The Rodent is not a particular fan of technology. It’s expensive, it changes too often (adding to the expense), it takes time to learn (and relearn), and it often doesn’t work. Moreover, it seems that a lot of technology is devoted to taking a relatively simple function and making it very, very complicated.

For example, lawyers take notes. They take notes in interviews, they take notes at hearings, they take notes during deals and negotiations — they take notes everywhere and all the time. Note-taking is a lawyer thing, and we spend a good portion of our billable and non-billable time doing it.