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End of the Obama Era
End of the Obama Era
Official portrait of Barack Obama, by Pete Souza, The Obama-Biden Transition Project [CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons”
At 11:47a Eastern, Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States.  As that happened, Barack Obama joined the ex-President’s club, leaving behind a legacy that will probably take a little time to truly comprehend.  Just as Bill Clinton benefited from slow-developing…
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Why Police Killings Are a Thing
Why Police Killings Are a Thing
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
A lot has been said in the past year or so about law enforcement officers killing people, with hardly a day going by without some news story on the matter.  For example, an unarmed black man was killed by officers in San Diego just yesterday.
A lot of the controversy surrounding police killings involves separation of governmental powers.…
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LOT-Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700 -- One Month Later
LOT-Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700 — One Month Later
Just about exactly one month ago, I purchased an open-box Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700 from Microcenter here in Houston, Texas. I discussed my initial impressions about the device, which were quite favorable, here. A month later, how has the device stacked up? Has it improved my workflow? Have there been any glaring problems? Do I regret the purchase? Well, let’s dig in.
The Miix 700 is a Good Size
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LOT--Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700 First Impressions
LOT–Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700 First Impressions
The Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700 comes in a nice enough box which includes the tablet, the keyboard, the charging block and cable, and a small instruction sheet.  The first thing I noticed was the oddly shaped plug on the charging cable.
The oddly shaped charging cable.
See that little notch there? It fits into the USB 2.0 port on the left/bottom side of the tablet for charging. I suspect that means…
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Law Office Technology--Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700
Law Office Technology–Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700
Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700
I mentioned yesterday that I was in the market for a 2-in-1 to replace the dead Venue 8 Pro.  Though I mentioned a lot of options conveniently found at the Microsoft Store, I left a different device off the list: the Lenovo Ideapad Miix 700.  This is largely because it debuted in September of 2015, and really didn’t make much of a splash. (Not that any PCs have made much…
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Law Office Technology--Back in the 2-in-1 Game
Law Office Technology–Back in the 2-in-1 Game
With the official demise of the Venue 8 Pro, I have been keeping my eyes peeled for an intriguing detachable 2-in-1 device with a good stylus.  Also, it needs to be larger than the Venue 8 Pro.  For my purposes, eight inches is too small for note taking.
Obviously, Microsoft’s Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 are the market definers.  Even the Surface Pro 3, though it’s over a year old, has…
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Facebook's Data Collection--I'm a Late Adopter?
Facebook’s Data Collection–I’m a Late Adopter?
The New York Times recently ran a story (found via Geekwire) on Facebook’s deep trove of personal data that it keeps on people, including its opinion on where you fall on the political spectrum. While I find it amusing that the algorithm believes I’m politically moderate, I am also amazed at the sheer number of things there are profiles for. Under “Hobbies and activities,” for example, it lists…
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Law Office Technology--Death of the Venue 8 Pro
Law Office Technology–Death of the Venue 8 Pro
Imaged sourced from Sb2s3 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44188845
My “venerable” Dell Venue 8 Pro finally gave up the ghost.  It handled the upgrade to Windows 10 well enough, as I’ve mentioned.  Its flaky and unreliable stylus support, though, bounced it squarely in “convenient diversion” territory. I stopped using it for work long ago, and it stuck…
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Technology in the Law Office--Artificial Assistance
Technology in the Law Office–Artificial Assistance
The new shiny-shiny right now is artificial intelligence, and how that can be implemented in the devices we use on a daily basis to help us Get Things Done.  Google, for example, showed off it’s new messaging platform Allo at I/O a couple of weeks ago. Part of the gist of that platform is that you would be have a text conversation with a friend, and one of you would say, “I’d like some pizza.” In…
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No Big Surprise: FanDuel and DraftKings Ordered to Stop
No Big Surprise: FanDuel and DraftKings Ordered to Stop
“American Cash” by Revised by Reworked – Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons.
It really comes as no surprise that New York’s Attorney General has ordered FanDuel and DraftKings to stop taking moneyfrom New York residents. This is because the New York AG has determined that the operations are illegal gambling enterprises, even though the companies insist that they rely on skill…
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LOT (Law Office Technology): Microsoft's Fall 2015 Event
LOT (Law Office Technology): Microsoft’s Fall 2015 Event
Microsoft unveiled some very attractive hardware this morning in New York City, but that very attractive hardware comes with very premium pricing.
(Though Microsoft discussed it first, I’ll leave off discussing the XBoxOne, since I’m not terribly interested in it, and it doesn’t really fit into the whole how-does-this-piece-of-technology-integrate-into-the-law-office thing I have going here.  And…
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AT&T is Doing Apple a Heck of a Solid
AT&T is Doing Apple a Heck of a Solid
Apple 2015 invite, sourced from iMore.com.
The 2015 iPhone event (I mean, what else can it be? It’s September, after all) is less than a week away, and the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will be unveiled. (Presumably. Maybe there will be a change in the naming convention, but that’s doubtful.)  Most rumors have the phones being the same essential form factors as the current 6 and 6 Plus, though perhaps a…
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Vote Buying
“American Cash” by Revised by Reworked – Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons.
T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere is a prolific tweeter, and he is one of the few CEO Twitter follows that provides entertainment. Whether he’s in Central Park running a race, handing out free phones to people who approach him, or engaging in a misguided back-and-forth with a person critical of T-Mobile’s signal…
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Weaponized Police Drones
“Aeryon Scout In Flight” by Dkroetsch – Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons.
North Dakota’s police forces can outfit drones with any variety of “nonlethal” weapons, according to a Daily Beast article.  This really shouldn’t be surprising, given the increased militarization of the United States’ police forces. Six years ago, when I wroteabout LRADs (Long Range Acoustical…
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Technology in the Law Office--Windows 10 on a Small Tablet (pt. 3)
Technology in the Law Office–Windows 10 on a Small Tablet (pt. 3)
OneNote in Windows 10 with on screen keyboard.
Now that I have been using Windows 10 on my Venue 8 Pro for a week or two, I can say unequivocally that Windows 10 can work on a small tablet. Microsoft’s Continuum efforts are paying off, and it is definitely possible for an operating system to be desktop-oriented and then switch to tablet mode without too many issues.
Windows 10 Issues on the Venue…
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TYSK--Infidelity and Divorce in Texas
TYSK–Infidelity and Divorce in Texas
By Jennifer Pahlka from Oakland, CA, sfo  [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The AshleyMadison.com hack and subsequent release of about 30GB of user data claimed at least one very high-profile victim this week: Josh Duggar.  The former FRC Action head’s brand image was already tarnished by his acknowledged inappropriate behavior with his siblings(hence, why his position with the Family Research…
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Apple's Fall Event 2015
Apple’s Fall Event 2015
A quick jump-in: I found myself wondering whether the rumored September 9 date for Apple’s annual iPhone event was actually going to happen given that we haven’t actually seen invitations being released yet.  But then I remembered that last year’s invitations didn’t go out until August 28, so it isn’t surprising that there has been no official confirmation yet.
As you were.
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