Tips Tuesday

Here are excerpts from the most recent tips on SlawTips, the site that each week offers up useful advice, short and to the point, on practice, research, writing and technology.

Technology

My Favourite Apps – Part V
Lesha Van Der Bij

Passwords. The bane of most people’s existence. So many to remember! I know a few people who swear they have figured it all out – using some kind of mnemonic to remember all of their passwords. Apparently, I am not that clever. So I recently turned to LastPass. You remember one password and LastPass stores the rest. …

Research & Writing

Use Keyword Alerts on Quickscribe
Susannah Tredwell

My apologies to readers: this search tip is very BC-specific! Quickscribe has recently added a useful new feature that allows you to set up an alert to notify you when a specific word or phrase is used in a bill, an order, or Hansard in British Columbia. …