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Using Voice to Text Dictation
This is a very quick post, but great news I think. A client called this morning. She needed me to write a quick letter to her former husband’s lawyer. The “ex” had failed to comply with some provisions of the divorce order. After I hung up, I went to e-mail on my iPad (and I… View Article
“Teacher; why do we have to learn this stuff?”
Not sure how I can make the obvious sound somewhat thoughtful, but here goes. At my 50th high school celebration this week-end, I remembered many questions of my high school classmates, “Why do we need to know this?” Usually that queston was associated with math, but no subject went unchallenged. If you are going to… View Article
Why Should a Non-Techy Lawyer Care About This?
Yes; I have used this photo before. But today, we took a big step. Several years ago, I arrived early to find all three office doors super-glued shut. Nothing that bad today, but when I arrived at 7:00 a.m., the power was off and not scheduled… View Article
Has Our Society Lost Something Essential in the Rearing of Its Youth?
Editor’s Note: I was getting ready to publish this, when it struck me: I do not want to imply things were perfect “back then”; even as they linger today, racial prejudice, gender inequality, and homophobia were the norm. I am talking about the underpinnings I had in growing into a whole human being. Just one person’s… View Article
The Challenge to the Church in The Modern World (Or, What’s It All About Anyhow?)
I have been struggling with the fact that my church, The United Methodist, is dying. Quite literally, its members are dying and not being replaced with equal numbers. The reasons are complex, but the most obvious is its assertion of the supernatural as fact. The “magic word” of course is “Faith”. That is supposed to… View Article
Final Set-up for Microsoft Surface Pro For Office Use
Here is the final product of our experiment to set up a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 as a desktop substitute, with large horizontal and vertical monitors, wireless keyboard, and mouse, and docking station. The difference, of course, from your iPad and Samsung Galaxy, is that you have Windows 8, here in emulation of Windows Seven. You also… View Article
How Perspectives Change
This simple blogging format tempts me to create shorter posts, knowing I won’t have to kill 40 minutes converting the url and posting to other sites. I like this photo, my second grade photo from Edgington Lane Grade School in Wheeling. I look, and was, innocent. Today I asked my client if she recognized me… View Article
Every Journey Begins With the First Step
All of my 274 blog articles began with the Blogger dashboard. Having just read “In the Plex – How Google Thinks, Works, and Influences our Lives” by Stephen Levy, I am pleased and relieved to have left a platform that Google’s brilliant minds have left to fend for itself. WordPress promises much greater integration and… View Article
My New Integrated Professional Website: www.hunterlawfirm.net
Getting our new website is very exciting. Having everything on a WordPress platform allows me to incorporate of my both blogs, “Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer” www.burtonhunteresq.blogspot.com and “WV Lawyer – Tips and Techniques” www.burtonhunteresq2.blogspot.com. It also lets me answer potential clients’ questions and evaluate a case promptly, and to give the potential client fillable forms,… View Article
Nerd’s Notes: The Journey to Make the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 a Desktop Substitute
Here are a few things I have learned – a follow up to my former blog article, http://tinyurl.com/kxybog4 , taking advantage of the Microsoft Surface Pro 2’s portability and turning it into a functional, Microsoft 8.1, desktop substitute: 1. Fitting Windows Into a Tablet Interface ain’t easy, and you need at least a second monitor, two if… View Article