The program works by uploading a document to the Adobe site, and then choosing your recipient. You can decide whether you want to sign first, or have the other party sign first. Once you have submitted the document, the recipient will be notified the document is ready for their signature.

Once the document has been signed by all parties, all parties receive notification that a fully executed document is available on the Adobe server. The fully executed document has a signature page, which includes the digital signatures of all parties, as well as the date they signed the document. The document is time and date stamped, to make sure it is valid.

Remember though, just because you are willing to digitally sign something, your recipients may not be! Also, whatever document you are signing sits temporarily on Adobe’s servers. If you are worried about security and/or confidentiality, this could be an issue.

For attorneys who are comfortable working digitally, this is a great option to have.

Think about that. Cell phone reception is usually worse whenever you’re indoors and inside is where you have W-Fi.  Line2 in Wi-Fi means rock-solid reception indoors. Wow.

Line2 also runs on the iPod Touch. When you’re in a Wi-Fi hot spot, the iPod Touch becomes a full-blown cell phone, and you don’t owe AT&T a dime. Wi-Fi calls don’t use up any AT&T minutes. You can talk all day long, without worrying about going over your monthly minutes. Wi-Fi calls are free forever. Check it out and let me know what you think!

Google Docs allows you to quickly and easily create an exhibit, or need to insert a picture into a document. You may rarely need to do this but it’s good to know you can do it online, from any computer.

The major downside to Google Docs is privacy issues. There are three settings, private, anyone with the link, and public. Private allows only you to access the document and is the default setting for all documents. The second option allows anyone with the web address of the document to see it and make revisions. For a law firm, this is problematic. Of course, having unsecured documents on the web can be a disaster. The third option, public, would have little use for a law firm.

Let me know how you like it once you get started with Google Docs.

This is a great alternative to multiple trips to the post office.

All you need is a phone line and a fax connection.  Celery is kind of like a beefed up fax machine.  If you hate email, your Celery machine will receive them as faxes and print out the message and documents for you.  If you want to send something back, just put it back in the machine and it will be sent as an email to anyone you want.

Don’t forget about the ABA Techshow on March 25th-27th!  Go to www.techshow.com for more details.