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Jeff Richardson
New Orleans
Interests: piano, technology, apple
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I know that it admits some courts of limited jurisdiction, but you are correct -- MS Chancery Court would seem to be big enough to be included. That's surprising.
-Jeff
Review: Court Directory by Bloomberg BNA -- contact information for U.S. judges, clerks of court, etc.
Attorneys frequently have to look up contact information for courts, whether it be to call a judge's chambers, send an email to the court with a draft of a proposed order, or ask a question of a clerk of court. By this point I presume that all of this information is available on court website...
You are correct. There was a problem, but the link has now been fixed. You may need to clear your browser cache or load the page from a different browser to see the correct form. I'm in contact with Connected Data about this and will be posting more about the contest very soon.
Register to win a free Transporter
Connected Data, the maker of the Transporter, was a sponsor of iPhone J.D. earlier this year, and recently there has been a lot of activity at the company. First, the company is merging with Drobo, which makes sense considering that both companies make unique storage devices, plus the folks wh...
What you are asking about is a software question, not a question related to the Jot Pro or any other stylus. In every note taking app that I have used, yes you can turn off the zoom box for times when you want to just draw directly on the page. And you can also usually change the size of the zoom box to make it the right size for something like a scientific equation. The only issue is that you cannot be as precise when you are not using the zoom box because the iPad is designed to recognize a "tip" the size of your finger, not a fine tip like you would find on a pen.
Review: Jot Pro by Adonit [second generation] -- improved precision iPad stylus
Three months ago I reviewed the Jot Pro stylus by Adonit. I found it to be a high-quality stylus that offered a unique feature: a fine point with a clear disc at the end, a combination that made it the most precise stylus that I had ever tried with an iPad. But I had a few complaints about t...
Lately I've been using GoodNotes, but it works fine on an iPad mini. I like that the mini is easier to hold in your hand. Yes, you have a smaller area to write your notes, but that doesn't pose much of a problem. I suspect that my experiences would also be true with Notes Plus.
Review: Notes Plus -- take advanced notes, convert handwriting to text on the iPad
There are many ways to use an iPad to replace a legal pad. Numerous apps let you type notes using the on screen keyboard, but that only works well if your iPad is on a flat, stable surface. A good alternative is to use a stylus along with an app that lets you draw on the screen, and the most ...
Yes. I just did that last night, in fact. It is interesting to show a video on the small iPad mini screen while you hear booming sound coming out of the Bose speaker.
-Jeff
Review: dockBoss air -- add Bluetooth wireless to an older iPhone/iPod speaker
If you are a long-time owner of an iPhone or iPod, there is a good chance that you own a speaker system with a 30-pin connector. Many years ago, I picked up a Bose SoundDock Portable speaker system when it was discounted at a Bose factory outlet store. It has worked great with my old-but-sti...
I used this product for two years and never saw a problem with it charging my iPhone. In the Fall of 2012, I got an iPhone 5 with the Lightning connector, so I no longer use this device to charge my iPhone while I am driving, but I do still use it as a Bluetooth speaker in my car and it continues to work great for that.
Review: Kensington AssistOne -- handsfree car device with voice activation
Earlier this year, I purchased a Kensington device for my car called the LiquidAUX (which I reviewed here) that allows me to charge my iPhone and play my iPhone through my car's stereo. The LiquidAUX is special because it includes a wireless remote, which I really enjoyed using. But a few we...
Apple typically comes out with only one iPhone model a year. The iPhone 5 came out last Fall, so I don't think that we'll see another iPhone model until much later this year. In my opinion, they are not "due" for a hardware release anytime sooner. Plus, Apple CEO Tim Cook's statements in the last earnings call indicated that we wouldn't see new products until later this year.
In the news
Yesterday, Apple released a small update for iOS, but only for the iPhone 5. iOS 6.1.4 provides an updated audio profile for the speakerphone. I've searched everywhere I can think of to try to figure out what that means, and so far I've found nothing. But if you use the speakerphone on your...
I just tried it again, and it worked fine for me.
GoodReader update lets you save web video
GoodReader is my go-to app for storing and reading PDF files on my iPad. For example, just yesterday I was doing some legal research on LexisAdvance on my computer. I downloaded the cases that looked relevant (which, by the way, is a pain with LexisAdvance; they really need to improve the dow...
You can move a Transporter from one network to another network -- such as from your home to your office or from one office to another one. That works fine. What you cannot do is remove a hard drive from a Transporter and try to read the hard drive using a different Transporter. The second Transporter will erase and reformat the hard drive. The idea is that a thief cannot access the data on your Transporter because he lacks access privileges, and that is true whether he access the Transporter on your own network or picks up the Transporter and moves it to his network. Moreover, if a thief were to yank out the hard drive and try to access it via a Transporter unit owned by the thief, that wouldn't work either.
[Sponsor] Transporter from Connected Data -- secure online file storage
I am excited to welcome Connected Data as a new sponsor of iPhone J.D. The company has come up with a fantastic new product — the Transporter — that attorneys are going to love. It provides online file storage that is mirrored locally on your computers. Sounds like Dropbox, right? But unli...
I haven't tried that, but I believe yes. In fact, if you are setting up a second Transporter to serve as a backup to your first one, one of the hints is to start with them both on the same network, so the first backup with a fast local Ethernet connection, and then move the second Transporter to the remote location where it will make future updates to just the files that are changed.
[Sponsor] Transporter from Connected Data -- secure online file storage
I am excited to welcome Connected Data as a new sponsor of iPhone J.D. The company has come up with a fantastic new product — the Transporter — that attorneys are going to love. It provides online file storage that is mirrored locally on your computers. Sounds like Dropbox, right? But unli...
You can edit footnotes too.
Review: Polaris Office -- view and edit Microsoft Office files on the iPad and iPhone
Last month I noted that Apple finally added the track changes features to its Pages app, and since then, Pages has become my go-to app for working with Microsoft Word files on my iPad. But there are still some things that Pages does not do, or does not do well, which causes me to sometimes use...
Excellent question. See this thread from 1Password for some answers:
http://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/12306/master-password-usb-sync-two-factor
-Jeff
Review: 1Password -- password manager for iPhone and iPad
Usernames and passwords. Ugh. We all have tons of them, and I suspect that we all struggle with ways to remember them. I've used lots of different systems over the years, ranging from a password-protected file on my iPhone to (I'm embarrassed to admit) a Post-it note stuck on my computer mo...
Ugh. This thread might help:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4519656?start=0&tstart=0
A look at the iPhone passcode lock feature
The iPhone includes a passcode lock feature. About a year ago, when iPhone Software 2.0 was out, Apple received bad publicity because there was an easy way to bypass the passcode just by double-clicking the home button. That flaw was fixed last year and there have been other updates to th...
Just tap the plus sign at the top left of the screen to add a page above or below the current page, and if you want you can choose a different template for the inserted page.
Review: GoodNotes -- take handwritten notes on the iPad
I've recently updated the tools that I use to take handwritten notes on my iPad. First, I updated my hardware; I now use the Wacom Bamboo Stylus that I reviewed two days ago. Second, I updated the software that I use on my iPad. For a long time I had been using Note Taker HD. It is a powerf...
Your experience is similar to what Melissa Brown said in her guest post this past August:
http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2012/08/review-logitech-ultrathin-keyboard-cover.html
-Jeff
Advice for lawyers new to the iPad
Attorneys frequently ask me which iPad they should get and what they should purchase once they get their first iPad. These often-asked questions led me, back in June of 2011, to create this post to provide the answer that I would often provide in an e-mail. I updated that post in March of 20...
I presume that you mean that you downloaded the iPhone app. You have to have a Rocket Matter account to use the app.
[Sponsor] Rocket Matter -- free ebook with billing tips
Thank you to Rocket Matter for sponsoring iPhone J.D. this month. Rocket Matter sells legal practice management software for small to mid-size firms. The software is online, so you can use it on a PC or a Mac to track your time and manage your clients and matters, plus it works on the iPad a...
It doesn't look replaceable to me. I tried to pull of the current tip, and while I didn't pull too hard because I didn't want to break it, it didn't seem like it wanted to come off.
Review: No. 2 Pencil Stylus for Touchscreens by Griffin -- nostalgic and useful stylus
Ah, the pencil. We all grew up using a pencil, as did our parents, our grandparents, etc. According to Wikipedia, the pencil dates back to the 1500s. The eraser on the back of a pencil was added in the mid-1800s, and is even the subject of a Supreme Court opinion, Reckendorfer v. Faber, 92 ...
Use the select lasso to move stuff around.
Review: GoodNotes -- take handwritten notes on the iPad
I've recently updated the tools that I use to take handwritten notes on my iPad. First, I updated my hardware; I now use the Wacom Bamboo Stylus that I reviewed two days ago. Second, I updated the software that I use on my iPad. For a long time I had been using Note Taker HD. It is a powerf...
The software is the main difference. The Transporter is not just an online hard drive. The software gives you fast local access to files, and your local folders are synced in the background to the Transporter. There are also lets of options for sharing folders, for backing up folders to another Transporter, etc. But the hardware is different too, such as the ability to easily install your own drive, or swap out a drive to update it.
[Sponsor] Transporter from Connected Data -- secure online file storage, now with iOS app
Thank you to Connected Data, creator of the Transporter, for sponsoring iPhone J.D. again this month. I described the basic function of the Transporter last month, and because Connected Data sent me a free review unit soon after the product was first released, I've now had lots of time to use...
drainey: I don't believe that PDF Expert can change the text in a document. PDFpen for iPad can do that. But frankly, that isn't a feature that I use very often. The main reason for me to work with PDF documents is to work with a static version of a document. Sure, I will annotate it, highlight, circle, underline, etc., but if I virtually never want to change the document itself on the iPad. If I was going to change the document, I'd go back to the software that created it, such as MS Word. But again, if this feature matters to you, check out PDFpen for iPad.
Review: PDF Expert -- advanced PDF editor for the iPad
When I was at ABA TECHSHOW a few weeks ago, several people told me that PDF Expert from Readdle was their favorite tool for editing and annotating PDF documents on the iPad. My co-presenter Brett Burney even included PDF Expert in this year's edition of 60 Apps in 60 Minutes. Readdle sent me ...
I don't know if I would call it a "drag" or not. On the one hand, the Jot Pro is pretty smooth against the screen. On the other hand, I do find that I am compelled to write a little slower with the Jot Pro than with the Bamboo Stylus — and perhaps for this very reason, I find that my penmanship is better and more precise with the Jot Pro. The mesh type tip, such as on the BoxWave EverTouch Capacitive Stylus that I reviewed on May 8, 2012, has MUCH less drag and you can write much more quickly on the screen. But I find both the Wacom Bamboo Stylus and the Adonit Jot Pro better for taking handwritten notes, so I don't use that EverTouch stylus very much.
-Jeff
Review: Jot Pro by Adonit [second generation] -- improved precision iPad stylus
Three months ago I reviewed the Jot Pro stylus by Adonit. I found it to be a high-quality stylus that offered a unique feature: a fine point with a clear disc at the end, a combination that made it the most precise stylus that I had ever tried with an iPad. But I had a few complaints about t...
Vinnie -- just plug the VGA cord into this adapter, then plug the Lightning connector in to your iPad or iPhone. Very simple!
Review: Apple Lightning to VGA Adapter -- run presentations from your iPad or iPhone
Virtually every time that I have to give a presentation to any sort of audience, I prepare slides using the Keynote app on my iPad. Sure, I could use PowerPoint or Keynote on a computer, but Keynote on the iPad is a powerful app that creates beautiful presentations, and I prefer using the tou...
No, the Jot Pro is not pressure sensitive. In my opinion, if you are taking notes, you don't need that feature. But if you are being artistic — drawing or "painting" — then I can understand how pressure sensitivity could be useful. I have not yet reviewed a stylus that is pressure sensitive, but there are several out there.
Review: Jot Pro by Adonit [second generation] -- improved precision iPad stylus
Three months ago I reviewed the Jot Pro stylus by Adonit. I found it to be a high-quality stylus that offered a unique feature: a fine point with a clear disc at the end, a combination that made it the most precise stylus that I had ever tried with an iPad. But I had a few complaints about t...
Excellent point. The fact that you can pay monthly fees only as you need it is great. Having said that, I suspect that most people who have the option will find themselves using the service almost every month.
Advice for lawyers new to the iPad
Attorneys frequently ask me which iPad they should get and what they should purchase once they get their first iPad. These often-asked questions led me, back in June of 2011, to create this post to provide the answer that I would often provide in an e-mail. I updated that post in March of 20...
The hardware is similar I suppose. It is the software that makes this different, making it easy to share select folders with full encryption, the ability to use multiple devices for backup and redundancy, etc.
[Sponsor] Transporter from Connected Data -- secure online file storage
I am excited to welcome Connected Data as a new sponsor of iPhone J.D. The company has come up with a fantastic new product — the Transporter — that attorneys are going to love. It provides online file storage that is mirrored locally on your computers. Sounds like Dropbox, right? But unli...
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