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Hello Dropbox, Goodbye SugarSync
Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Syncing on Nov 24th, 2008 | 13 comments
Those who have been following Esquire | Mac know that I had high praises for SugarSync and have used the file synchronization service extensively for a solid 8-10 months. I have posted about SugarSync here, here and here. I did note, however, that despite how great the service is, there are some bugs.
In our office, we synced over 31,000 files, comprising about 1.5 Gigs of disk space. By and large, the process is painless, behind the scenes and effective. However, I have noticed that there are some folders that do not fully sync. I wrote about this problem before, and said:
Regarding limitations or...
I have a thing for Things
Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Law Practice Management, Syncing, iPhone/iPod Touch on Aug 22nd, 2008 | 7 comments
Until very recently, I have not been a fan of GTD applications. Frankly, I resisted learning anything about David Allen’s widely celebrated methodology for getting things done. In my quest for a law practice management solution, however, I have tried out a lot of GTD type applications.
Recently, I have become a convert, and, although I have never read David Allen’s book, I have become convinced by some of the most rudimentary elements of his methodology (capture tasks, assign them to a context, assign them to a project, and move on)
One day, several weeks ago, I inexplicably became...
More Calendar Sync News: Save $5 on Spanning Sync
Posted by EsquireMac in Syncing on Jul 29th, 2008 | 1 comment
Yesterday, I wrote about Calgoo going free and Google Calendar supporting CalDAV. I also wrote in some detail about how our firm came to utilize Spanning Sync.
Last night, Spanning Sync announced a new initiative to recruit new users. It is in the nature of a referral incentive program, and it’s called “Save 5 + Make 5.” The idea is simple enough: If I (as a paid Spanning Sync user) refer you (a new customer), then you get $5 off your purchase and I get $5.
It’s an interesting idea. I’m going to go ahead and throw a link up here for my referral code in case anybody is...
DAV’s Not Here, Man (But It Almost Is…)
Posted by EsquireMac in Syncing on Jul 28th, 2008 | 2 comments
If you sync iCal and Google Calendar, you know that up until now, basically your only choice was a paid solution. I wrote extensively about our firm’s calendaring solution recently.
Well, today I read that Calgoo is changing its business model to be ad supported, meaning that, as of July 22, 2008, it is free. Calgoo will sync not only sync iCal and Google Calendar, but also a whole host of other calendars – Mac, PC and Linux.
In even more exciting news this afternoon, I read on Cnet’s Webware that Google Calendar now supports CalDAV. According to Cnet:
Mac users who use Google...
A Small Firm’s Transition, Part II: Calendaring
Posted by EsquireMac in Switching, Syncing on Jul 20th, 2008 | 4 comments
This is the second post in a short series of indeterminate number about our small firm’s transition to a Mac-centric law office. Being a good 20 years younger than the next youngest person in our firm, I am, by default, the IT guy, or, “guy who does the computer thingies.”
As I stated in Part I: Sharing Files, when I started my job at my present small firm, the technology in place was decidedly low, substantially old and disturbingly Windows. In Part I, I chronicled our transition from all PC’s to mostly Macs in light of the particular problem of sharing files between multiple...
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