Sunday, March 20, 2011

CLE Program: Using Technology in Trial

This past week, Joe Cerda with HG Litigation and Ted Brooks of Litigation-Tech LLC jointly presented a California MCLE Program in San Francisco, contrasting “old school” methods of trial presentation with the latest in high-tech tools available. This CLE was promoted and organized by Danette Rugg, of HG. Similar CLE classes are in the works for Los Angeles and San Diego. Contact Danette to be

Friday, March 11, 2011

Sanction 3 Trial Presentation Software Review - Sneak Preview

I joined in on the first web demo of Sanction 3, presented by Sanction Account Executive and Software Trainer, Devin Cegalis. I was certainly impressed, and if you’re a Sanction II user, although I’m not sure of the pricing yet, the upgrade will be offered at a discount, versus purchasing without owning the prior version. Verdical users will receive Sanction 3 at no charge, according to Cegalis.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Outsourcing IT

I’ve been thinking recently about the whole “Cloud” thing, “Cloud computing”, “Cloud hosting”, “Identity Management in the Cloud”, cloud-this and cloud-that. In an essence, it all seems be a business telling to its IT department – you are too expensive. We want to get rid of you, without getting rid of the services you provide.Business knows that an IT department is important. It saves money

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Android Tops Mobile Phone OS: ComScore

According to a comScore report, Google’s Android OS has become the top mobile phone operating system used by smartphones in Android OSthe United States while Samsung, LG and Motorola remained the top mobile phone original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). As per the report, Android finished at 31.2% for the month of January while RIM grabbed the second spot with a market share of 30.4%.Rising

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Comparison of TrialDirector, Sanction, and Visionary (plus iPad and legal video info)

This past weekend, I enjoyed the opportunity of presenting at the National Court Reporters’ Association Trial Presentation Symposium, in Atlanta, GA. I have been involved in this program for the past few sessions, and have enjoyed the opportunity to share a bit of knowledge with a full class of participants, along with the bonus of networking with a few of the top names in the business,