Archive for March, 2007
Multitasking
Personal productivity maestro Merlin Mann drops links to an NYT article and a scientific study, both of which point out that multitasking really just makes you less productive. The problem is that when your concentration gets broken, it takes you a long time to re-immerse yourself in whatever you were originally doing. You may think […]
Boot Camp 1.2 Supports Vista
If you’ve been dying to use Windows Vista on your Intel Mac, the latest version of Boot Camp lets you do so. Version 1.2 includes other fixes as well, so if you’re using Boot Camp for exams, you may want to download the update.
Boot Camp 1.2
Don’t know if your school will let you use Boot […]How Not to Travel
Imagine this scenario if you will. It’s your second year of law school, and your school is willing to pay your way across the country so you can attend the 2007 State of the Net Conference in Washington, DC. You’ve done this trip many times before. In fact, you even used to live in DC. You figure the planning is no big deal. You’re a busy law student, and time is of the essence.
OmniOutliner Video Tutorials
One of the benefits of subscribing to the MacLaw discussion group is that occasionally you obtain valuable tips even when you’re not looking for them. Today I found out from Michael Katz, a 2L at the San Francisco School of Law, that OmniGroup has posted spiffy tutorial videos for OmniOutliner. They’re brief, to the point, […]
Collaborate with Basecamp
Collaboration is the name of the game these days. In the Information Age, if you can’t collaborate, you’re not considered the strong silent type. You’re considered useless. Even in law school we find ourselves collaborating constantly. Whether you’re coordinating schedules with your study group, working in a small group with your legal writing classmates, or […]