{"id":10936,"date":"2016-10-07T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T19:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/attorney-dana-hrelic-talks-surface-the-law-and-fashion\/"},"modified":"2016-10-07T04:34:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T19:34:42","slug":"attorney-dana-hrelic-talks-surface-the-law-and-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/attorney-dana-hrelic-talks-surface-the-law-and-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney Dana Hrelic talks Surface, the law and fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Attorney Dana Hrelic talks Surface, the law and fashion
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When I was at the American Bar Association conference in August, attorney Dana Hrelic came up to me and immediately exclaimed \u201cI love my Surface. It\u2019s how I survive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thrilled, I immediately asked to learn more.<\/p>\n

\"Surface<\/p>\n

Dana is a 3rd<\/sup> year partner at a boutique appellate firm, Horton Shields and Knox, in Hartford, Connecticut. For Dana, Surface is less of a computer and more of an appendage. \u201cIt\u2019s my 100% machine. When I travel, I just unplug it and throw it in my bag.\u201d Dana is on a plane about every two weeks so she loves having her Surface Pro 4 so she can work on the way to a meeting, and then catch up on TV on the way back. \u201cBoth my Office software and iTunes work seamlessly across my iPhone and Surface so it\u2019s super easy to always be in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dana\u2019s fandom runs deep. When she and her husband (who is also an attorney) started dating, she bought him one as a present. \u201cI often joke that that\u2019s why he married me!\u201d\u00a0 Now that they are married, they\u2019ve gotten so used to having a touchscreen that they bought a touch-enabled external monitor for their home office. \u201cOnce you get used to having touch, it\u2019s impossible to go back.\u201d<\/p>\n

A couple of her fellow partners also have gotten a Surface based on Dana\u2019s praise, so I asked her for her top 5 reasons why an attorney should use Surface. This is what she said:<\/p>\n

Set up your remote office anywhere<\/h2>\n

My Surface makes traveling for work easy and convenient.\u00a0 I can set up a remote office anywhere \u2013 my hotel room, the airport, the back of a taxi, or even the park (so I can see a little bit of where I\u2019m visiting but get some work done as well).\u00a0 Use the Pen to sign documents remotely so you never need to worry about missing a filing deadline because you\u2019re away from the office. Make certain folders on your internal server or network available offline, so you can easily pull them up and work on them wherever you are. They will sync back to your server automatically when you return to the office. Couldn\u2019t be easier!<\/p>\n

Use your Surface like a legal pad<\/h2>\n

I frequently use my Surface as a notebook during client meetings, where taking notes by hand has always been more natural for me and makes having a real conversation with my client much easier.\u00a0 Erasing is really intuitive\u2014you just flip the pen over to erase like a pencil. \u00a0Plus Surface is roughly the same dimensions as a legal pad (3:2), which maximizes your vertical space for reading and writing. And you can change OneNote\u2019s background to yellow and add ruled lines.<\/p>\n

Multi-monitor desk setup<\/h2>\n

One of my law partners has two external monitors, keyboard and mouse, plus the Surface itself all connected with Surface Dock.\u00a0 He is able to keep e-mail on one screen, his research tools on another screen, and use the third screen for Word and Excel.\u00a0 It really makes staying organized and on the ball very simple to do.<\/p>\n

Expandable storage<\/h2>\n

A lot of people don\u2019t know that Surface Pro has a microSD slot underneath the kickstand for expandable storage. This means you can add an extra 128GB for less than $40; there are lots of different sizes and speeds available.\u00a0 My husband has 2 extra microSD cards, where he stores all of his TV shows and movies for when we travel.\u00a0 I like to use mine as extra storage for large documents and exhibits in my appeals.\u00a0 Both ways, the expandable storage is a big reason why we love the Surface.<\/p>\n

Stay stylish at work, at home, and on-the-go<\/h2>\n

Unlike other word processors I\u2019ve had, the Surface is thin and sleek and makes staying stylish pretty easy.\u00a0 The machine itself is very light and fits into any travel bag and briefcase that I\u2019ve ever owned.\u00a0 (And I own a lot \u2026 I have a thing for bags!)\u00a0 The screen is a high resolution display, which is perfect for pictures and movies.\u00a0 I set my favorite wedding photographs as my screen saver, and they scroll through whenever my computer goes idle.\u00a0 As a newlywed, it\u2019s so much fun to revisit our wedding day each time through this feature.\u00a0 For traveling, I purchased a Kate Spade Sleeve, which carries my Surface, the keyboard, and the power cord all at once.\u00a0 I have received more compliments on this Sleeve than I can count!<\/p>\n

\"Surface<\/p>\n

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Attorney Dana Hrelic talks Surface, the law and fashion When I was at the American Bar Association conference in August, attorney Dana Hrelic came up to me and immediately exclaimed \u201cI love my Surface. It\u2019s how I survive.\u201d Thrilled, I immediately asked to learn more. Dana is a 3rd year partner at a boutique appellate firm, Horton Shields and Knox, in Hartford, Connecticut. For Dana, Surface is less of a computer and more of an appendage. \u201cIt\u2019s my 100% machine. When I travel, I just unplug it and throw it in my bag.\u201d Dana is on a plane about every two weeks so she loves having her Surface Pro 4 so she can work on the way to a meeting, and then catch up on TV on the way back. \u201cBoth my Office software and iTunes work seamlessly across my [ more… ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[201],"class_list":["post-10936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-windows"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10938,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10936\/revisions\/10938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}