By Larry Port
on April 29, 2008
Rocket Matter now affords you maximum flexibility for setting your billable rates. With our recent update, you can set an hourly rate in three ways:
Globally – Each user has a default rate.
Matter Specific – Certain matters can now be set up with their own rates per user.
Item Specific – Change your rate on [...]
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By Larry Port
on April 28, 2008
When we were at ABA Techshow last month and attended a session on legal practice management software, we were surprised to hear advocates of both Time Matters and Amicus Attorney state that once you chose a legal practice management solution, you were unlikely to switch, as there’s no good way to get your data out.
“How [...]
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By Larry Port
on April 28, 2008
Many thanks to Bryan Sims who runs the excellent blog “The Connected Lawyer” for publishing an “An Interview with Larry Port from Rocket Matter.” I’ve been a fan of Bryan’s high quality content for a long time and it was an honor to be included in his blog.
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By Larry Port
on April 24, 2008
Web-based legal practice management took another step forward! Rocket Matter rolled out some changes on Wednesday night we hope you’ll enjoy.
Month Chooser on User Dashboard: This is the first of many calendaring improvements we will gradually be rolling out. Now you can quickly view any date’s activities from your Dashboard.
Edit Matter Relationships: [...]
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By Larry Port
on April 17, 2008
Recently I wrote about my love for mind maps and specifically, the web-based product MindMeister for online collaboration.
The topic of mind maps has been explored recently on the SOLOSEZ listserv. Nerino Petro, PMA for the State Bar for Wisconsin, offered some great advice and tidbits:
“I’ve found it to be helpful when in meetings with [...]
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By Larry Port
on April 15, 2008
Thank you so much to Zale Dowlen for inviting me to guest post on his Lex Loci Linux (Linux in the Law Office) blog! It’s great to see Zale publishing information on Linux. It’s yet another choice for attorneys, plus it’s an OS I hold dear to my heart (I honed my programming [...]
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By Larry Port
on April 14, 2008
The web generation of legal software wants to meet your friends. Rocket Matter is pleased to introduce our “Launch a Friend” program, which allows our customers to earn free months of usage! Here’s how it works:
Sign up for Rocket Matter.
Refer an associate to Rocket Matter.
Have said associate mention your name in the signup process.
Send us a [...]
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By Larry Port
on April 9, 2008
There are a lot of practicing lawyers out there. Most work in small and solo law firms. And according to the annual ABA technology survey, only 53% have purchased dedicated practice management solution to streamline their operations and bill more time. Even less utilize their investment.
Why is this the case?
We put ourselves in [...]
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By Larry Port
on April 7, 2008
We’re happy to see that our design philosophy of “less is more” is shared by our SaaS cousins at Nextpoint. In a recent post, they discuss their redesign, emphasizing simplicity. They even have a picture of a Steve Martin comedy album. It doesn’t get much better!
Simple applications mean less training, less mistakes, and less time [...]
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By Larry Port
on April 6, 2008
Drop.io and Mindmeister are web tools at their finest. Of all of the tools I’ve spent time exploring, these are two I use consistently.
Drop.io
Drop.io was brought to my attention at ABA Techshow, when Tom Mighell and Dennis Kennedy demonstrated it in their Collaboration Tools seminar. (The seminar was a glimpse into their new [...]
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