Two months ago, I mentioned that I will be speaking at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago, April 16-18, 2015. This is a great CLE, where you can learn about legal technology and meet lots of great folks. If you have been thinking about attending but haven’t signed up yet, you want to do so right now. The early bird registration prices were recently extended through Friday, March 13, but after then you’ll need to spend an extra $200 to attend. There is no reason to spend $200 unnecessarily, especially right now when that would help you to pay for a shiny new Apple Watch.
I’ll be teaching three sessions at TECHSHOW this year. On Thursday April 16, I’m teaming up with Canadian attorney Bjorn Christianson for Easy and Effective Presentations from Your iPad. Right after that, I’m teaching a session on using Microsoft Word and other Office apps on the iPad. And on Saturday, April 18, I’ll be teaching 60 Apps in 60 Minutes, along with Ohio attorney Joe Bahgat, legal tech consultant Adriana Linares, and Dallas attorney Tom Mighell. Click here to see the full schedule, where you will find eight different simultaneous tracks, so there is sure to be at least one session that would appeal to you throughout the day.
At some point soon, registration will open up for the Taste of TECHSHOW dinners on Thursday and Friday nights. I’ll be co-hosting one with Florida attorney and Mac Power Users co-host Katie Floyd. Katie and I have not met in person yet, but after reading her blog, listening to her podcast, and emailing her over the years, I feel like we already know each other, and I have no doubt that we will have a really fun dinner. Our dinner will be at 7:30pm on Friday, April 17 at Rosebud on Rush, an Italian/Steak restaurant. But even if you don’t sign up for our dinner, there will be lots of other ones hosted by some of the smartest and nicest folks who spend a lot of time thinking about legal technology. Note that some of these dinners fill up very quickly, so if you want to attend the dinner with Katie and me, I encourage you to follow me on Twitter because I’ll tweet as soon as I see TECHSHOW turn on the webpage on which you can sign up for dinners. [UPDATE 3/17/15: You can now register for the dinner on this page.]
Whether you come to a session I’m teaching, come to the dinner, or bump into me on the Expo floor or between sessions, please do say hello (here is what I look like), not only because it is the neighborly thing to do, but also because John Hartigan, the President of MOBiLE CLOTH, was nice enough to send me a whole bunch of cleaning cloths with the iPhone J.D. logo on them, and I’ll be handing them out for free to anyone who asks for one (while supplies last). I’ve reviewed the MOBiLE CLOTH several times in the past (1, 2, 3) and they are the very best cloths I’ve ever used for cleaning my iPad and iPhone screens. Hartigan also gave me cloths to hand out last year, but this year they are even better. First, the company has been refining the way that it applies custom logos to the cloths so that they now have higher color saturation. The colors pop a little more. Second, the company is now offering clear boxes with custom logo cloths. They cost a little bit more ($.35 per unit) but they make the product look more premium. Here is a comparison of a custom logo cloth in a traditional plastic bag next to a clear plastic box. The first picture has the flash bouncing off of the products to better show you the box edges, but the second picture is more true to life:
If you like the idea of putting your own custom logo on MOBiLE CLOTHs to hand them out to current and potential clients, Hartigan has a special offer for all iPhone J.D. readers. For a limited time, if you use promo code iPhoneJD when you order, you will get a discount of 25%, plus a free upgrade to the new clear box packaging, plus free shipping. I’ve ordered custom logo cloths for my own firm and they look great:
I’ve had lots of clients and colleagues tell me that they love using a MOBiLE CLOTH that I give them, sometimes years after I first gave it to them. A MOBiLE CLOTH is a heck of a lot more useful than a boring coffee mug or frisbee with your firm logo on it. If you want more information on custom MOBiLE CLOTHs, click here.
I hope to see you next month in Chicago!
Could you believe in Italy, our Bars don’t allow Lawyers to publicize our Firms, putting our logos on items, etc, because they consider it a mean that diminishes the profession.
Go wonder!!!
Many states in the U.S. also have strict rules on lawyer advertising for the same reason, and some of these rules have been challenged successfully over the years under the First Amendment freedom of speech clause. But that is pretty strict to not be able to put your logos on items in Italy!
-Jeff
I also worked with Johhn Hartigan to have some custom Mobile Cloths made up for my clients — the cloths are wonderful, and my clients rave about them!
Not only are they the best for cleaning iPhones and iPads, but they are also handy for cleaning eyeglasses too.
If any reader thinks that Jeff is being too kind with his praise, let me assure you he is not. I don’t have blog to promote, and sadly I can’t make it to TechShow, and I have no interest in the product nor gain any benefit from promoting them, but I assure readers that these Mobile Cloths are the best screen cleaners ever !!