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Showing posts with label Maryland State Bar Association. Show all posts

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Googling Google - MSBA Tech Talk

As some readers know, Reality Bytes originates from blog posts online at http://technobytesmd.blogspot.com.

It takes a while for these posts to reach print readers in the Maryland State Bar Association ("MSBA") Section of Estate and Trust Law Newsletter, which can be found online at the MSBA website at this link: http://www.msba.org/sec_comm/sections/estate/default.asp, under the section labeled "Media."  You can also find a link the Reality Bytes blog there if you want to sign up.

If you have gotten this far, what I really wanted to tell you is that the MSBA also has a wonderful technology resource called Tech Talk, which appears periodically in the MSBA's electronic newsletter Bar Brief, found at this URL:  http://www.msba.org/departments/commpubl/barbrief/.  Look for the link to Tech Talk at the bottom of each issue of Bar Brief.

As I write this post, the current edition of Tech Talk (http://www.msba.org/publications/barbrief/14march_tech.asp) (March, 2014) features a very informative and practical guide to certain more obscure features of Google.  For example:

Google Public Data Explorer - The Google Public Data Explorer allows users to upload their own data sets for visualization and exploration. It makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate.
 and
 Undo a Sent Message – (One of the Experiments) You can set Gmail to wait 10 seconds before sending a message in case you want to stop it. Go to Settings, Labs and scroll down to Undo Send and click on Enable.
There are other tips on using Google. Google is an important part of our lives, perhaps in more ways that we realize.  Whether we are using it or not, we likely have a digital presence and others use Google to find out things about us.  So, go to Tech Talk and see other Google Tips for yourself.  Then, go Google yourself and see what you find!

If you are an MSBA member and like Tech Talk, you should be getting a periodic email each month from the MSBA alerting you to new editions of Tech Talk (unless you opt out of receiving the email).  If you would rather check out new Tech Talk posts on your own, it comes out every fourth Tuesday of the month.  Go to the links above for the Bar Brief and check it out.

And, if you are tired of trying to write down all these long URLs, consider reading this column as a blog online (http://technobytesmd.blogspot.com), where you can find hyperlinks. 
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Mini Byte: Tech Travel Time - Eastern Shore Here We Come !!!

Just a quick mention of some wonderful travel resources put together by Pat Yevics and her staff at the Maryland State Bar Association.  Here is a link to the May 2013 Tech Talk e-newsletter that is full of useful links if you are headed to Maryland's Eastern Shore.  These links will help you year-round, whether you are going to the MSBA Bar Convention or not.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Smartphone Security

Even if you are not worried that one of Rupert Murdoch's publications is trying to hack into your cellphone, you may be interested in information on how to security your smartphone and the personal information that you keep on it.  Here is some good advice on the subject from the good folks at the Maryland State Bar Association:

TIPS FOR SECURING YOUR SMARTPHONE

Here are some basic tips for securing your smartphones. 
1.  Make certain that all your mobile devices have passcodes.
2.  Disable interfaces that are not currently in use, such as Bluetooth, infrared, or Wi-Fi.
3.  Set Bluetooth-enabled devices to non-discoverable.
4.  Delete all information stored in a device prior to discarding it.
5.  Do not “root” or “jailbreak” the device.
These tips and more were taken from Cyber Threats to Mobile Phones published by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
Check out the links above for more information.  Thanks to Pat Yevics and her staff at the MSBA.  Go to this link:  February  2012 MSBA Tech Tips and find all of the MSBA 2012 Tech Tips.  There are posts on protecting your computer from tracking cookies and Google's new privacy policy.

More on privacy issues in an upcoming post here at Reality Bytes.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

MSBA on Twitter

As reported in the June 2009 MSBA Bar Brief, the Maryland State Bar Association is now communicating through Twitter:

TECH TIP OF THE MONTH

FOLLOW MSBA ON TWITTER


Two departments at MSBA now have Twitter accounts - Janet Eveleth) Director of Communications and Pat Yevics, Director of Law Office Management

Start following Janet and Communications on http://twitter.com/MarylandBar at and Pat and LOMA at http://twitter.com/MSBALOMA

Rules for using Social Media in the Law Firm can be found at the LOMA Article website or in the March issue of the Bar Bulletin