October 30th, 2007 by Blake Boyd
With the loss of a trial tech and 5 trials slated for October, I thought I wouldn’t make it out alive. But in typical legal fashion all 5 trials were continued or settled. We spent most of the weekend preparing for a trial that I was told would get me into the courtroom. […]
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October 26th, 2007 by Blake Boyd
When I saw this clip I thought of Grant Griffiths, Ben Stevens, Richard Georges and the other members of the Macs in Law Offices (MILO) Group. Giggling, picturing how out of place they must look with their macs in a profession that is so slow to change when it comes to technology. They […]
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October 25th, 2007 by Blake Boyd
Magnifying portions of exhibits is an important skill any attorney should possess if creating their own presentation. Unfortunately, this is one of the most common issues I see from attorneys that have designed their own PowerPoint or Keynote presentations. It’s somewhat easy to do this in Keynote, and very effective at getting your point […]
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October 22nd, 2007 by Blake Boyd
Sometimes all that is needed to get your point across is a simple timeline. Giving the jury a visual representation of the timing of events is very important aspect of telling your story, whether they took place in a day or a decade. You can download a zip file that contains all […]
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October 19th, 2007 by Blake Boyd
After my Treo 700p rebooted, yet again, during an important phone call, I decided to break down and purchase a Treo Centro. I read all the reviews I could find and was confused why people that previously criticized Palm for not upgrading to a new OS in the past 4 years were now giving […]
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October 16th, 2007 by Blake Boyd
So the comedic marketing genuis’ for apple have come up with yet another funny (yet true) pun against Windows. Head over to apple.com and type in “virus” in the search field. I think apple adds are taking over the world, but at least they’re somewhat pleasing to listen to and look at. […]
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October 11th, 2007 by Blake Boyd
I figure another way I can help others out there create better looking presentations would be to offer downloads every so often. I rarely re-use any of the presentations I create, so why not share?
Let’s start with a 75% transparent, blue/grey, rounded text box. These were created in photoshop to be used in […]
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