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Josh Camson

Google Voice Helps You Appear More Local

August 21, 2009

Google Voice is the cloud-computing giant’s foray into phone, text-messaging, and voicemail management. Still in closed beta, Google Voice is a terrific service to complement Gmail for total communication management.
However, the best part of Voice is the phone number all Voice subscribers get. Users can pick a phone number in almost any area code, and [...]

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Archiving Outlook Messages: How to Change the Subject

August 11, 2009

Changing the subject line of messages in Outlook can make them easier to find. Here is how:

Modify the Subject Lines of Archived Outlook E-mail | PC World

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Save Outlook e-mails to your client file

July 27, 2009

Recently, a reader wrote in asking how to use Microsoft Outlook for case management software. Specifically, the reader wanted to know how to get e-mails from Outlook into your client file folders on your hard drive. Instead of just answering the e-mail, I did a screencast showing two different ways to manage folders in Outlook.

Saving [...]

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SugarSync is a winner for online synchronization

June 30, 2009

In the never ending quest for a perfect online backup tool, I was pointed to SugarSync. I have tried it out the last few days and my overall opinion is that it’s a great service and easy to use. If you are willing to pay for a cloud backup service, SugarSync seems like a winner.
SugarSync’s [...]

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Smartphone killing your reputation?

June 16, 2009

Blackberrys, iPhones, and Treos have become a staple of the legal profession. They allow us to access all the information we may need at any given time. They also allow anyone to get in touch with us. Does this constant access hurt our reputations?
When in public, excessive use of your smartphone creates a bad impression [...]

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Does your firm have a social media policy?

June 2, 2009

Social networking has grown exponentially in popularity over the past year. More people are using social networking sites for all manner of things. So, are your employees using these services to discuss the work they do?
If so, how could that help or hurt your law firm or company? With a social networking policy, you can [...]

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Are you keeping the “social” in “social networking?”

May 20, 2009

You already know the basics of why lawyers should be using Facebook. Hopefully, you also took ten minutes to update your privacy settings on Facebook. Now that you are all set up, do you know what kind of information to share on Facebook and other social media sites?
A recent article from Harvard Business takes a look [...]

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New contributor: Josh Camson, law student and nerd extraordinaire

May 19, 2009

I am a rising third year student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law pursuing a certificate in Civil Litigation in addition to the J.D. In law school I focus my classwork on civil litigation, but my main career interest is prosecution. Last summer I worked at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office in their [...]

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