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	<title>Legal Andrew</title>
	<link>http://www.legalandrew.com</link>
	<description>law for the rest of us</description>
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		<title>Validating the Debt is Critical in Fighting Debt Collection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Sergei Lemberg, a consumer attorney.
Many people aren’t surprised when a debt collector calls. After all, they know they owe an overdue debt. But what happens when you&#8217;re taken by surprise because you didn’t realize that you owe a debt or had forgotten that you owed money? Bill collectors often [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2010/03/14/validating-the-debt-is-critical-in-fighting-debt-collection/</link>
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		<title>Cake in the Mail &#8211; from Ruby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a cake in the mail today. Life doesn&#8217;t get more awesome than that.
It&#8217;s from my awesome virtual receptionist: Ruby.
When I first signed up with Ruby, they sent me a cool mug. When I went back to them, I actually wondered if I&#8217;d get another mug.   Seriously, the mugs are cool.
But they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2010/03/10/cake-in-the-mail-from-ruby/</link>
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		<title>Back With Ruby, Virtual Receptionist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My law firm gets a couple dozen (or more!) phone calls every day. Last year I had a virtual receptionist service help me by answering the phones. I wrote about the service, Ruby Receptionists, two different times.
I hired an in-office assistant last fall, and I stopped using Ruby. I thought me and my assistant could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2010/03/03/back-with-ruby-virtual-receptionist/</link>
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		<title>Eee PC Battery Test &#8211; 7 Hours, 29 Minutes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was at an all-day seminar last week, sporting my Asus Eee 1000HE netbook. I brought my AC adapter, but I figured it would be a great chance to really test Asus&#8217; claimed 9.5-hour battery.
I started the day at about 8:45am with a fully-charged battery.
When I decided to actually watch the meter, I tweeted that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2009/09/21/eee-pc-battery-test-7-hours-29-minutes/</link>
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		<title>3 Launchy Tricks &#8211; Evernote, Google Voice, RTM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to control your computer from your keyboard, check out Launchy. It&#8217;s a free keystroke launcher. Here are three ways to supercharge Launchy.
Evernote
I use Evernote for all my note-taking needs. I constantly need to pull up a note that I&#8217;ve previously written. With Launchy and Evernote&#8217;s Windows scripting, this is now a piece [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2009/09/20/3-launchy-tricks-evernote-google-voice-rtm/</link>
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		<title>My Custom Business Management System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business have data to manage, documents to produce, and customers to invoice. Law firms are no different.
I run my own traffic defense law firm. It&#8217;s a high-volume practice area, which means I have lots of clients at any given time. There are lots of client contracts and invoices going out and coming back from clients.
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2009/09/19/my-custom-business-management-system/</link>
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		<title>NameCheap is Cheaper than GoDaddy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone sees GoDaddy&#8217;s ads for &#8220;$1.99 domains&#8221; and thinks they&#8217;re the cheapest option.
WRONG!
I&#8217;ve been using NameCheap for years, and I&#8217;ll show you that it&#8217;s cheaper than GoDaddy. Let&#8217;s look at several different situations to give each company a fair shake.
All the prices below are the cost per year.
To make this comparison a bit easier, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2009/09/13/namecheap-is-cheaper-than-godaddy/</link>
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		<title>Legal Articles at Article Alley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked to write a review of the legal articles section of Article Alley. Here goes!
If you&#8217;re not familiar with them, article sites are big warehouses of articles. Most of them cover every topic imaginable, but some sites specialize. Article Alley is a general article site with different categories.
Article sites exist because the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2009/09/03/legal-articles-at-article-alley/</link>
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		<title>Give First, Ask Second</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve all seen web forms that ask for your information in exchange for a &#8220;free report&#8221; or &#8220;white paper&#8221; on a given subject. What if the great report was right there for the taking, and you were only asked for your information after you read it?
There&#8217;s an awesome post by Matt Homann over at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2009/08/31/give-first-ask-second/</link>
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		<title>Ruby Receptionist Rocks &#8211; My Virtual Receptionist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I first wrote about Ruby Receptionist in March of this year. I had just signed up for a free trial, and I was excited to begin using my new virtual receptionist for my solo law firm. (Here is my original post about Ruby Receptionist.)
I&#8217;ve now been with Ruby for five months. I regularly get questions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalandrew.com/2009/08/30/ruby-receptionist-rocks-my-virtual-receptionist/</link>
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