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Slide 1: Do More Virtually David Whelan Manager, Legal Information Law Society of Upper Canada defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 2: Overview • • • • • Mobile tools Hosted resources Information tools Better search Mining your Web site statistics defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 3: Desktop Replacement • • • • Laptop increases mobility Costs have dropped Learn – and configure – one machine Look for deals or have someone configure a machine for you, online • Consider a Macintosh defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 4: Wireless • Starts with Wi-Fi  Transitioning to 802.11N (100+ Mbps)  Bottleneck at your Internet connection   DSL or Cable? Coffee shop or courthouse?  Integrated into most laptops  Can still upgrade with PC or USB antenna defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 5: EV-DO & 3G • Supplement with EV-DO  “Evolution Data Only” (Optimized)  Relies on your wireless phone network  2 – 3 Mbps defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 6: Security • Wi-Fi Security is not bullet proof  Pay-to-use hot spot is probably unsecure  May need to supplement with Virtual tools • Wireless phone connectivity is direct  No antenna to pass through  Just like a wireless telephone call defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 7: Virtual Network Computing • Requires a (free) VNC server to listen • Requires a (often free) VNC client to connect server defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 8: VNC • Direct connection over the Internet Windows: RealVNC Mac: Chicken of the VNC firewall server defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 9: Gotomypc.com • Web browser connection to Gotomypc • Secure connection to your PC firewall server defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 10: Palm Remote Sync • Takes Hotsync to another level  Enables sync over Internet into home network  Ports 14237 and 14238 • Update  Your calendar  Your e-mail or news feeds  Documents you’ve edited while out of the office defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 11: Hosted Applications • Opportunities to use software that resides on a remote computer • Office Suites  Google, Microsoft, Zoho • Back Office  Quickbooks, payroll, network backup defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 12: Hosted Applications • Reduce your reliance on tech staff • Reduce software installed and upgraded • Increase reliance on your Internet connection • Increase ability to work jointly on documents, other work product • Extend your reach without buying new technology defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 13: Motion online defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 14: Google Calendar • Google Calendar is an online scheduler  Can be personal or for groups  Can hyperlink out to resources, like maps • Tools like Goosync enable synchronization from PDA to Google  Reduces rekeying of information  Creates both a backup copy and more accessible copy defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 15: Online Quickbooks defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 16: Software as a Service • SaaS – a.k.a. ASP • Broadband Internet has rejuvenated “thin client” computing • Enables lawyers to subscribe to a service for business support  Legal Research: Thomson Westlaw  Bookkeeping: Quicken defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 17: Software as a Service • Hosted applications  Enable 24 hour access to your information  Remove security, backup, and software functions from your job  May require changes in how you work  No reason to diminish what you produce defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 18: RSS • Really Simple Syndication  An extensible markup language (XML) file  Describes title, author, description, and date of a document  Enables other computers to “read” the file, which is updated periodically defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 19: RSS Aggregation defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 20: RSS Filtering defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 21: RSS Readers • View the RSS feed in an application  Google Reader  Newsgator  Bloglines • View the RSS feed on your PDA or phone  Avantgo.com  Mobipocket.com E-Book Reader  NewsGator Go! defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 22: RSS Readers • Mobipocket.com defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 23: RSS Readers • iGoogle (personalized) or My Yahoo! defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 24: Improve Your Search • Three major search companies  Google  Yahoo!  Microsoft (Live, formerly MSN) Microsoft 12.0% Other 14.5% Google 54.0% • They power most other search sites • You can use their advanced search features for more focused searching Yahoo 19.5% defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 25: Improve Your Search defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 26: Improve Your Search • Westlaw & Lexisnexis  Search by segments or fields Drink! and passenger! and court(“hamilton county”) • Use similar techniques on Web  + and minus to require or exclude  site: restricts to a particular set of Web sites +whelan +DUI site:localnews.com defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 27: Custom Searches • Use Rollyo to point to multiple sites specific to your practice defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 28: Tabbed Browser • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 • Mozilla Firefox 2 defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 29: Feed Detection • Add RSS news feeds automatically • Orange logo indicates feed available defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 30: Using Tab Groups • Save group of tabs all at once IE: Save Tab Group Firefox: Save Tab Group defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 31: Tabs and Right Clicks • As you are reading or scanning links, right click and open in a new tab • Once you’re finished with the main article, work through the supporting content • Reduces interruptions to reading defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 32: Search You! • Customize your browser’s search options  Firefox Open Search Plugin  Microsoft IE defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 33: Watch Your Web Site • Web site visit information is available  What is being visited  How often and by whom (generically) • Statistics help justify using a particular Web site or directory  Ask for site statistics  Gather your own using hosted service   Google Analytics Others, like Addfreestats.com 2007 defend with ingenuity
Slide 34: Web Analytics: Dashboard defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 35: Web Analytics: Keywords defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 36: Web Analytics: Word Rank defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 37: Web Analytics: Content Status defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 38: Site Map Creator • A site map describes the  Content on your Web site  The route a visitor takes to get to it • It is an XML file! • Create it using XML-Sitemaps.com  Google has free script but requires access to your Web server defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 39: Do More Virtually • Technology enables us to stay in touch and informed while out of the office • Leverage new ways of  Receiving information (RSS)  Using critical data (hosted applications)  Promoting your practice • Hone your research expertise for more efficient online searching defend with ingenuity 2007
Slide 40: Thank You • Contact:  David Whelan @ the Great Library Law Society of Upper Canada  dwhelan@lsuc.on.ca  416.947.3438 defend with ingenuity 2007