Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201209): Google (and Bing) has moved the link for the cached copy of indexed pages. This video shows where the cached link has gotten to and also reviews why you should use the cached copy.
Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201208): How strong are your online passwords? If your passwords are short (6-9 characters) and easy to guess (something like "PH1LL13Z"), they're not strong. Try using a passphrase: 3 or more words separated by spaces ("angry docile fossils"). There are even Websites that will generate passphrases for you.
Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201207): Sorting (or reordering) the results page often gives you a different slice of hits to view. Learn your sorting options for databases such as Fastcase, HeinOnline and NewsBank.
Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201206): The one keyboard shortcut you'll use the most is Ctrl-F (or Command-F on the Mac), which lets you search within the text of Web pages, MS Office docs, Adobe Acrobat PDFs, and more.
Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201205): Channel your inner MacGyver and learn how to combine several free or low-cost search tools in order to perform effective legal research.
Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201204): Web browsers capture a lot of information about your online activities. Go Incognito (Google Chrome) or enter Private Browsing (Firefox) to ensure that your cache, cookies, download list entries, history, and stuff you type into the Omnibox or Awesome Bar are not saved.
Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201203): Google Places lets you enhance the listing for your firm so that you can appear in the map and local listings on the first page of results. Best of all, it's free!
Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201202): If you want to read documents that you retrieve from Jenkins' member databases offline, download them into the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201201): Google's proximity operator lets you specify how close you want your search terms to appear.
You may or may not have heard about Bitcoin, the first virtual currency that you can use in the real world. Bitcoins are exchanged in a peer-to-peer network. There is no central bank overseeing any of this. All transactions are encrypted so that they are anonymous, but are posted for all users to see. The bitcoin trades against the U.S. Dollar. As I write this, it's worth around $14.90.