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		<title>Finally! Here&#8217;s What To Do With All Your Old Technology!</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/07/21/finally-heres-what-to-do-with-all-your-old-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Lukan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As technology enthusiasts, we often find ourselves wanting (and buying!) the latest gadget which leaves us with a lot of hardware we no longer use. How many old cell phones, cameras, computers, PDA’s and other personal computing devices do you have no idea how to get rid of? Well – there’s a cool new solution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Coffee a Law Firm Management Issue?</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/07/16/is-coffee-a-law-firm-management-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bassett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most intriguing posts I&#8217;ve read recently is Lifehacker&#8217;s report on its interview with author/researcher Stephen R. Braun.  Braun wrote a book published in 1997 called Buzz:  The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine. We don&#8217;t make alcohol regularly available to our ourselves and law office staff as a matter of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Mini-Book on Green IT for Dummies</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/06/29/free-mini-book-on-green-it-for-dummies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/06/29/free-mini-book-on-green-it-for-dummies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bassett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Office Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBM is offering via free download or shipped hard copy its mini-book called Green IT for Dummies.  Although the first 2/3 of the book are geared to IT professionals in mid-sized to larger organizations, the last three chapters (7-9) are interesting reading for small and mid-sized firm lawyers for the tips provided on how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New IRS Mileage Rate is $.50 per mile for 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/01/26/new-irs-mileage-rate-is-50-per-mile-for-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2010/01/26/new-irs-mileage-rate-is-50-per-mile-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bassett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Office Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business miles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed the early December official announcement, the 2010 IRS business mileage rate is reduced to 50 cents per mile to reflect lower transportation costs &#8211; mostly a drop in gas prices from 2009.  You may need to manually change this rate in your time/billing/accounting software.  If you need assistance with this task, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passwords &#8211; The First K3y to Security</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/10/06/passwords-the-first-k3y-to-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/10/06/passwords-the-first-k3y-to-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Emmerson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The (Legal Technology) News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Office Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[password hotmail cloud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the recent disclosure of some 10,000 Hotmail account passwords being posted on the internet I am reposting an article here that I wrote for another blog about a month ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Greening Your Law Office &#8211; Tips from Oregon Law Practice Management Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/09/08/greening-your-law-office-tips-from-oregon-law-practice-management-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bassett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Office Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greening law practice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you think climate change is real or not (I&#8217;m betting on real), it makes sense to conserve energy -  if only to save money.  The Oregon Law Practice Management blog written by attorney Beverly Michaels contains excellent tips on how to save energy, and money, in your practice. In a post titled Greening Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Use That Font! (or Straight Quotes, Underlining, Two Spaces at End of Sentences, Etc.)</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/25/dont-use-that-font/</link>
		<comments>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/25/dont-use-that-font/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bassett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Office Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[briefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[correspondence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court fillings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[font]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An appellate practice colleague forwarded a link to an extraordinary web site. It is called Typography for Lawyers. The author is Los Angeles attorney Matthew Butterick. There are great tips for what to do and not to do in formatting your documents. For example, never use straight quotes. Don&#8217;t double-space between sentences. And never use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Microsoft&#8217;s Live Mesh Software/Service</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/17/update-on-microsofts-live-mesh-softwareservice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/17/update-on-microsofts-live-mesh-softwareservice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bassett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Office Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Stuff...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web/Tech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offline files. Dynamic DNS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Synch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[synchronization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our May newsletter, we wrote about several free tools from Microsoft that permit you to access your documents and data while on the road.  One tool briefly mentioned in that newsletter, but not fully explored, was Live Mesh.  I&#8217;ve now had a chance to put Live Mesh to the test while traveling as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of Landline Telephones?  Try 2025.</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/16/the-end-of-landline-telephones-try-2025/</link>
		<comments>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/16/the-end-of-landline-telephones-try-2025/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bassett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The (Legal Technology) News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Office Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landline]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Econcomist]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s The Economist magazine, there is a thought-provoking article about the inevitable demise of landline telephones.  We all know about the decline in the print newspaper industry.  It is predicted that the last print newspaper will land on your front step in 2043.  Well it seems the land line telephone will be long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homecamera.com home monitoring service to be upgraded</title>
		<link>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/14/homecamera-com-home-monitoring-service-to-be-upgraded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.affinityconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/14/homecamera-com-home-monitoring-service-to-be-upgraded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bassett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Office Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Stuff...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web/Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homecamera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HomeRemote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[web cam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[webcam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just before leaving for vacation earlier this summer, I downloaded and installed the free beta version of HomeCamera on my desktop PC, which resides in the kitchen of my home.  Connected to that PC are two webcams with views of the kitchen, dining room, and living room.  The Homecamera software and web-based service allowed me [...]]]></description>
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