First Anniversary of "Does It Compute?"

April 29th marked the first anniversary of this blog: over 260 posts, pretty much 5 days a week.  The blog is driven by two major factors. 

First, my views on the software industry and various software programs. Thus you have rants about Vista; significant analysis of document management issues; trends such as LexisNexis’ “Acquire Merge Destroy” tactics towards the software it has gobbled up over the past several years - primarily Time Matters and PCLaw, but with other programs waiting in the wings (Juris?). These are the posts where I try to answer the title question of the blog:  Does It Compute?

Second, it is driven by my clients.  Over a third of my posts have been in the “tips & tricks” category, including 16 posts on document management issues; 18 on Time Matters, 23 on PCLaw, and 25 posts on Worldox.  Only 11 posts on Amicus Attorney because for most of the year it was not clear whether the new version would become a viable product or not – with the release of 2008 Premium, it seems to have remedied many of the failings of the previous version. These posts result from common questions I get asked all the time, or specific things that come up. A client asks me something and I think “the answer to that issue would make a good post.” Hopefully, these repositories can serve as a kind of advanced version of “Frequently Asked Questions,” since many of them are not just simple day to day issues.

I hope you have found it useful and will continue to do so. I welcome any questions and suggestions.

In the coming year I may blog a bit less often but will also try to contribute some longer and more systematic pieces.