In Memoriam: Matt Willson

March 2, 2012

It is with much sadness that we write this post regarding our friend and collaborator, Matt Willson. Matt passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Feb. 28. He was 40 years old. He was a beloved and regular contributor to Solo in Colo. A celebration of Matt’s life will be held on Monday, March 5, at 2 […]

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Trying to Understand a Client’s Mental Health

March 1, 2012

When I was still working for the city and dealing with every street drunk and druggie in Denver, when my Victim’s Advocate Maria and I were going through oversized aerosol cans of disinfectant and gallons of Purell on a regular basis, I came to realize that everyone who goes into criminal law, whichever side of […]

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Solo Tip Tuesday: Adobe Reader App for iDevices and Android Phones

February 28, 2012

Adobe released Adobe Reader for iDevices and Android phones, a free application available from the App Store and Android Market in a very quick download. The application starts with “Getting Started with Adobe Reader,” a tutorial explaining the Adobe Reader interface. Even if you have a PDF application on your mobile device, add this one […]

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Solo Tip Tuesday: Use Word’s AutoCorrect to Save Time

February 21, 2012

Word’s AutoCorrect feature automatically corrects commonly misspelled words on the fly, with no intervention on your part. Here are a couple tips that can save you time with your legal drafting: Did you know that you can create an AutoCorrect entry for words you often misspell? Even though Word includes hundreds of commonly misspelled words […]

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How to Change Your Website Theme

February 20, 2012

Now that you’ve learned how to set up and run your own website, you may wonder what to do if you find yourself wanting a different layout or look. Below, Matt Willson walks you through finding, installing, and changing your WordPress website theme. What theme are you using on your site? Why do you like […]

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Adding a Contact Page to Your Website

February 17, 2012

What is the contact page? It is the info@yourdomainname.com contact sheet that allows potential clients, or PCs, to take the next step with Internet communication and actually get in touch with you.  All of us have a pretty good idea of how to talk to PCs on the phone, how to return a phone call, […]

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Solo Tip Tuesday: Monitor What Matters to You with Google Alerts

February 14, 2012

You can use Google Alerts to monitor anything on the Web. And did I mention it’s free? It takes less than a minute to set one up, and you can use them to find out what’s being said about you, your client (or prospective client), an issue relevant to your practice (such as product recalls), […]

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Adding Blog and Media Content to Your Website

February 8, 2012

Now that you’ve got most of the static pages of your WordPress website created (like your home page, attorney bio page, and practice areas page), you can start working on your Web 2.0 pages—those pages that you update regularly, helping your search engine optimization and moving you to the top of Google’s search rankings. In […]

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Following a Blog? Share Your Comments

February 7, 2012

Here’s the awful truth about most blogs: only about one in 100 readers will comment on a blog post.  Click here to see the full article from Problogger, which is designed, as far as I can tell, to keep bloggers from getting really depressed.  People have lots of different ideas about what a blog is […]

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Solo Tip Tuesday: Find Out How Much Space is Left on Your Device

February 7, 2012

The good news is devices have much more storage than ever. The bad news is you need more storage. Here’s how to figure out how much storage capacity there is, and how much you have left. On an iPhone: Choose Settings, then General, then About. Now you can see how many songs, videos, apps, and […]

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