We are about to start the last month of the year. If you are in the New Orleans area and still need CLE credits, I'll be part of what looks to be a great CLE sponsored by the Louisiana State Bar Association two weeks from today called Techno Friday. I'd love to see you there. And now, the news of note:
- Washington, D.C. attorney Reid Trautz recommends gifts for lawyers, including the Apple TV.
- Dallas attorney Tom Mighell discusses a few iOS 6 features that you might not know about on the ABA TECHSHOW blog.
- Similarly, Florida attorney Christopher Hopkins discusses iOS 6 features in this article from the December 2012 Palm Beach Bar Association Bulletin. (Note: link is a PDF file.)
- California attorney Deanne Katz discusses how attorneys can use iPads.
- South Carolina attorney Bill Latham of The Hytech Lawyer provides advice for attorneys looking to buy an iPad.
- California attorney Scott Grossberg provides advice for using an iPad to present evidence in the courtroom.
- Tim Eaton of the Austin American-Statesman discusses Texas legislators using iPads instead of laptops. (via Adriana Linares)
- Jessica Lessin of the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting profile of Apple's Eddy Cue, who is in charge of services such as iTunes and iCloud.
- Both kids and adults want an iPad for Christmas more than anything else, according to a Nielsen survey discussed by Jordan Golson of MacRumors.
- I recently explained why an iPad mini might be the best iPad to get. David Pogue of the New York Times feels the same way.
- Avvo launched an iPhone/iPad app for lawyers; details are in this press release.
- I reviewed Nuance's PaperPort Notes for iPad earlier this year. The new 2.0 version lets you take a picture using the iPad camera, or take a screenshot, and OCR any words in the picture to create editable notes. Click here to get PaperPort Notes (free):
- Allyson Kazmucha of iMore links to an interesting Kickstarter project, an iPad stand called the Slope. I've never purchased a product via Kickstarter. For one thing, it takes a long time for the product to be manufactured and shipped. But this one looks like it could be good. (via Bill Burtis)
- This report from Patently Apple is somewhat surprising. Apparently Apple had to pay Harley Davidson to use the name "Lightning" for the new iPhone and iPad connector.
- Being told to turn off your iPhone and iPad so that you can watch a video explaining how to fasten an airplane seatbelt is usually annoying, but Delta is trying to make it more entertaining in its new set of pre-flight safety videos (1, 2). Delta did a great job with these and even kept the finger wag of Katherine "Deltalina" Lee. A Huffington Post article on the new videos includes links to other funny flight safety videos, such as the amusing New Zealand Airline video featuring a nude cabin crew (and don't miss this related video).
- Speaking of funny videos, this post by Indiana attorney Bill Wilson on his Third Apple blog led me to discover Life After Death by Powerpoint 2010, a very funny presentation by Don McMillan lampooning common PowerPoint mistakes.
- Several of you have pointed out to me that one of the other honorees in the Legal Technology category of the ABA Journal Blawg 100 has quickly racked up the votes. Thanks for thinking about me, but with the support of other iPhone J.D. readers, I'm sure that gap can be narrowed. If you haven't voted yet, it should only take you 10 seconds to do so, and I'd certainly appreciate the support. (You've already wasted lots of time watching those funny videos; you might as well do one more thing before you get back to work.) Simply click here, provide a name and email address, vote in the Legal Technology category, and then you're done. Thanks!
- And finally, iOS 6 on the iPad features a new Clock app that features an iconic clock face used by the Swiss national railway (recently licensed by Apple). If you want to use that clock face on a watch without having to strap an iPad to your arm, Peter Cohen of The Loop reports that you can purchase a Mondaine watch. Unfortunately, there is still no way to strap Siri to your arm.
