New Job: Only Mac In The Shop

Posted by EsquireMac in Law Practice Management, Switching, iPhone/iPod Touch on Sep 26th, 2009 | 0 comments
Last month, I started a new job at a new firm. I spent nearly three years at my old firm, and most of what I have written on this blog to date has been related to my experiences there. If you read my Personal Update last fall, you know that last year I moved back to the town where I grew up – Hagerstown, Maryland. Long story short: The 3.5 hours of driving every day got old and a position at a well respected Hagerstown firm opened up due to one of its (now former) partners being appointed judge. The new firm runs on a Windows 2003 Exchange Server, and my early-2008 MacBook Pro is the only Mac...
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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...
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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...
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