The 80/20 Principle17 Maalis 2020

090: How a California business lawyer leverages tech with David Sparks

David Sparks is a solo business lawyer in Orange County, California. He's been a frequent speaker at bar association conferences around the country, including the ABA TECHSHOW, where he helps lawyers learn to better harness the power of technology to make their practices run more smoothly, with less effort.

David is a well-known speaker, author, and podcaster (i.e. Mac Power Users, Automators;, and Focussed; podcasts). He loves jazz and is looking forward to participating in the Small Firm Bootcamp where he will be a featured speaker.

Omnifocus; - Project & Task management software used and recommended by David
Sanebox; - Intelligent email filtering and automation used and recommended by David
Basecamp; - cloud-based project management software that David uses to share data with clients and his team
Dragon Dictation software - used by David even though the company says it will no longer support the Mac version.
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General Resources

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