I know that many of the attorneys who read iPhone J.D. were, like me, high school and/or college debaters. (In high school, I debated for Isidore Newman in New Orleans, and in college I debated for Emory.) Lynn Reed — a friend of mine who was a Louisiana high school debater in the 1980s — wrote and co-produced a movie set in the world of high school debate. It is called A Sort of Homecoming, and filming has wrapped and the movie is now in the editing process and will soon be shopped around to film festivals. They have an Indiegogo page to raise money for the final stretch where you can, for example, pre-order a copy of the final movie. If you want to support a debate-related project, I know that Lynn and the rest of the cast and crew would appreciate your support. And now, the recent iPhone and iPad news of note:
- Florida attorney Katie Floyd reviews Calendar Paste, an app that lets you work with calendar entry templates.
- Minneapolis attorney Sam Glover of Lawyerist.com reviews the Pad & Quill case for the iPad mini.
- Kevin O'Keefe, lawyer and CEO of LexBlog, discusses the new Bloomberg Law app.
- California attorney David Sparks discusses the Find My Friends app.
- Jesse Londin of Law Technology News discusses two law-related apps: one by Mayer Brown that provides a guide to restrictive covenants, and one that helps people challenge a parking ticket.
- John Edwards of Law Technology News recommends apps for securing confidential information.
- Marco Tabani of Macworld reviews iPhone chargers that work when you have no easy access to electricity, such as when camping or during a power outage.
- Allyson Kazmucha of iMore reviews Writing Aid, a new type of dictionary/thesaurus app.
- Serenity Caldwell of Macworld has tips for customzing the appearance of your iPhone in iOS 7.1.
- Jared Newman of Macworld discusses CarPlay, Apple's new technology for connecting your iPhone to your car.
- Andrew Cunningham of ArsTechnica reviews the Mophie Space Pack, a case that doubles your iPhone's battery and storage.
- And here is a review of the Mophie Space Pack from Alex Colon of GigaOm.
- How does your iPhone know what time it is? A fascinating video from The Atlantic provides the answer.
- And finally, Patrick May of the San Jose Mercury News discusses the new Oscar Mayer Wake Up & Smell the Bacon app, a free iPhone app that wakes you up to the sound of sizzling bacon and which, when connected to a special hardware device given away by Oscar Mayer, also produces the scent of bacon. Unfortunately, the Oscar Mayer website for the app is no longer accepting applications for a chance to get the bacon-scent accessory, so you'll have to just dream of what it would be like to have an iPhone that smells like bacon. Click here for the app (free):
