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Eee PC Battery Test – 7 Hours, 29 Minutes

Andrew Flusche — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:30:48 +0000

I was at an all-day seminar last week, sporting my Asus Eee 1000HE netbook. I brought my AC adapter, but I figured it would be a great chance to really test Asus’ claimed 9.5-hour battery. I started the day at about 8:45am with a fully-charged battery. When I decided to actually watch the meter, I tweeted that [...]

3 Launchy Tricks – Evernote, Google Voice, RTM

Andrew Flusche — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:10:20 +0000

If you want to control your computer from your keyboard, check out Launchy. It’s a free keystroke launcher. Here are three ways to supercharge Launchy. Evernote I use Evernote for all my note-taking needs. I constantly need to pull up a note that I’ve previously written. With Launchy and Evernote’s Windows scripting, this is now a piece [...]

My Custom Business Management System

Andrew Flusche — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:06:07 +0000

Business have data to manage, documents to produce, and customers to invoice. Law firms are no different. I run my own traffic defense law firm. It’s a high-volume practice area, which means I have lots of clients at any given time. There are lots of client contracts and invoices going out and coming back from clients. In [...]

NameCheap is Cheaper than GoDaddy

Andrew Flusche — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:47:37 +0000

Everyone sees GoDaddy’s ads for “$1.99 domains” and thinks they’re the cheapest option. WRONG! I’ve been using NameCheap for years, and I’ll show you that it’s cheaper than GoDaddy. Let’s look at several different situations to give each company a fair shake. All the prices below are the cost per year. To make this comparison a bit easier, I’m [...]

Legal Articles at Article Alley

Andrew Flusche — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:29:02 +0000

I was recently asked to write a review of the legal articles section of Article Alley. Here goes! If you’re not familiar with them, article sites are big warehouses of articles. Most of them cover every topic imaginable, but some sites specialize. Article Alley is a general article site with different categories. Article sites exist because the [...]

Give First, Ask Second

Andrew Flusche — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:04:34 +0000

You’ve all seen web forms that ask for your information in exchange for a “free report” or “white paper” on a given subject. What if the great report was right there for the taking, and you were only asked for your information after you read it? There’s an awesome post by Matt Homann over at the [...]

Ruby Receptionist Rocks – My Virtual Receptionist

Andrew Flusche — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:33:53 +0000

I first wrote about Ruby Receptionist in March of this year. I had just signed up for a free trial, and I was excited to begin using my new virtual receptionist for my solo law firm. (Here is my original post about Ruby Receptionist.) I’ve now been with Ruby for five months. I regularly get questions [...]

Simplicity – Why I Deleted My Plaxo Account

Andrew Flusche — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:38:19 +0000

How many social networks are you a member of? Personally, I’m on way too many to count. Do we really need them all? Probably not. Here’s a quick simplicity challenge for you: pick one social networking site and delete your account. I just deleted my Plaxo account (here’s how to delete yours). I chose to delete Plaxo because: 1. [...]

Amazing Motivation Handbook!

Andrew Flusche — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:09:19 +0000

Do you have trouble with motivation? Is it hard to get motivated? What about keeping yourself motivated? I suck at motivation. I go through spurts where I’m able to get lots done, but then I have dry spells. When I’m not motivated, I just can’t seem to get anything done. But now I have an awesome tool [...]

Attorneys and Phones – What’s Your Poison?

Andrew Flusche — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:07:07 +0000

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kat Sanders. There’s no doubting the fact that almost every lawyer possesses a mobile phone – it is sometimes the lifeline that keeps them connected to their office and their clients when they’re on the go. Most of them are either the proud owners of the sturdy workhorse [...]