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iPad Web Traffic Share at TabletLegal – 1 Year Later

By on May 23, 2011 in Admin

About a year ago, I posted some statistics about the various operating systems used by visitors to TabletLegal. With more than a full year since the original iPad was introduced, I thought it would be interesting to revisit those statistics.

Over the last thirty days, visits to TabletLegal by operating system break down like this (percentages from a year ago in parentheses):

* Windows – 45.61% (36.92%)
* Macintosh – 25.48% (43.18%)
* iPad – 23.73% (19.13%)
* iPhone – 3.59% (.01%)
* Everything else – 1.59% (.76%)

Three notes on these statistics. The first is the flip-flop of the Windows/Mac percentages. I can’t attribute this to anything specifically except the natural growth of this blog. While this blog originally gained traction in the Mac and iOS community, I think the growth in the Windows percentages reflects more readers in the legal community generally which is heavily Windows based.

Second is the nearly 25% growth in iPad readership. Not surprising given this is a iPad focused blog, but interesting when compared to a non-iPad focused blog. See for example John Gruber’s statistics about Daring Fireball from this time last year where iPad visitors to his site accounted for just under 6% of visitors (when at that time the iPad was only 6 weeks old). Compare also to traffic to iPhone JD from this time last year where 2.55% of visitors came from the iPad. I suspect the iPad traffic to both those sites would be significantly different today (and Jeff’s post over at iPhone JD today confirms that).

Last is the iPhone showing up meaningfully in visitors to TabletLegal. I suspect this is largely due to Jeff Richardson kindly linking to TabletLegal from iPhone JD from time to time. Thanks, Jeff!

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iPad Legal Workflows for Lawyers

By on April 19, 2011 in Admin, Legal Workflows

My iPad 101 category of posts have quickly become some of the most popular on the site. I think this is because iPads are still quite new and folks are still exploring what the device can do. I also attribute it to the fact that many lawyers don’t have the time or patience to plunk around on their iPad to figure out how to get something done. I’m hoping Tablet Legal can help with that.

I’ve decided to rename the iPad 101 category of posts into “Legal Workflows” as not all of the them involve “101″ tasks. Also, I want to build a collection of Legal Workflows that you can quickly access for reference and then get on with what you need to do. Once I’ve built up a few Legal Workflows, I’ll organize a special page that groups together the different tasks. I’ll also be sure to cover a particular task using various apps so you have choices in your workflow.

Let me know if there are any workflows that you would like to see covered!

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Tablet Legal Update

By on April 16, 2011 in Admin

I recently went back through all the posts at TabletLegal and updated the various categories and tags associated with each post to make it easier for you to find what you are looking for. Use the Archive link at the top of the page to see the last 30 posts, a useful category index and links to monthly archives. Remember also if you see a category or tag of interest while reading a post, click on it for more similarly tagged and categorized posts.

I’ll also be setting up a “Featured” section in the sidebar of some of the more popular posts here at TabletLegal. Looking at my traffic stats, people come here to learn about editing Word documents, annotating PDF files and how to outfit a new iPad with basic apps Hopefully this featured sidebar will make these things easy to find for new and returning users.

If there is anything else that would make Tablet Legal more useful for you, please let me know!

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Speaking of iPads: Tablet Legal Tour

By on March 15, 2011 in Admin

Just a quick programming note about upcoming Tablet Legal speaking engagements.

ABA - April 10-13 - Chicago, IL

As I mentioned before, next month I’ll be part of two presentations at the ABA Tech Show. I’ll be speaking at two sessions. The first is “Slate Shootout” in the Emerging Technology Track where Nerino Petro (Compujurist), Kathy Jacobs and I will compare and contrast the iPad with an Android tablet and a Windows slate (I know what device I’ll be rooting for). In the second, Jeff Richardson (iPhone J.D.), Reid Trautz (Reid My Blog!) and I will appear in the Smartphone/Mobility track to tackle 60 iOS apps in 60 minutes. Should be a jam packed couple of hours.

OSB PLF - Portland, OR - June 1

On June 1, I’ll be Joined by Jack Newton from Clio to talk about the iPad, practice management and paperless workflows at CLE by the Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund.

OADC - June 25 - Sunriver, OR

Finally, on June 25 I’ll be speaking at the Annual Convention for the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel out in Sunriver, Oregon.

If you plan to be at any of these events, please introduce yourself!

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Tablet Legal: 1 Year

By on January 27, 2011 in Admin

Time for the obligatory 1 year blogiversary post. I purchased the tabletlegal.com domain about 20 minutes before the iPad keynote last January 27, 2010. It wasn’t until after the keynote that I decided I would try to blog about the iPad in the legal industry.

The first few months between product announcement and when it shipped (April 3) were lean times on the blog. No hardware to play with. No iPad apps to write about. Still quite a bit of speculation about whether it was worth all the fuss. Since then, there has been no shortage of things to write about and only my energy and other obligations keep me from posting here more frequently.

I’m glad to have met a bunch of great folks, both online and in person, from doing this blog. I’m constantly amazed at the stuff developers come up with and wish I could try more of the apps I read about. I appreciate all the readers that follow and the commenters who chip in to the discussion. I’ll spare you the typical blogiversary statistics, but suffice to say I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the traffic and response the site has received. Thanks to you for being part of that.

As you can see from the fresh coat of paint, I switched to a new theme for the site (Canvas, from WooThemes). A little cleaner and hopefully easier to read and find what you are looking for. Let me know if anything isn’t working.

The iPad has genuinely changed my day-to-day workflows for the better. I’m looking forward to seeing what new things I can improve on when the next generation of hardware lands (and the sooner the better).

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Tablet Legal at ABA TechShow 2011

By on January 25, 2011 in Admin

I’m happy to report that in April I’ll be speaking at the 2011 ABA Tech Show. This is my first year to Tech Show and I’m looking forward to it. I’m contributing to two sessions. The first is “Slate Shootout” in the Emerging Technology Track where Nerino Petro (Compujurist), Kathy Jacobs and I will compare and contrast the iPad with an Android tablet and a Windows slate (I know what device I’ll be rooting for). In the second, Jeff Richardson (iPhone J.D.), Reid Trautz (Reid My Blog!) and I will appear in the Smartphone/Mobility track to tackle 60 iOS apps in 60 minutes. Should be a jam packed couple of hours.

Be sure to say hello if you plan to be in Chicago for Tech Show!

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Tablet Legal Named to ABA Journal Blawg 100

By on November 30, 2010 in Admin

Vote for Tablet Legal!

I was happy to learn that the editors of the ABA Journal selected Tablet Legal from among the 3,000 or so law blogs they track for inclusion in the ABA Journal Blawg 100. This list will be featured in the December issue of the ABA Journal. Looking at the other blogs comprising the top 100, this is impressive company to keep and I’m flattered to have Tablet Legal included even before its first anniversary.

You can register and vote for your favorites among the Blawg 100 – more on that below. Even if you don’t vote, be sure to check out all the amazingly great content being generated by these writers. I see that some of my favorite blawgs made the ABA list including Law Law Land, That’s What She Said, First One @ One First, Techdirt and the inspiration for Tablet Legal, Jeff Richardson over at iPhoneJD.

To vote for your favorite, you need to register at abajournal.com. If you haven’t registered previously, the process is relatively painless and free. You can vote for up to 12 of your favorites among the Blawg 100 and Tablet Legal (in the legal tech category) would be honored to get your vote.

Thanks to everyone who reads and comments at Tablet Legal and thanks to the editors at the ABA Journal for including my little hobby in the Blawg 100.

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Like TabletLegal? Tell the ABA

By on September 20, 2010 in Admin

The ABA Journal is working on its list for the “Blawg 100,” its annual list of recommended legal blogs. You can have a look at the results from 2009 here. If you like what I’m doing, I’d be flattered if you’d let the ABA Journal know about TabletLegal. And if you’d like to see something different, let me know in the comments!

I’ve already given notes to the ABA about three of my favorite blawgs. Give your favorite legal writers a couple seconds of your time by submitting your comments to the ABA.

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Test…Test.

By on September 10, 2010 in Admin

Nothing to see here. Normal programming will resume momentarily.

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Upcoming at Tablet Legal

By on July 3, 2010 in Admin

Hello all. I’m back in business after a bit of hiatus. What started as just an overdose of soccer for the group stage of the World Cup (adding 4-6 hours of soccer to your schedule cuts into blogging time) transformed into a problem with my web host. Got the technical side pretty much cleaned up and the site moved over to a new host, ICDSoft which I’m loving so far. Only downside is that a few comments were lost in the transition – if yours was one of them, apologies. Big thanks to my friends at DBD+A for handling the pesky details and making some improvements around the site.

We’ve got some good stuff coming in the next few weeks. Thanks for sticking around.

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