Author Archives: Dan Pinnington

About Dan Pinnington

Dan is a technology evangelist and is well known for his “tech tips”. His vision, energy and ideas have made practicePRO an internationally recognized claims prevention initiative. He is a prolific writer, speaker and blogger on legal malpractice, risk management, legal technology, and law practice management issues. He is a veteran of hundreds of presentations at law firms and conferences all over North America and has chaired more than a dozen major conferences. Dan was inducted as a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management in 2007. The American Bar Association just published The Busy Lawyer’s Guide To Success: Tips to Power Your Practice, a book he co-authored with Reid Trautz. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the ABA LPM’s Law Practice magazine, was Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2007 and helped launch the Law Practice Today Webzine.

Reposition Photos on Your Facebook Timeline

Photos uploaded to Facebook don’t always appear how you want them when they are displayed on your Timeline. Photos, and especially wide photos, will be cropped so they fit in …

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An Easy Way to Access Multiple Printer Format Settings

If you routinely print two or more kinds of documents, each requiring its own printer settings, you’ve probably found it frustrating to have to re-enter or change printer properties every …

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How You Can Improve Your Mobile “Touch” Keyboard Typing Skills

I am a Blackberry person, and I’m holding out (with great patriotic hope) for a new BB10 Blackberry with a real keyboard (apparently there is a model with a real …

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Lawyers Should (Almost) Never Use BCC

Email is a primary means of communication for most lawyers. It is a fantastic tool. You can easily and almost instantly communicate across the globe with your client and other …

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One New Year’s Resolution You Must Follow-Through On: I Will Make a Backup of My Data

No doubt you have all made – or at least thought about making – a few New Year’s resolutions. Hopefully one of them is to make a backup of your …

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Tips for Using Flight Searches and Hotel Reviews on TripAdvisor and Kayak

I travel a lot. When I ‘m on a tight schedule and need to know all my options, getting all available flights by time and a cost across multiple airlines …

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Jump to Windows Explorer and OS Finder With Keyboard Shortcuts

How many times a week do you go to Windows Explorer or OS Finder to find a file? Probably more times than you care to count or remember.
Windows users, …

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How to Untag Yourself on Facebook (And Why You Might Want To)

Have you ever been tagged in a picture or post on Facebook? If you have a Facebook account, the answer to this question is likely yes. And don’t feel comforted …

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Tagging People Who Do Not Use Facebook in Photos Posted on Facebook


You can actually tag anyone in a photo, even if they don’t have a Facebook account. If you type in the name of someone who is not one of your …

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Use the Way Back Machine to See Older Versions of Websites

Have you ever needed or wanted to look at a previous version of a website? This is easily done on the Way Back Machine (archive.org)

It allows you to browse …

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