Monthly Archives: February 2009

Rocket Matter mentioned in MacLife Article: 1

By Larry Port on February 25, 2009

We were excited to find out that Rocket Matter was mentioned in a MacLife feature story, 10 Reasons Your Small Business Should Run on Macs.  We’re in reason #4, Return on Investment.  The author profiles Ben Stevens, our friend The Mac Lawyer, from Stevens MacPhail, P.A. in South Carolina.  From the article:
Since the switch, the company’s [...]

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“The Cloud” Explained, part 1 of 2

By Larry Port on February 24, 2009

This article first appeared in FindLaw’s Technology section on February 20, 2009.

“The Cloud” Explained, Part 1 of 2
By Larry Port of Rocket Matter
In the technology world, “the cloud” is an apt name for a murky topic with a hazy definition. Originally a computer science term, technologists and non-technologists alike have used “cloud computing” loosely, casually, [...]

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Rocket Matter Online Legal Practice Management Coverage in Feb, 2009

By Larry Port on February 16, 2009

We enjoyed getting to know Sean Doherty, Legal Technology Editor at Law.com and the author of the Law.com’s Legal Technology Blog at Legal Tech 2009.  Software as a Service and Rocket Matter was first highlighted in his blog in his Legal Tech wrap up story, and again in The National Law Journal: 
Software as a Service is [...]

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Good time to start a law firm? That’s what we’re seeing!

By Larry Port on February 10, 2009

Many people ask us how the poor economy is affecting our young legal saas business.  The answer is we’re doing quite well.  Why?
One of the reasons is that many people are now starting their own law firms.  And, newer firms are looking for online legal practice management and a way to do time and billing [...]

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How Twitter Tipped Over at Legal Tech – Interesting Anecdotes

By Larry Port on February 8, 2009

The prevalence of Twitter at this year’s Legal Tech was remarkable. It reached a tipping point, and to get an idea of how this new technology is changing things, here are a couple of anecdotes that paint this picture…
Someone I knew forgot their cell phone charger at home. They shall remain anonymous. [...]

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