Concerned by the amount of time spent by employees dealing with e-mail, U.K. company Phones4U has banned e-mail in its entirety. Company management believes this will free up an extra three hours each day for the employees.
Technology
Another acronym to remember
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software, Technology
Although Adobe’s PDF is currently the standard for Internet documents, is apparently facing competition from Autodesk’s Design Web Format (DWF), or Macromedia’s Flashpaper. Here’s what those guys at PDF for Lawyers have to say about that.
Speaking of evil…
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Gadgets
Dennis Kennedy discusses my biggest temptation over at Law Practice Today — gadgets. He offers a listing of links on where to find information and reviews on gadgets, and there’s also an article there featuring the favorite gadgets of a number of tech-savvy legal types. Check them both out.
Time to update Windows again
By Tom Mighell on
Another week, another Microsoft warning. This time there are three vulnerabilities that could allow worms and other malicious nasties to take control of your computer. If you’re not already configured to receive automatic Critical Updates, make sure you run Windows Update regularly.
The OTHER costs of e-mail
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Email
AccountingWeb reports on two recent settlements in cases involving sexual harassment and e-mail in the workplace. As e-mail becomes an even greater mode of communication at work, employers are finding themselves increasingly exposed to hostile work environment claims.
Voldemort, Satan and PowerPoint
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software
Edward Tufte, a professor of political science, computer science and statistics, and graphic design at Yale, shows us why PowerPoint is evil.
More about aggregators
By Tom Mighell on
If you’re an information junkie who hasn’t jumped on the news aggregator bandwagon yet, here’s an article describing RSS feeds, what an aggregator does, and different types of newsreaders.
Primer on RSS
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in RSS
PC World features an article on that “growing web standard,” RSS. A nice introduction to anyone who 1) is an info-junkie and 2) wants to learn more about simplifying their searches.
Feed on Arkansas News
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in RSS, Useful Web Sites
A Better Challenge-Response
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Email
Mailblocks, an anti-spam program that uses the “challenge-response” method of reducing unwanted e-mail, unveiled an improved product this week. The new version supposedly reduces the number of challenges sent out to the same e-mail sender.