Estate Planning

Tech Toys

By Hull & Hull LLP

Being somewhat of a late convert to the idea of taking advantage of the myriad of small-scale technological devices invading the business and legal milieus, I get to enjoy innovations long after other people have become blasé.

The ability to work from home through gotomypc is, I think, my favourite.  For the uninitiated, the program allows for users to access their network over the internet, so that what you see on your home PC is the screen you would see at work.  By providing the mechanism to catch up at home, it takes away the need for brutal hours in the office.  In my case, it means I can go home at a sensible hour, spend time with the family, then finish off some tasks once the kids are in bed.

It also allows for a break in the day, since my brain tends to start to get tired around 4:30pm, or so and after a few hours of offtime I can think clearer anyway.

Combining the gotomypc facility with saving file documents on a network by scanning them means that, for me at least, working at home has become more efficient than at the office.  It also allows for access to a file from offsite, whether in Court, a day-long mediation or somewhere else.

All of this, to my mind at least, allows lawyers (and others) to provide better more timely service, at least given a little time and patience at the outset.

Thanks for reading.

Full post as published by Toronto Estate Law Blog on June 24, 2008 (boomark / email).