The Scandal of a Bare List: 3 Ways to Upgrade Your To-do List

10 April, 2015

We love to-do lists. We believe in them, use them, and cajole others into using them. They’re probably the simplest way to enhance your productivity. We also know the checklist is a blunt tool, that could use improvement. The productivity company iDoneThis crunched the numbers on our to-do lists. T...

Seven Tips to Positive Thinking – For Realists

26 March, 2015

If you roll your eyes at the term “positive thinking,” you’re not alone. Those of us who watched Saturday Night Live in the 90s underwent the formative experience of chortling along each time Stuart Smalley lisped “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.” In the decades si...

On Game of Thrones, Minecraft, and Lawyer’s Offices: How Tech is Changing the Practice of Law

19 March, 2015

The big image at the top of this post is a screenshot from popular video game, Minecraft, in which a group of 200 people re-created the “Game of Thrones” city of Kings Landing. It was created block by block over thousands of hours, and it represents about 500 square miles, making it the size of LA....

Supercharge Your Practice with One Project Management Tip

19 March, 2015

In most professions, you can draw at least a rough division between work that is business-as-usual and work that goes toward a special, time-bound project. But for attorneys, the division breaks down. As attorney Grant Collingsworth argues, “virtually every legal engagement is a project with a fixed...

Decision Fatigue and How to Battle It

12 March, 2015

Obama Only Wears Gray or Blue Suits. The Commander in Chief also doesn’t decide what to eat for breakfast. Decisions like that are simplified and outsourced. Obama explains why in an extended profile piece by Michael Lewis: “You’ll see I wear only gray or blue suits,” he said. “I’m trying to pare ...

Four Filevine Super Powers You Can Use Today

11 March, 2015

When we talk about some of the features Filevine has (and some that are being developed), we like to call them “super powers.” We like to think a little hyperbole is a healthy thing, but we also believe that some of what Filevine does, beyond the typical abilities you would expect from a cutting-edg...