the product of a discrete set of questions and answers used to guide the appropriate language for the document. Document assembly (1) codifies the questions, (2) structures the answers, and (3)… |
Seth |
10/07/09 |
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| Documents in the Clouds |
There is a distinction between “backup” and “DMS”. A backup is an archive of your documents that is stored in a batch process, in a compressed fashion. A good backup solution allows you to have multiple versions of your documents (the “way back machine") even where you did not consciously… |
Seth |
10/05/09 |
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| Basha Systems LLC is Moving |
And here is the building where the office is located Here is a photo of the new office layout And if you like barbeque, we have not only a new gas grill, but we have a real smoker. Smoked brisket anyone. |
Seth |
10/01/09 |
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| Toss Out Your Server - No Really!!! |
And so, in looking at these costs, I want to throw out my server and go completely virtual. I am not sure the technology is “all there”, but a lot of the pieces are already there. These pieces exist in cloud offerings, whether they be MozyPro backup, GoogleApps, or an… |
Seth |
09/29/09 |
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| The Search for the Perfect Baguette |
Well, it hasn’t been easy. Our local ShopRite (which has everything), sells loaves that are shaped like French bread, but resemble more in texture partially cooked pizza dough. The bread is soggy to the touch when bought, with a cold clammy texture. When warmed up to get a crispy crust,… |
Seth |
09/14/09 |
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| Salesforce.com Apps for Lawyers |
AdvogixPM is a Force.com Application. It is built on Salesforce.com. This platform is used by almost every Fortune500 corporation. It is a cloud-based application that was designed, originally, to make a “mobile salesforce” truly mobile. Rather than replicating databases (which could be stolen or lost), it was designed as a… |
Seth |
07/10/09 |
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| Going Paperless - The Legal Stuff |
Here is the proposed language that could be used in connection with a policy to SCAN all incoming documents, and PDF all outgoing documents. These documents could be profiled in Time Matters, and placed in folders organized by Matter. This policy also envisions that you would have an off-site backup… |
Seth |
05/29/09 |
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| Still Using GhostFill |
Are you still using GhostFill? Have you invested a lot of time in building templates? Are you using Amicus Assembly? It has been over two years since GhostFill officially stopped supporting the product in the retail software market. There are still published systems using GhostFill (one of which we support). … |
Seth |
05/28/09 |
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| What should the price be for ONLINE document assembly |
The current price ratio of single desktop client to a server client, factoring software cost only is 100 to 1, assuming a $30,000 server vs. a $300 desktop. However, one should consider a number of other factors. (1) Cost of installing software and configuring it on EACH desktop times the… |
Seth |
05/28/09 |
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| Client Facing Data Entry |
Have you ever wished that your CLIENTS could enter their own data. Sure, you wouldn’t want them to “do their own documents”. But isn’t it a pain taking hand-written questionnaires filled out by clients, and then having to re-enter that data into your HotDocs template system. There has to be… |
Seth |
05/28/09 |
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| Three-Click Solution with Basha Office Management System (OMS) |
Have you ever wished to unlock the power of Time Matters so that any item of data you enter on a case can be retrieved in Three-Clicks of a Mouse. For you, we have developed OMS - The Basha Systems Office Management System for Time Matters. It takes just a… |
Seth |
05/28/09 |
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| Potatoes and Peas |
The first to pop up were the peas. Being planted only an inch underground, they had less distance to travel. They stuck out their green necks into the cold spring air. Slowly, they mounted to the sky, sending out runners to connect with neighboring plants and up to the trellis… |
Seth |
05/20/09 |
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| Website Relaunch Party - Click your Refresh |
To begin with, we have dividing the site into several product-specific subdomains. There is still bashasys.com. But now, visit timematters.bashasys.com for our offering in Time Matters. Take a look at probateforms.bashasys.com to see what we built for the Nebraska Bar Association. If you are into estate planning, you might look… |
Seth |
05/13/09 |
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| Off-Shore Word Processing |
In a time of economic downturn there is a tension between “management” wanting to cut costs via outsourcing and “staff” wanting to preserve viable employment. There is also a tension between overseas outsourcing (meaning India, Phillipines, China, etc.) and domestic insourcing (United States operations or European Operations). The latter have… |
Seth |
05/08/09 |
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| Nolo Press - Invovator, Threat or Nuisance |
Solomon Bedford writes: The question is a good one. A related question I would like answered is whether attorneys should ingore, compete with, or partner with such businesses? The threshold issue is whether a lawyer can be involved with such a product/ service in manner consistent with the rules and… |
Seth |
05/08/09 |
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| Sharepoint and Infopath vs. Time Matters and HotDocs - When FREE is NOT FREE |
But Can’t We DO the SAME thing I have spent time exploring SharePoint and InfoPath. From my perspective, as a consultant, building solutions based on “free software” is a great sell. I could build solutions with Merge Templates; or go beyond and set up InfoPath data entry forms to fee… |
Seth |
05/06/09 |
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| When the Paralegal Down the Hall Is In India |
It is a fact that the provision of certain types of legal services has gotten more competitive. Consumers and corporate law departments, courtesy of the internet, have a much better understanding of what legal services they need and some idea of what they should cost. By taking legal services and… |
Seth |
04/21/09 |
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| A Word on Styles - The Last 30 Minutes in Document Production |
Now I focus on template styling because it represents the “last 30 minutes” in a typical document assembly. The template coder has figured out the variables and figured out the rules. But come “hell or high water”, the document always takes 30 minutes of cleanup to get rid of extra… |
Seth |
04/20/09 |
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| Easy Case Management & Technolawyer |
Having spent the past 15 years on the frontlines, I have some thoughts. I agree software should be easier, more intuitive, more flexible. Some of the current products have legacy designs that date back over a decade and could use some freshening up. Clio and RocketMatter are innovators in giving… |
Seth |
04/17/09 |
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| Template vs. System Design |
Nothing in the typical HotDocs training prepares a developer for this use of HotDocs. HotDocs contains powerful tools, scripting language and capability to support advanced object oriented programming. The functions are documented, but some of the more powerful capabilities are only hinted at in the documentation. Our approach starts with… |
Seth |
04/14/09 |
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| Spring is in the Air |
Digging up the Sod This year we have expanded our small garden plot. In previous years, we had a 10 foot by 12 foot vegetable garden (cucumbers, peas, tomatoes, string beans and zucchini) and an 8ft by 6ft herb garden (basil, oregano, tarragon, mint, cilantro, parsely and sage). This year,… |
Seth |
04/12/09 |
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